Special to WorldTribune.com LONDON — The United States has drafted a plan with its Arab allies to establish a no-fly zone over Syria. Western diplomatic sources said the administration of President Barack Obama has reached agreement with Saudi Arabia and other Arab allies to impose measures meant to topple the regime of Syrian President Bashar […]
Special to WorldTribune.com LONDON — Syria’s powerful military intelligence chief is said to have been killed in a feud within the regime. Opposition sources said Gen. Assaf Chawkat, Assad’s brother-in-law, was killed during a violent argument with Syrian General Intelligence Service commander Gen. Ali Mamlouk, Middle East Newsline reported. They said Mamlouk pulled out a […]
Special to WorldTribune.com NICOSIA — Syria, amid the intensification of the Sunni revolt, has held a military exercise. The regime of President Bashar Assad reported a military exercise on Dec. 4 in eastern Syria. A Syrian government statement said the exercise was meant to test Assad’s huge Scud-class missile arsenal in any war. “Syrian missile […]
Special to WorldTribune.com ANKARA — Syria’s new rebel army and the Islamic opposition are said to have agreed to cooperate in the revolt against President Bashar Assad. The Syrian National Council and the Free Syrian Army have agreed to coordinate operations amid a NATO and Arab League international effort to increase pressure on the Assad […]
Special to WorldTribune.com LONDON — Israel has sent additional forces to its borders with Lebanon and Syria. The Saudi-owned Al Hayat daily, quoting Israeli security sources, said the deployment was meant to counter any attack from its northern neighbors amid increasing international pressure on Iran, Syria and Hizbullah. “Israel has decided to deploy three armored […]
Special to WorldTribune.com MOSCOW — Russia, despite appeals from Israel and the U.S., has begun delivery of an advanced cruise missile to Syria. Russia’s Interfax news agency reported that Moscow has delivered the first P-800 Yakhont missiles to the regime of Syrian President Bashar Assad. Interfax, quoting Russian military sources, said Yakhont was supplied to […]
Special to WorldTribune.com TEL AVIV — Jordan faces its most difficult challenge in decades amid internal unrest and revolt in neighboring Syria, a report said. The Institute for National Security Studies asserted that King Abdullah has faced his toughest challenge since he ascended to the throne in 1998. INSS said the Hashemite kingdom could be […]
Special to WorldTribune.com ANKARA — France is reportedly training rebels in their effort to topple the regime of Syrian President Bashar Assad. A major Turkish newspaper reported that France has sent military advisers to train the Free Syrian Army. FSA, based in Turkey, was said to have received training in weapons and combat skills in […]
Special to WorldTribune.com LONDON — Russia is said to have sent warships to deliver an advanced air defense system to Syria. Arab diplomatic sources said the Russian Navy arrived in the Syrian port of Tartous in late November and brought weapons and supplies to the regime of President Bashar Assad. “We see this as a […]
Special to WorldTribune.com NICOSIA — Sunni fighters from Jordan have launched attacks on the regime of President Bashar Assad and the kingdom has reportedly offered safe haven to Syrians fleeing the government’s crackdown. Opposition sources said Bedouins from Iraq and Jordan were conducting strikes on the Assad regime in Syria. They said the Jordanian Sunnis […]