August 28, 2013
6:49 am

Victims of an attack on the Damascus suburb of Ghouta, Syria, Wednesday, August 21, 2013 (photo credit: AP/Shaam News Network)

Syrian officials’ ‘panicked calls’ prove culpability, US says

Information pointing to Assad also includes Israeli intel showing regime moved chemical weapons to site of attack

By Haviv Rettig Gur and AP

August 27, 2013
11:52 pm

French President Francois Hollande delivers his speech during a conference with France's ambassadors, at the Elysee Palace, in Paris, Tuesday Aug. 27, 2013. (photo credit: AP/Kenzo Tribouillard)

France ‘ready to punish’ Syria over gas attack

Francois Hollande stops short of stating what Paris will do to Assad; Italy calls for UN approval before military action

By AP

August 27, 2013
11:38 pm

Airman Harold Doe tightens a bolt on a computer-guided inert practice bomb loaded on an F/A-18 Hornet aircraft on the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower as the ship operates in the Mediterranean Sea on Oct. 23, 2006. (photo credit: Petty Officer 2nd Class Miguel Angel Contreras/US Navy, Department of Defense)

As war talk intensifies, West says goal not deposing Assad

State Department and British prime minister say possible military strike won’t be aimed at regime change, but at stopping chemical weapon use

By Rebecca Shimoni Stoil and AP

August 27, 2013
8:22 pm

President Barack Obama, left, and British Prime Minister David Cameron at the White House, March 2012 (photo credit: AP/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Obama, Cameron yet to approve Syria strike, officials say

Republican congressman asks peers to sign petition to ask US president to reconvene Congress, receive its approval for military action

By AP and Times of Israel staff

August 27, 2013
7:20 pm

Bodies being buried after the August 21 chemical attack near Damascus (photo credit: AP/Shaam News Network)

Russia says strike on Syria won’t be made easy

Assad has a strong air defense system, Moscow officials claim; military intervention will have ‘catastrophic consequences’

By Michal Shmulovich and AP

August 27, 2013
7:11 pm

UN vehicles drive into a UN base near the Quneitra crossing between Israel and Syria, Friday, June 7, 2013 (photo credit: AP Photo/Sebastian Scheiner)

Czechs offer to send peacekeepers to Golan

President Milos Zeman says deployment could ‘help reduce risk of conflict’s escalation’

By AP

August 27, 2013
6:30 pm

In this August 16, 1953 file photo, Iranian army troops and tanks stand in front of Central Police headquarters after the attempted coup d'etat against Iranian premier Mohammad Mossadeq in Tehran, Iran. (photo credit: AP Photo, File)

Iran to debate suing US over 1953 coup

Islamic Republic’s legislature fast-tracks bill to accuse Washington of playing role in the overthrow of Mossadegh, as detailed in newly declassified documents

By AP

August 27, 2013
4:57 pm

Muslim Brotherhood leader Mohammed el-Beltagy (screenshot: YouTube)

Egypt Brotherhood leader on lam denies terror charges

Mohammed el-Beltagy says Egyptian government attempting to turn political conflict into security issue

By AP

August 27, 2013
4:45 pm

A Navy officer checking an AIM-9 Sidewinder missile for proper mounting on an F/A-18C Hornet aircraft, prior to flight operations aboard the aircraft carrier USS John C. Stennis in 2007. (photo credit: Seaman Josue Leopoldo Escobosa/ US Navy/Department of Defense).

US forces ready to act on Syria, defense chief says

NBC News reports strike may come as early as Thursday; UK’s Parliament recalled for vote on possible military response to alleged Syrian chemical attack

By AP and Michal Shmulovich

August 27, 2013
1:59 pm

Secretary of State John Kerry speaks at the State Department in Washington, Monday, August 26, 2013, about the situation in Syria (photo credit: AP/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Syria accuses Kerry of lying on chemical weapons evidence

The US is attempting to bypass the UN and exploit the situation, Damascus state media says

By AP

August 27, 2013
10:09 am

A fighter jet launches from the flight deck of the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower in the Mediterranean, December 2012 (photo credit: CC BY-NC-ND US Department of Defense, Flickr)

