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US intelligence officials to Obama: It wasn't Assad

Sun Sep 8, 2013 10:07:35

A dozen former US military and intelligence officials have told US President Barack Obama that they are picking up information that proves Syrian government was not responsible for the chemical attack near Damascus on August 21.

AIPAC lobbies hard in US congress for Syria war

Sun Sep 8, 2013 09:21:46

The pro-Israel lobby group, the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC), is planning to launch a major campaign to push US lawmakers into supporting US president plans to bomb Syria.

Iran had told US about sarin shipment into Syria

Sun Sep 8, 2013 09:11:15

Former Iranian Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi has said that Tehran informed US of shipment of chemical weapons to Syria nine months ago.

Pope on peace for Syria day: War is defeat of humanity

Sun Sep 8, 2013 08:24:59

The pope of the Roman Catholic Church has described war as defeat for humanity, urging world leaders to pull humanity out of a "spiral of sorrow and death."

Libya oil industry crippled by armed blockade

Sun Sep 8, 2013 08:22:53

Libya’s oil industry has been paralyzed by a blockade of its oil fields under the control of armed groups, making the North African country reduce its output to a tenth of normal levels.

Outcome of war on Syria, unpredictable: Iran Speaker

Sat Sep 7, 2013 22:48:35

Iran’s Majlis Speaker Ali Larijani has warned against a US-led military attack on Syria, saying the consequences of such a move will be unclear.

Egypt launches Sinai air strikes in offensive

Sat Sep 7, 2013 22:01:21

Egyptian military helicopters conducted several air strikes in the Sinai Peninsula on Saturday as armored vehicles surrounded suspected militant hideouts, army officials said.

EU accuses Syria of being behind chemical attack

Sat Sep 7, 2013 20:15:02

The European Union has echoed Washington’s stance on Damascus, accusing the Syrian army of being behind a chemical weapons attack on a number of Damascus suburbs last month.

'Clinton got $500,000 gift to back Syria war'

Sat Sep 7, 2013 19:08:56

American historian Webster Griffin Tarpley says former US secretary of state Hillary Clinton has received 500,000 dollars in jewelry from Saudi Arabia to support war on Syria.

Iraq ordered MKO to leave ‘without delay’

Sat Sep 7, 2013 18:51:33

Iraq has ordered anti-Iran Mujahedin-e Khalgh Organization (MKO) members to move from the Ashraf Camp "without delay", a government official and the UN have said.

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