Tag: Middle East

Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., a moderate and key swing vote in the Senate, issued a statement this afternoon opposing the use of force against Syria for its alleged use of chemical weapons. (AP/Carolyn Kaster)

Beltway Confidential

Joe Manchin opposes bombing Syria

Sean Higgins · August 30, 2013 4:00 am

Before it was town apart by war, Beirut was known for its fashion, cuisine and architecture. (Thinkstock)

Can Beirut be Paris, again?

Michael Totten · August 30, 2013 4:00 am

No Regime Change—and Maybe No Strike At All

No Regime Change—and Maybe No Strike At All

Lee Smith · August 29, 2013 4:33 pm

Smoke rises from buildings due to heavy shelling in Daraa, Syria on Tuesday. (AP Photo/Ugarit News via AP video)

Syria: Does America really need another war in the Middle East?

Cal Thomas · August 29, 2013 4:00 am

Israeli government was distributing gas masks to residents amid increasing fears Israel could be targeted by Syrian President Bashar al-Assad.

Beltway Confidential

Israelis brace for possible attack by Syria

Philip Klein · August 28, 2013 4:00 am

Black columns of smoke rise from heavy shelling in the Jobar neighborhood of Syria on Sunday. (AP/Hassan Ammar)

Congress divided on response to Syrian conflict

Sean Lengell · August 27, 2013 4:00 am

A Syrian military soldier holds his AK-47 with a sticker of Syrian President Bashar Assad and Arabic that reads, "Syria is fine," as he stands guard at a check point on Baghdad street in Damascus. (AP/Hassan Ammar)

White House: US will not seek ‘regime change’ in Syria

Susan Crabtree · August 27, 2013 4:00 am

A chemical attack in Syria has clearly violated Barack Obamaâs red line warning to Syrian leader Bashar Assad last year that such an assault would force a recalculation of his decision to keep the U.S. military out of the Syrian civil war. (AP/Matt Rourke)

Forced into corner on Syria, Obama’s next move will shape foreign policy legacy

Susan Crabtree · August 27, 2013 4:00 am

John Kerry condemns chemical attack in Syria, declines to say how US will respond

John Kerry condemns chemical attack in Syria, declines to say how US will respond

Susan Crabtree · August 26, 2013 4:00 am

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

The Big Sleep in Cairo

James Jay Carafano · August 26, 2013 4:00 am

A picture taken through a window shows the United Nations high representative for disarmament affairs, Angela Kane, second left, at a hotel in Damascus, Syria, Saturday, Aug. 24, 2013. The United Nations disarmament chief arrived today to press President Bashar Assad's regime to allow U.N. experts to investigate an alleged chemical weapons attack this week that reportedly killed more than 130 people. Kane who was dispatched by the U.N. secretary-general to push for a speedy investigation into Wednesday's purported attack outside the Syrian capital, did not speak to reporters upon her arrival in Damascus. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)

US moves forces toward Syria, inquiry continues

BRADLEY KLAPPERROBERT BURNS · August 25, 2013 12:49 am

President Barack Obama speaks on Friday, Aug. 23, 2013 at the Lackawanna College student union in downtown Scranton, Pennsylvania. (AP Photo / The Scranton Times-Tribune, Butch Comegys)

Obama, national security team meet on Syria

Washington Examiner · August 24, 2013 9:57 pm