Any military action against Syria will have consequences beyond the region and leave the Israeli regime in flames, Iran’s army chief of staff General Hassan Firouzabadi says.
US President Barack Obama is preparing to move ahead with a limited military strike on Syria despite a stinging rejection of such action by America’s stalwart ally Britain and mounting questions from Congress.
Any possibility of British involvement in a military campaign in Syria has been effectively ruled out after British lawmakers voted down the prospect in parliament to leave the US alone in a potential strike.
Egyptian police have arrested Mohamed el-Beltagy, a senior leader of the Muslim Brotherhood, the latest arrest amid group’s anti-government protests.
French President Francois Hollande sounds less resolute than earlier this week on attacking Syria, saying that everything must be done to seek a political solution to the crisis in the Arab country.
A fifth US Navy destroyer is on its way to the eastern Mediterranean as international concerns grow over Washington and its allies' intentions to bomb Syria.
Egypt has expressed strong opposition to any foreign military action in Syria, calling for resumption of attempts to revive Geneva 2 talks.
The Syrian government has provided the United Nations evidence on three chemical attacks carried out by rebel groups on the outskirts of Damascus last week, asking for immediate investigations.
Worldwide opposition is growing to US planned attack on Syria which the Obama administration rushed for based on an alleged chemical attack that its dimensions remain doubtful for the international community.
Chairman of Iran's Expediency Council Ayatollah Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani says a military attack on Syria lacks political and humanitarian justification.