Roadside bomb kills nine Pakistan soldiers on Afghan border
MIRANSHAH, Pakistan (Reuters) – At least nine Pakistani servicemen were killed on Sunday when a roadside bomb hit an army convoy passing through the troubled region of North Waziristan near Pakistan’s border with Afghanistan, security sources said.
Assad says Syria can confront external aggression
BEIRUT (Reuters) – President Bashar al-Assad said on Sunday Syria was capable of confronting any external aggression and that threats of a U.S. strike would not discourage the country from a fight against what it described as “terrorism”.
More than 110,000 Syrians killed in conflict: rights group
BEIRUT (Reuters) – More than 110,000 people have died in Syria’s 2 1/2-year-old conflict, and more than half of those killed were civilians, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said on Sunday.
Iran ex-president says Syria government launched gas attacks: news agency
DUBAI (Reuters) – Former Iranian President Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani said the Syrian government, a strong ally of Tehran, had carried out chemical weapons attacks against its own people, the semi-official Iranian Labour News Agency reported on Sunday.
Kerry says sarin used in Syrian chemical attacks
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said on Sunday that tests proved positive for use of the chemical weapon sarin in Syrian chemical attacks.
Kerry voices confidence U.S. Congress will do what is right in Syria
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry voiced confidence on Sunday that Congress “will do what is right” with President Barack Obama’s request that it approve his call for limited U.S. military strikes against Syria.
Assad says Syria can confront external aggression: state TV
BEIRUT (Reuters) – President Bashar al-Assad said on Sunday Syria was capable of confronting any external attack after U.S. President Barack Obama said there should be a military strike on Syria.
Afghanistan’s Karzai rings the changes in security leadership
KABUL (Reuters) – Afghan President Hamid Karzai named his second new interior minister in a year on Sunday, appointing presidential hopeful Umer Daudzai in the security job and underlining a sense of political fragility ahead of next year’s presidentia…
Obama’s speech showed hesitation, confusion: Syrian minister
DAMASCUS (Reuters) – U.S. President Barack Obama’s statement that he would seek Congress approval for a military strike on Syria was full of hesitation and confusion, Syrian Deputy Foreign Minister Faisal Mekdad said on Sunday.
Syrian opposition urges U.S. congress to back military action
ISTANBUL (Reuters) – Syria’s opposition called on Sunday on the U.S. congress to approve military action against President Bashar al-Assad and said any intervention should be accompanied with more arms for the rebels.
