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Putin: US-Russia Positions on Syria Don’t Coincide
(ENNISKILLEN, Northern Ireland) — Russian President Vladimir Putin (POO'-tihn) has told President Barack Obama that their positions on Syria do not coincide but...
Four Ways Obama’s Syria Gambit Could End
The White House last week said the U.S. will start arming certain Syrian opposition groups with light weapons, moving to intervene in that country's bloody civil...
Killing of 4 Shiites in Lebanon Deepens Tension
(BEIRUT) — Four Shiite Lebanese men were killed Sunday in an ambush in a volatile area by the border with Syria, hiking already high sectarian tensions and...
Syria's Civil War
According to the U.N., at least 80,000 Syrians have died since the start of hostilities in 2011, and more than 4 million have been forced from their homes. What...
Is Obama Prolonging The War In Syria?
Driven by humanitarianism, realpolitik or a combination of both, the Obama administration's Syria policy is entering a dangerous new phase.
Photo Essays
Born Under Fire: The Dawn of Israel, 1948
Sixty-five years ago this week, in the midst of a civil war and at the tail end of the decades-long British Mandate of Palestine, the state of Israel was born...
Aleppo: Scenes from a City of Ruins
Italian photographer Alessio Romenzi has been chronicling the Syrian civil war for months. The following pictures of his are from a few days in mid-April spent...
Articles from Around the Web
Obama, Putin differ on Syria during tense talks
In Northern Ireland for the G-8 summit, the U.S. and Russian leaders have little common ground on Syria, other than hopes for peace negotiations. ENNISKILLEN, Northern Ireland...
Obama and Putin discuss Syria conflict
Meeting on G8 summit's sidelines in Northern Ireland, US and Russian leaders acknowledge their'' different perspectives''. ...
Obama and Putin fail to resolve differences over Syria
end to Syria's civil war, as each leader steps up military support for opposite sides in the worsening conflict. Read full article>> ...
Obama and Putin push Syria summit
The US and Russian presidents acknowledge at the G8 summit that they have a different stance on Syria, but agree to push for Geneva talks. ...
