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…
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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…
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…
CHINESE SHIPS VISIT HAWAII FOR EXERCISES WITH US
By AUDREY McAVOY T Chinese guided missile destroyer Qingdao, left, and Linyi, are docked at the pier in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii on Friday, Sept. 6, 2013. Three Chinese ships with…
IRAQI OFFICIALS, MILITANTS WARN OF THREAT TO US
By QASSIM ABDUL-ZAHRA and ADAM SCHRECK FILE – In this file photo taken on Thursday, Sept. 5, 2013, members of an Iraqi Shiite fighters militant group called Kataib Sayyid al-Shuhadaa,…
OBAMA, IN EUROPE, STILL PURSUING SYRIA SUPPORT
By JOSH LEDERMAN CORRECTS SPELLING OF MATRYOSHKA A traditional Russian Matryoshka wooden doll depicting US President Barack Obama and Russian President Vladimir Putin, on a display in St. Petersburg, Russia,…