Tag: Op-Ed

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has warned that the US would “pay the price” for any strike against Syria.

By David Porter

By Felix K. Chang

By Christine M. Leah

By Alan Caruba

By Salma Yusuf

By Claude Salhani

When US Secretary of State John Kerry said during a debate in Congress that there was no al-Qaida in Syria, he was lying, Russian President Vladimir Putin said Wednesday.

The Senate Foreign Relations Committee has approved a resolution giving U.S. President Barack Obama authority to take military action against Syria over its use of chemical weapons on civilians.

By Magharebia

By Jagannath P. Panda

For the past three years, Al-Qaeda has sought to hire engineers and other experts to help the terrorist organization fend off US drone strikes that have increasingly hobbled the militant network, according to documents leaked by Edward Snowden.

By C. Raja Mohan

By Deepak Tripathi

By Yves-Marie Rault

US Senators intend to introduce amendments to the draft resolution submitted by the White House which authorises military action against the Syrian regime, Democratic Senator Patrick Leahy told journalists.

By Adelaide Mena

By Rachel Irwin

By Koseph Nye

By D. S. Rajan

By Dr. S. Chandrasekharan

By Marija Ristic

Any possibility of British involvement in a military campaign in Syria has been effectively ruled out after British lawmakers voted down the prospect in parliament, costing the US the nation’s closest ally in a potential strike.

The CIA has mushroomed into the largest US spy agency with a nearly $15 billion budget as it expands intelligence, cyber sabotage and overseas covert operations, secret leaked documents showed Thursday.

By Tillmann Dietrich

By S. Binodkumar Singh

By Bhaskar Roy

By Jayantha Dhanapala

By Nasir Shansab

By Christine M. Leah and Bradley A. Thayer