Special to WorldTribune.com WASHINGTON — The United States is pressuring the Syrian opposition to attend peace talks with President Bashar Assad. Arab diplomatic sources said the administration of President Barack Obama employed heavy pressure to ensure the participation of the Western-sponsored Syrian National Coalition at the so-called Geneva-2 conference. The sources said the administration threatened […]
Special to WorldTribune.com NICOSIA — The regime of Syrian President Bashar Assad has deployed thousands of troops, including Hizbullah fighters, for an offensive against rebel strongholds around Damascus. The opposition has reported a massive regime operation to expel the rebel presence around Damascus. Assad’s military, backed by Hizbullah and Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, was […]
Special to WorldTribune.com WASHINGTON — The first prime minister of Syrian rebels has been linked to U.S. Islamist groups financed by Saudi Arabia. Ghassan Hitto, an American, was identified as a former senior member of the Council on American-Islamic Relations, linked to Hamas and the Muslim Brotherhood. CAIR was deemed an unindicted co-conspirator in the […]