A U.S. Air Force B-1B Lancer bomber aircraft A delegation from Syrian opposition is reportedly in talks with US officials over the targets they want to attack to weaken the Syrian government and the arms they want America to provide to do it. A “Libya lite” operation in Syria may be imminent. The unnamed US official reportedly said that “the intervention will happen. It is not a question of ‘if’... 

Officials with the US Department of Defense have confirmed that the Pentagon has finalized procedures that outline how American forces could soon combat the government of war-torn Syria and officially involve itself in that state’s bloody uprising. After months of rumors suggesting that the US has unofficially made efforts to weaponize rebel forces fighting Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, officials... 

Syria's Foreign Ministry spokesman Jihad Makdissi The Syrian Foreign Ministry has said in a statement that Damascus expelled the ambassadors of the US, Britain, France, Turkey and some other states. Ministry spokesman Jihad Makdissi announced the list of expelled diplomats on Tuesday. The expulsions came after Western states expelled Syrian diplomats from their countries last week. The ministry... 

Russia is firmly dedicated not to let pass an initiative of foreign military intervention into Syria in the UN Security Council. ­“We always said we’re strongly against any kind of external interference into the Syrian conflict, because it would only worsen the situation and bring unpredictable consequences for Syria and the whole region,” Russia’s Deputy Foreign Minister Gennady Gatilov... 

Syrians carry picture of President Bashar al-Assad during a demonstration in Damascus on April 30, 2012. Syrian President Bashar al-Assad says his government has successfully overcome the political crisis and the deadly violence in the country. “Syria has been able to overcome the pressures and threats it has faced for years and is able to get out of this crisis thanks to the strength of its people... 

Anders Fogh Rasmussen The European missile shield is up and running, says NATO Secretary-General Fogh Rasmussen, who announced its “interim capability” to shoot down incoming missiles. Earlier Russia voiced strong concern over the issue. The “interim operational capability”declared by Rasmussen at the NATO summit in Chicago on Sunday is the first step to fulfilling the controversial... 

Damascus says all military operations will be halted by Thursday morning, but their troops will “remain on alert” to confront any possible threat. The announcement comes as Tuesday failed to bring the truce provided by Kofi Annan’s peace plan. “After our armed forces carried out successful missions in combating the criminal acts of terrorist groups and imposed the authority of the... 

Taking part in "Noble Dina" US-Israel-Greek drill Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov issued a strong warning against a military attack on Iran Monday, April 2, saying that a pre-emptive strike would violate international law. His comments, made during a visit to Armenia, stopped short of threatening (the US and/or Israel) of consequences. But they backed up and were in tune with the explicit... 

A Russian ship A Russian navy destroyer has set out on a planned mission to the Syrian port of Tartus, where it will arrive in a few days, reports say. According to Russian military officials the warship left its Black Sea base of Sevastopol for the Mediterranean during the weekend and will soon arrive at Syria’s second largest port of Tartus. Navy officials said that the ship would receive fresh... 

China's Foreign Ministry spokesman Hong Lei China has called on the Syrian government and the foreign-backed opposition to honor their commitments to the UN-Arab League peace proposal. “We hope the Syrian government and relevant parties in Syria will honor their commitments,” China’s Foreign Ministry spokesman Hong Lei said on Wednesday. His comment came one day after Damascus... 

Syrian security forces carrying the coffins of their fallen comrades outside the Tishrin military hospital in Damascus on March 19, 2012. Armed terrorists in Syria have killed Brigadier General Khleif al-Abdullah in the country’s northern province of Aleppo, Syria’s state news agency reports. The assailants in a car opened fire on Abdullah, who was on his way to work, near al-Bassil Mosque in al-Hamadaniyah... 

Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan and U.S. President Barack Obama had a meeting at a hotel in Seoul ahead of an international nuclear meeting. White House deputy national security adviser Ben Rhodes, speaking to reporters after the two leaders met, said Washington and Ankara were open to considering further “non-lethal” aid for the Syrian armed groups at a “Friends of Syria”... 

Two terrorist attacks rocked the capital of Damascus Saturday morning. The first took place in the Rotunda of Customs while the second occurred in the area between Baghdad Avenue and the neighborhood al-Kassa’a. The Interior Ministry said in a statement: “Damascus on Saturday saw two terrorist attacks perpetrated by a suicide car bomb that caused the martyrdom of 24 people, and the remains... 

After one year of the crisis that has afflicted this country due to armed violence and terror, further added to by foreign reprisals, hundreds of thousands of Syrians across the country joined peace marches on Thursday (15th). Convened by youth organizations, students, social and political organizations, Syrians of different ages, different religious beliefs and different views emerged on Thursday... 

Russia accuses Libya terrorists of exporting terrorists Vitaly Churkin, Russian ambassador to the UN: “It is completely unacceptable. This practice is undermining stability in the Middle East…” The Russian ambassador to the UN, Vitaly Churkin, has accused Libya of training and arming rebels fighting against the Syrian government of President Bashar al-Assad. A reminder, with the...