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 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 — Syria’s regime-aligned elite has been stashing its fortune abroad to prepare for a hasty exile, an opposition group said. The Reform Party in Syria reported that at least 100 of Syria’s financial elite have been moving their assets abroad to prepare for the collapse of the regime of President Bashar […]
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 […]