Tuesday, January 8, 2013

Civil War In Syria -- News Updates January 8, 2012



US Officials: Syria 'Has Chemical Weapons That Could Be Used Within Two Hours' -- Business Insider/The Telegraph

Syria has armed dozens of bombs with sarin gas and other chemical weapons that could be used to target opposition less than two hours after President Bashar al-Assad issues orders, US officials have claimed.

Only concerted diplomatic pressure from the US, Russia, China and other countries has stopped the regime from loading the bombs on to its aircraft.

Satellite imagery gathered by Israel and other states in late November showed regime soldiers preparing the 500lb bombs in late November.

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More News On The Syrian Civil War

Syria Live Blog -- Al Jazeera
Syria conflict: refugee numbers near 600,000 - Tuesday 8 January 2013 -- The Guardian

Syria violence rages on after Assad shrugs off pressure, remains defiant -- CBS/AP
Fighting flares again in Palestinian refugee camp in Syrian capital, 5 killed -- Washington Post/AP
Syrian Rebels Receive Little Help from International Community -- PBS Newshour
Insight: Aleppo misery eats at Syrian rebel support -- Reuters
UK meeting plans for possible post-Assad Syria -- Reuters
Syria's Assad 'desperate,' Britain says -- UPI
Fears raised over Syria uranium stockpile -- Financial Times
World ignoring Syria's systematic ruin: Jumblatt -- Reuters

Hints of Syrian Chemical Push Set Off Global Effort to Stop It
-- New York Times
Report: Israeli Intelligence Alerted West to Movement of Syria’s Chemical Weapons -- Al Gemeiner
Obama Listened to Israel, Avoided Chemical War in Syria: Report -- Arutz Sheva
Israel: State of Syrian chemical weapons could change in a moment
-- Debka
Syria rebels 'monitor' chemical weapons sites -- Al Jazeera

Syria conflict: New insight into shadowy jihadist group -- BBC
Analysis: Study shows rise of al Qaeda affiliate in Syria -- CNN
Al-Qaeda Affiliated Jihadist Group Gaining Power in Syria -- Al Gemeiner

Syrians' choice is loyalty or mutiny -- Phil Sands, The National
Assad's Public Appearance On Sunday Could Be His Last -- Maya Shwayder, Business Insider/International Business Times
How I survived Syria's killing fields -- Martin Fletcher, The Australian, The Times
Time for a Syrian transitional government -- Radwan Ziadeh, Foreign Policy
Retribution or Reconciliation: On Syria's Future -- Raphael Harkham, Huffington Post
Russia Still Key to Political Transition in Syria -- Fyodor Lukyanov, Al-Monitor
Assad and the U.S. are blind to reality in Syria
-- Washington Post editorial
The Syrian Stalemate -- Robert G. Rabil, National Interest

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