US: ‘COMMON-SENSE TEST’ HOLDS ASSAD RESPONSIBLE
By PHILIP ELLIOTT In this photo taken May 19, 2013 White House Chief of Staff Denis McDonough returns to Andrews Air Force Base, Md., after a trip with President Barack…
Middle East
IRAN FOREIGN MINISTER CRITICIZES SYRIA STRIKE PLAN
By ADAM SCHRECK Iran’s Foreign Minister Mohammed Javad Zarif, left, meets with his Iraqi counterpart Hoshyar Zebari, right, after arriving at the Baghdad International Airport, Iraq, Sunday, Sept. 8, 2013.…
SYRIAN REGIME SHELLING NEAR DAMASCUS KILLS 16
By BARBARA SURK This Friday, Sept. 6, 2013 citizen journalism image provided by Aleppo Media Center AMC which has been authenticated based on its contents and other AP reporting, shows…
SYRIA, BUDGET AND DEBT TOP CONGRESSIONAL AGENDA
By ANDREW TAYLOR and DONNA CASSATA The Capitol is seen in Washington, early Thursday, Sept. 5, 2013, as Congress considers President Barack Obama’s request for authorization of military intervention in…
CITIES MAKE FINAL PITCHES AHEAD OF 2020 VOTE
By STEPHEN WILSON Turkey’s Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan arrives to attend the Istanbul 2020 bid presentation during the International Olympic Committee session, Saturday, Sept. 7, 2013, in Buenos Aires, Argentina.…
EUROPEAN URGE US TO AWAIT UN REPORT ON SYRIA
By DEB RIECHMANN US Secretary of State John Kerry, centre, with aide Jason Meininger as he leaves a meeting with European Union Ministers of Foreign Affairs at the National Gallery…
DEMOCRATS FACE DIVIDE OVER A STRIKE ON SYRIA
By KEN THOMAS FILE – This this Oct. 29, 2010, file photo shows Rep. Bruce Braley, D-Iowa, in Dubuque, Iowa. President Barack Obama’s pursuit of a military strike in Syria…
US ORDERS DIPLOMATS OUT OF LEBANON AMID FEARS
By ZEINA KARAM and RYAN LUCAS A Lebanese pro-Syrian regime supporter, with her hands painted in red to symbolize blood, attends a demonstration against a possible military strike in Syria,…