According to U.S. officials, “the Syrian military is prepared to use chemical weapons against its own people and is awaiting orders from President Bashar Assad.” As of the report there was no evidence that nerve agents had been fully 

President Barack Obama issued a warning to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad not to use chemical weapons against the Syrian people. "If you make the tragic mistake of using these weapons," Obama said, "there will be consequences and you ...

President Barack Obama has signaled the possibility of recognizing the Syrian National Coalition as the legitimate representative of the Syrian people. Reports indicate that Secretary of State Hillary Clinton may announce the recognition at a "Friends of Syria" meeting in Morocco on December 12. “We’ve ...

The United Nations General Assembly approved the upgrade of Palestine to a nonmember observer state at the United Nations on Thursday, with 138 votes in favor, nine opposed, and 41 abstentions. U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton

Syrian opposition leaders will be meeting in Qatar next week to revamp the structure of the Syrian National Council (SNC). The meeting will focus on the election of new leaders and ensuring the body is more representative of minority opposition ...

U.S. Acting Under Secretary for arms control and international security Rose Gottemoeller is in Ankara for talks on the Syrian crisis. "We continue to consult with our partners in the region, including Turkey, on a variety of issues related to Syria," ...

After the Syrian military shelled the Turkish border town of Ackakale, killing five Turkish citizens, Turkish Prime Minister Recept Tayyip Erdogan responded by proclaiming, “Under the rules of engagement and international law, Turkey will never let the ...

U.N. Security Council members remain deeply divided on how to deal with the Syrian crisis, while both Syria and Iran have expressed discontent with perceived meddling in the conflict. "We heard calls from this podium, and on other platforms, ...

The Iraqi government ordered the closure of 44 media outlets in the country, in a move Iraq's media commission said was aimed only at closing those groups operating without a license. However, there is at least one broadcaster, ...

The Harbour Group, the first Washington firm to apply to represent the Libyan rebels during the revolution, signed a $15,000-per-month contract with the Embassy of Libya. The agreement will run from March 1 to the end of the ...

March 14 marks the first year anniversary of the pro-democratic protests that turned into a high scale of violence between the opposition and the regime during the last months. The regime does not seems eager to slow the violence as yesterday ...

The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) said the humanitarian situation in Syria is serious, but that the country does not qualify as being involved in a civil war since the armed resistance lacks organization. ICRC President Jakob Kellenberger ...

In the latest piece for Foreign Policy magazine entitled "Meet Syria's Opposition", Randa Slim discusses the current status of the Syrian opposition as a whole and gives a succinct breakdown of the different organizations and movements that are ...

Opposition protesters marched in several cities throughout Syria on Friday and voiced support for an internationally enforced no-fly zone. Dozens of protesters have been killed as well, mostly in the city of Hama ...

NATO vowed it would end its controversial Libya campaign, concluding seven months of operations aimed at ousting Gadhafi. “We have fully complied with the historic mandate of the United Nations to protect the people of Libya,” NATO Secretary-General Anders Fogh Rasmussen said ...