Tag: Middle East

Members of the local Syrian community chant after marching in protest against the United States' involvement in Syria on Friday in Allentown, Pa. (AP/Matt Slocum)

Beltway Confidential

Pew: Most Americans against bombing Syria

Conn Carroll · September 3, 2013 4:00 am

Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., met with President Obama at the White House on Monday about Congress' choice on Syria. (AP/J. Scott Applewhite)

Beltway Confidential

Morning Examiner: Obama’s plan to win approval for bombing Syria

Conn Carroll · September 3, 2013 4:00 am

House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio speaks to reporters outside the White House on Tuesday following a meeting between President Obama and Congressional leaders to discuss the situation in Syria. (AP/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

John Boehner backs Obama, will support strikes on Syria

Susan Crabtree · September 3, 2013 4:00 am

Vice President Joe Biden, right, and President Barack ObamaÃÂ arrive to make a statement about the ongoing situation in Syria in the Rose Garden of the White House on Saturday in Washington. (AP/Evan Vucci)

America’s weakening president and the civil war in Syria

Cal Thomas · September 3, 2013 4:00 am

Sen. Bob Casey,ÃÂ D-Pa.,ÃÂ predicted Tuesday that Congress will approve President Obama's request to intervene militarily in the violent civil conflict in Syria. (AP/Matt Rourke)

Sen. Bob Casey expects Congress will OK military response in Syria

Sean Lengell · September 3, 2013 4:00 am

This photo shows an Arrow missile being launched at an undisclosed location in Israel in December 2005. (AP/Israel Aircraft Industries)

With eye on Syria, Israel tests missiles with US

Daniel Estrin · September 3, 2013 4:00 am

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Washington Examiner · September 2, 2013 4:00 am

Kristol Podcast: What We Learned in Israel

TWS Podcast · August 30, 2013 4:56 pm

President George W. Bush: âPutting our military in harms way is the toughest decision a president has to make.â (AP/LM Otero)

George W. Bush: Obama has a ‘tough choice’ in how to handle Syria

Sean Lengell · August 30, 2013 4:00 am

Buildings around Aleppo have been severely damaged during fighting between government forces and Free Syrian army fighters. A top Syrian government official on Sunday dismissed the Obama administration as confused and hesitant, even as Secretary of State John Kerry said Washington has evidence of sarin gas use by Syria and that the case for a military attack is getting "stronger and stronger." (AP Photo/Aleppo Media Center, AMC)

Obama: US has an ‘obligation’ to act against Syria

Susan Crabtree · August 30, 2013 4:00 am

Columns of smoke rising from heavy shelling in the Jobar neighborhood in west Damascus, Syria. (AP/Hassan Ammar)

White House: Social media helped prove chemical attack in Syria

Susan Ferrechio · August 30, 2013 4:00 am

A Syrian army soldier walks on a street in the Jobar neighborhood of Damascus, Syria, on Saturday. (AP)

The case for the West to intervene in Syria

Olivier Guitta · August 30, 2013 4:00 am