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Israel airstrikes loom over US diplomacy on Syria

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on May 7th

By BRADLEY KLAPPERAssociated Press MOSCOW (AP) - Secretary of State John Kerry is making his case to Russian President Vladimir Putin for Russia to take a tougher stance on Syria at a time when Israel's weekend air strikes against the beleaguered Mideast nation have added an unpredictable

Israel airstrikes loom over US diplomacy on Syria

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on May 6th

By BRADLEY KLAPPER and MATTHEW LEEAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - Israel's willingness to hit Syrian targets it sees as threats to its own existence has complicated the Obama administration's internal debate over arming President Bashar Assad's foes and may change the way U.S.

Israel airstrikes loom over US diplomacy on Syria

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on May 6th

Israeli airstrike in Syria aimed at Iran

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on May 6th

By JOSEF FEDERMAN and KARIN LAUBAssociated Press BEIRUT (AP) - From Israel's perspective, its airstrikes near Damascus were more about Iran than Syria: Tehran's shipment of guided missiles destroyed in the weekend attacks would have posed a potent threat had the weapons reached Iranian

Syrian rebels shoot down regime helicopter in east

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on May 6th

By BARBARA SURKAssociated Press BEIRUT (AP) - Syrian rebels shot down a military helicopter in the country's east, killing eight government troops on board as President Bashar Assad's troops battled opposition forces inside a sprawling military air base in the north for the second straight

Sectarian killings reported in Syrian village

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on May 3rd

By RYAN LUCASAssociated Press BEIRUT (AP) - The bodies of the Syrian boys and young men in jeans and casual shirts were strewn along a blood-stained pavement, dying apparently where they fell. Weeping women moved among the dead, and one of them screamed, "Where are you, people of the village?" In

Syrian air defenses pose formidable challenge

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on May 2nd

By RYAN LUCAS and BARBARA SURKAssociated Press BEIRUT (AP) - International military action against Syria's government over its alleged use of chemical weapons would run up against one of the Middle East's most formidable air defenses, a system bolstered in recent years by top-of-the-line

Syrian rebels call on world to put words to action

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on April 26th

By ZEINA KARAM and BASSEM MROUEAssociated Press BEIRUT (AP) - Syrian opposition groups called Friday for international action after the Obama administration said U.S. intelligence indicates President Bashar Assad's regime has used chemical weapons. The government likened the accusation to false

'Red line' _ US says Syria used chemical weapons

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on April 25th

By ROBERT BURNS and JULIE PACEAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - U.S. intelligence has concluded with "varying degrees of confidence," that the Syrian government has twice used chemical weapons in its fierce civil war, the White House and other top administration officials said Thursday. However,

Panetta says Syria chemical threat has slowed

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on December 11th

By By ROBERT BURNSAP National Security Writer KUWAIT CITY (AP) - The Syrian government seems to have slowed preparations for the possible use of chemical weapons against rebel targets, U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta said Tuesday. Last week, U.S. officials said there was evidence that