August 2013 - ARA News

31-08-2013 ARA News Tel Abyad, Al-Raqqah, Syria − On Tuesday, clashes reportedly resumed in the western suburbs of the city of Tel Abyad,...

Obama to seek congressional approval on Syria action

31-08-2013 President Barack Obama on Saturday backed away from an imminent military strike against Syria to seek the approval of the U.S....

Syrian Kurds demand U.S. to include locations of extremist groups in Syria strike

31-08-2013 ARA News Shalal Gaddo, leader of the Kurdish Leftist Party in Syria said that the expected American strike against the Syrian regime is...

Obama, a most reluctant warrior

By: Hisham Melhem

Why does Turkey support intervention in Syria?

By: Ceylan Ozbudak

Kerry: Assad’s regime ‘carefully’ planned for chemical attack

August 30, 2013 0

30-08-2013 U.S. Secretary of State revealed on Friday details of an intelligence report on Syria saying the regime of President Bashar al-Assad...

U.S. contemplates ‘discrete and limited’ action in Syria

30-08-2013 ARA News The White House has said that the U.S. is contemplating “discrete and limited” action in Syria and rejected comparisons to the...

UK parliament votes against intervention in Syria

30-08-2013 The British parliament voted on Thursday against taking military action on Syria and accepted the vote and said he would act...

Syrian opposition ‘implicitly’ agreed on Kurdish demand of federalism, KNC member says

29-08-2013 ARA News Istanbul, Turkey − In an interview with ARA News, Mustafa Sino, the member of the national and foreign...

West’s quagmire on Syria: damned if you strike, damned if you don’t

29-08-2013 It seems to be a case of “damned if you do, damned if you don’t” for Western leaders mulling a strike on Syria this...

Report: Russia to send two ships to east Mediterranean

29-08-2013 Russia will send two ships to the east Mediterranean to strengthen its naval presence because of the “well-known situation” there,...

French president: ‘a political solution’ best to solve Syria crisis

29-08-2013 French President Francois Hollande said “everything must be done to seek a political solution” to end the Syrian crisis after meeting with...

Kurdish Leader: We should efficiently join Syrian Opposition’s Coalition

28-08-2013 ARA News - Exclusive Istanbul, Turkey − Ibrahim Biro, secretary of the Kurdish Yekiti Party in Syria, told ARA News that...

Assad says a Vietnam scenario ‘awaits the United States in Syria’

28-08-2013 ARA News Syrian President Bashar al-Assad warned the United States on Monday, saying Washington will have to deal with another Vietnam...

Assad to be punished, not removed

By: Raed Omari

Western leaders prepare for military strike on Syria ‘within days’

28-08-2013 A probable military strike on Syria by the United States and its allies could come within days, Western envoys have told the Syrian...

Syrian refugees in Kurdistan Region, scenes from Kore Kosik camp