Special to WorldTribune.com President Barack Obama in 2012 rejected a covert CIA plan to oust Syrian President Bashar Assad that likely would have stopped the rise of Islamic State of Iraq and Levant (ISIL), former U.S. officials say. An upcoming book by a former CIA operative reveals the agency had forged a “muti-tiered plan” to […]
Special to WorldTribune.com The White House on Aug. 18, 2011 released a written statement from President Barack Obama: “For the sake of the Syrian people, the time has come for President (Bashar) Assad to step aside.” Four years later, Assad remains in power with the backing of Iran’s terror proxy Hizbullah, Obama’s weak policy has […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By Yossef Bodansky, Senior Editor, Global Information System / Defense & Foreign Affairs In the so-called “Geneva II” round of talks underway (in Montreux, Switzerland, not Geneva) during late January 2014, on the conflict in Syria, Syrian opposition chief Ahmed Jarba has kept demanding, in the name of the international community, the […]
Special to WorldTribune.com Originally published Sept. 4, 2013 Yossef Bodansky, Senior Editor, GIS/Defense & Foreign Affairs There is a growing volume of new evidence from numerous sources in the Middle East — mostly affiliated with the Syrian opposition and its sponsors and supporters — which makes a very strong case, based on solid circumstantial evidence, […]
Special to WorldTribune.com WASHINGTON — The United States has determined that Russia increased military aid to the regime of Syrian President Bashar Assad. A leading U.S. diplomat said Russia has replaced Iran as the leading military supplier to Damascus. U.S. Ambassador to Syria Robert Ford, said the Kremlin has delivered massive amounts of conventional weapons […]
Special to WorldTribune.com NICOSIA — The United States has urged its nationals to leave Syria immediately. The U.S. embassy in Damascus has urged the immediate departure of Americans from the Arab League state. In a statement, the embassy warned that Americans could be stranded in Syria when airlines suspend service to the war-torn state. “The […]
Special to WorldTribune.com WASHINGTON — The United States has recalled its ambassador from Syria because of threats to his safety. Officials said the State Department said U.S. ambassador to Syria, Robert Ford, has returned to Washington. They said Ford received threats by elements aligned with the regime of President Bashar Assad. “Ambassador Robert Ford was […]