US to present evidence Tuesday ahead of Syria strike

Washington will pursue limited assault against military targets in response to regime’s use of chemical weapons, officials say

By Gavriel Fiske and AP

August 27, 2013
2:41 am

American pastor Saeed Abedini (photo credit: @olusheyi31 via Twitter/File)

Iranian court rejects American pastor’s appeal

Saeed Abedini, of Iranian origin, was convicted for allegedly creating a network of Christian churches

By AP

August 26, 2013
10:07 pm

Kerry excoriates Assad regime for ‘inexcusable’ chemical strike

In unequivocal remarks that portend military intervention, secretary of state says Syria destroyed evidence of ‘obscene’ attack

By Adiv Sterman, Asher Zeiger and AP

August 26, 2013
8:05 pm

Justice Minister and chief negotiator Tzipi Livni (second from left), Palestinian chief negotiator Saeb Erekat (second from right), Yitzhak Molcho, an adviser to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (left) and Mohammed Shtayyeh, aide to Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas (right), are seated across from Secretary of State John Kerry (not pictured), at an Iftar dinner at the State Department in Washington, Monday, July 29. (photo credit: AP/Charles Dharapak)

US denies Palestinians called off talks over deadly clashes

PA officials had announced a meeting between Livni and Erekat, scheduled for Monday night, was cancelled after 3 were killed in Qalandiya

By Ilan Ben Zion and AP

August 26, 2013
5:47 pm

A screen capture from a video purporting to show the Syrian Army firing a Scud missile (image capture: YouTube)

Syria, Iran issue first explicit warning to Israel if US attacks

‘We have strategic weapons and we’re capable of responding,’ says official in Damscus; Russia: West has no proof of chemical attack

By Stuart Winer and AP

Writer: AP

Syrian officials’ ‘panicked calls’ prove culpability, US says

Information pointing to Assad also includes Israeli intel showing regime moved chemical weapons to site of attack

France ‘ready to punish’ Syria over gas attack

Francois Hollande stops short of stating what Paris will do to Assad; Italy calls for UN approval before military action

As war talk intensifies, West says goal not deposing Assad

State Department and British prime minister say possible military strike won’t be aimed at regime change, but at stopping chemical weapon use

Obama, Cameron yet to approve Syria strike, officials say

Republican congressman asks peers to sign petition to ask US president to reconvene Congress, receive its approval for military action

Russia says strike on Syria won’t be made easy

Assad has a strong air defense system, Moscow officials claim; military intervention will have ‘catastrophic consequences’

Czechs offer to send peacekeepers to Golan

President Milos Zeman says deployment could ‘help reduce risk of conflict’s escalation’

Iran to debate suing US over 1953 coup

Islamic Republic’s legislature fast-tracks bill to accuse Washington of playing role in the overthrow of Mossadegh, as detailed in newly declassified documents

Egypt Brotherhood leader on lam denies terror charges

Mohammed el-Beltagy says Egyptian government attempting to turn political conflict into security issue

US forces ready to act on Syria, defense chief says

NBC News reports strike may come as early as Thursday; UK’s Parliament recalled for vote on possible military response to alleged Syrian chemical attack

Syria accuses Kerry of lying on chemical weapons evidence

The US is attempting to bypass the UN and exploit the situation, Damascus state media says

US to present evidence Tuesday ahead of Syria strike

Washington will pursue limited assault against military targets in response to regime’s use of chemical weapons, officials say

Iranian court rejects American pastor’s appeal

Saeed Abedini, of Iranian origin, was convicted for allegedly creating a network of Christian churches

Kerry excoriates Assad regime for ‘inexcusable’ chemical strike

In unequivocal remarks that portend military intervention, secretary of state says Syria destroyed evidence of ‘obscene’ attack

US denies Palestinians called off talks over deadly clashes

PA officials had announced a meeting between Livni and Erekat, scheduled for Monday night, was cancelled after 3 were killed in Qalandiya

Syria, Iran issue first explicit warning to Israel if US attacks

‘We have strategic weapons and we’re capable of responding,’ says official in Damscus; Russia: West has no proof of chemical attack

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