Kucinich: US 'Immeasurably' Closer to War in Syria

10-11-2012 • http://www.usnews.com, By Steven Nelson

Democratic congressman: Obama deployed troops 'without notifying Congress'

Turkey: Syrian plane was carrying ammunition

10-11-2012 • AP

A plane intercepted by Turkish fighter jets on its way from Moscow to Damascus was carrying equipment and ammunition destined for the Syrian Defense Ministry, Turkey’s prime minister said. Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s comments follow a fierce denial by Syr

Turkey forces Syrian passenger plane to land

10-10-2012 • Washington Post

Turkish fighter jets forced a Syrian passenger plane to land in Ankara on amid suspicions that it may have been carrying arms, exacerbating already high tensions with Syria that have raised fears that a wider war may be imminent.

U.S. Military Is Sent to Jordan to Help With Crisis in Syria

10-10-2012 • New York Times

The US military has secretly sent a task force of more than 150 planners and other specialists to Jordan to help the armed forces there handle a flood of Syrian refugees, prepare for the possibility that Syria will lose control of its chemical weapon

NATO makes plans to back Turkey over Syria spillover

10-10-2012 • Reuters

NATO said it had drawn up plans to defend Turkey if necessary should the war in Syria spill over their border again as dozens of people were killed across the Arab nation on Tuesday.

Turkey Deploys 25 F-16s To Syria Border

10-09-2012 • http://www.prisonplanet.com, Zero Hedge

Turkey has confirmed that it is deploying at least 25 additional F-16 fighter jets at its Diyarbakir air base close to the border with Syria.

Syrian Rebels Provoking Turk War? Or Is Turkey a Willing Accomplice?

10-07-2012 • Lew Rockwell blog

The situation on the Syria/Turkey border is spiraling out of control, as for 5 days Turkey has shelled Syria in retaliation for apparent Syrian army shells landing in Turkey. The threat of a wider regional war has never been greater and with Israel c

Can We Call Syrian Rebels Terrorists Now?

10-07-2012 • Lew Rockwell blog

Finally even the UN Security Council has recognized what many (mainstream media under the spell of the bogus Syrian Observatory excluded) have been pointing to all along: the "rebels" seeking to overthrow the Syrian government are terrorists.

Tensions persist between Turkey, Syria after cross-border military exchange

10-04-2012 • Washington Post

Turkey’s parliament authorized the Turkish government to take military action against Syria, as the international community scrambled to defuse tensions heightened by a Syrian artillery strike a day earlier in which 5 Turkish civilians died.

Turkey Attempts to Trigger War Vs. Syria

10-04-2012 • http://www.prisonplanet.com, Tony Cartalucci

After over a year of harboring foreign terrorists and supporting their operations near and across the Turkish-Syrian border, NATO-member Turkey has claimed it has retaliated with military force against “targets” inside Syria for an alleged attack on

Syria: The Strange US/Israel/Al-Qaeda Ménage à Trois

09-28-2012 • Lew Rockwell blog

A little more than a week after the extremists linked to Al-Qaeda by our own US government set up and murdered Ambassador to Libya Chris Stevens, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has announced that the United States would send an additional $45 mil

Qatari Emir Pushes for Arab Invasion of Syria

09-27-2012 • http://news.antiwar.com, by Jason Ditz

Claims 'Military Duty' to Oust Assad

Syrian rebels bomb security building in Damascus

09-26-2012 • Reuters

Syrian insurgents detonated bombs at a building occupied by pro-government militias in Damascus and France called for U.N. protection of rebel-held areas to help end Syria's bloodshed and rights abuses.

Syria fires into Jordan, sparking clashes

09-23-2012 • .

The armed forces of Syria and Jordan clashed after Syria fired into Jordanian territory, where thousands of refugees have fled from an 18-month-long civil war. The Syrian army has moved its brigade to block any possible attack from Israel to the

Modern Middle East History in Ten Minutes

09-23-2012 • youtube (h/t Lew Rockwell blog)

CaspianReport video on the Origins of the Israel/Palestinian Conflict: The Israeli/Arab conflict is the result of interactions of superpowers in the early 20th century. British and French strategic interests in the Middle East were related t

The mystery of the Syria contact group

09-21-2012 • www.atimes.com/Vijay Prashad

In late August, Egypt's new president Mohammed Morsi proposed the formation of a regional initiative to stem the conflict in Syria. Five decades ago, Egypt and Syria were yoked together to form the United Arab Republic, an experiment that lasted less

Our Syrian rebels seize border crossing with Turkey

09-20-2012 • AP

Syrian rebels seized control of a border crossing on the frontier with Turkey on Wednesday, ripping down the Syrian flag as the rebels fighting to oust President Bashar Assad expand their control of the country’s north.

Clinton Bashes Russia’s Syria Peace Plan

09-10-2012 • http://news.antiwar.com, by Jason Ditz

'No Point in Passing Resolution,' Clinton Insists

‘US doesn’t need UN to oust Assad’ - Clinton

09-10-2012 • http://rt.com

Hillary Clinton threatens the US and “like-minded states” might pursue regime change in Syria in circumvention of the UN if the new resolution on Syria is “toothless”.

Egyptian President Warns Assad That ‘Your Time Won’t Be Long’

09-05-2012 • New York Times

Mr. Morsi, an Islamist and Egypt’s first democratically elected president, fired back at Mr. Assad days after the top Syrian government spokesman said the only change in Cairo since the ouster last year of Hosni Mubarak was Mr. Morsi’s beard.

United Nations Says 100,000 Refugees Fled Syria in August

09-04-2012 • New York Times

More than 100,000 Syrians fled their country last month, a sharp acceleration of the exodus prompted by 18 months of conflict, the United Nations said, adding renewed urgency to the mission of a new peace envoy given dim prospects for success.

Iran Supplying Syrian Military via Iraqi Airspace

09-04-2012 • New York Times

Iran has resumed shipping military equipment to Syria over Iraqi airspace in a new effort to bolster the embattled government of President Bashar al-Assad of Syria, according to senior American officials.

China Says Syria Situation Worsening, Still Opposes Intervention

09-04-2012 • Reuters

China said on Tuesday the situation in Syria was worsening but that it still opposed any outside armed intervention in the country, ahead of a visit to Beijing by U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.