Special to WorldTribune.com NICOSIA — The United States is said to have blocked weapons shipments to Western-aligned rebels in Syria. A Syrian opposition member, Farid Ghadry, said the decision by President Barack Obama was taken in late 2011 as part of White House policy to sustain the regime of President Bashar Assad. “The embargo was […]
Special to WorldTribune.com WASHINGTON — The administration of President Barack Obama has rebuffed reports by U.S. diplomats on the use of poison gas by the regime of Syrian President Bashar Assad. A cable from the U.S. consulate in Turkey asserted that chemical weapons might have been used in a Syrian military attack on Homs on […]
Special to WorldTribune.com WASHINGTON — The Syrian opposition, defeated several times by President Bashar Assad’s military, intends to reorganize in what is expected to result in new leadership. The opposition was to reassess policy and its leadership at a meeting in Turkey on March 22. Joshua Landis, a U.S. professor and director of SyriaComment, said […]
Special to WorldTribune.com Geostrategy-Direct.com WASHINGTON — The Syrian opposition continues to be divided between the rebel army and Islamists supported by Qatar. Opposition sources said the Free Syrian Army and the Syrian National Council have failed in efforts to cooperate. They said the secular-oriented rebel army and the Islamist group reflected conflicting interests and ambitions, […]
Special to WorldTribune.com WASHINGTON — Turkey, aligned to the Muslim Brotherhood, has cracked down on the rebel army in Syria. Opposition sources said the government of Prime Minister Recep Erdogan has frozen Free Syrian Army bank accounts in an effort to pressure the rebels to recognize the authority of the Brotherhood-aligned Syrian National Council. “The […]