Foreign policy impotence gripping U.S.

In an article published May 15, 2013, American historical social scientist Immanuel Wallerstein wrote, "Nothing illustrates more the limitations of Western power than the internal controversy its elites are having in public about what the United States in particular and western European states should be doing about the civil war in Syria." Those limitations are palpable in both language and ...

UN agency calls on Syrias neighbours to keep borders open for refugees

24 May 2013 150 The United Nations refugee agency today called on countries around Syria to keep their borders open for refugees, while also stressing the need for "urgent and robust" international support for host countries and aid agencies. There are already over 1.5 million Syrian refugees in Lebanon, Jordan, Turkey and Iraq, according to the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR). ...

Row on arming Syria rebels divides EU

The 27 EU nations, which have split into three groups over the question of whether to arm Syrian rebels, must agree a joint position by ...

Lebanon Hezbollah must not spark sectarian conflict

Daily Star reported him saying in reference to Hezbollah fighting in neighboring Syria. Suleimans remarks came following a major assault by Syrian President Bashar Assad's forces on a rebel held town over the past week, which has drawn in fighters from Assad's Shi'ite allies Hezbollah, justifying fears that the conflict would cross borders at the heart of the Middle ...

Suicide bomber kills 7 in northern Syria

A total of seven Syrian soldiers were killed and 10 others wounded Friday when a suicide car bomber rammed his booby-trapped vehicle at a military post in the northwestern province of Idlib, the pro-government Sham FM ...