Obama says Syria chemical weapons attack threatens Israel, Jordan
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Barack Obama said on Friday the chemical weapons attack in Syria threatened U.S. allies Israel, Turkey and Jordan and that while “nobody ends up being more war weary than me” he is considering a narrow, limited U.S. res…
Iraqi militia vowes to attack U.S. interests if Syria hit
BAGHDAD (Reuters) – An Iraqi Shi’ite militia group said on Friday it would attack U.S. interests in Iraq and the region if Washington carries out a military strike on Syria.
U.N. experts prepare to leave Syria, chemical probe needs time
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – A team of U.N. investigators has finished gathering evidence related to a suspected chemical weapons attack that killed hundreds of people in suburbs near Damascus last week, but will need time to complete its analysis, the w…
Assad’s forces try to capture gassed Damascus suburb: activists
AMMAN (Reuters) – President Bashar al-Assad’s forces fired rocket barrages on Friday at a Damascus suburb hit by nerve gas last week, in another attempt to capture the strategic town ahead of a possible U.S. strike, opposition activists said.
Exclusive – Syria army defectors say U.S. strikes could kill Assad opponents
BEIRUT/AMMAN (Reuters) – Military sites in Syria are packed with soldiers who have been effectively imprisoned by their superiors due to doubts about their loyalty, ex-soldiers say, making them possible casualties in any U.S.-led air strikes.
Turkish PM says Syria intervention should aim to end Assad rule
ANKARA (Reuters) – Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan said on Friday that any international military intervention against Syria should be aimed at bringing an end to the rule of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad.
Six dead as thousands of Mursi supporters march in Egypt
CAIRO (Reuters) – Thousands of supporters of ousted Islamist president Mohamed Mursi marched through Cairo and cities across Egypt on Friday to demand his reinstatement, in the movement’s biggest show of defiance since hundreds of protesters were kille…
Congo’s army occupies rebel positions in breakthrough
KIBATI, Democratic Republic of Congo (Reuters) – In their biggest success in a year, government troops in Congo occupied strategic hills overlooking the eastern town of Goma on Friday after rebel fighters withdrew.
Britain and U.S. to continue cooperating: PM Cameron
LONDON (Reuters) – British Prime Minister David Cameron said he had spoken to President Barack Obama and the two men had agreed British-U.S. cooperation would continue, after Britain’s decision not to support military action in Syria.
Venezuelan man who shot U.S. attaches sentenced to prison
CARACAS (Reuters) – A Venezuelan man has been sentenced to 5-1/2 years in prison for shooting and wounding two U.S. military attaches at a strip club in the capital, the attorney general’s office said on Friday.
