Sep 09 How Kerry’s Syria ultimatum may have become an inadvertent solution .embed-container { position: relative; padding-bottom: 2.25%; padding-top: 30px; height: 0; overflow: hidden; max-width: 100%; height: auto; } .embed-container iframe, .embed-container object, .embed-container embed { position: absolute; top: 0; left: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%; } While in London early Monday,… Continue reading
Sep 09 Facebook data shows who is talking about Syria NBC News and Facebook partnered to look at the demographics of the conversation about Syria. Some notes from the report concerning Facebook and Syria: Men are posting about Syria nearly twice as much as women. Washington, D.C. had… Continue reading
Sep 09 Rice: Syrian chemical weapons threaten U.S. national security National Security Advisor Susan Rice addresses the situation in Syria at the New America Foundation in Washington. Photo by Nicholas Kamm/ AFP/ Getty Images. While President Barack Obama continues his campaign for support on a military strike in… Continue reading
Sep 09 Obama administration steps up visibility from the Situation Room Pete Souza/White House via Getty Images President Barack Obama's administration is out in force in Washington Monday as officials and the president work to sell his Syria resolution. In addition to the all-member briefing by Secretary of State… Continue reading
Sep 09 Latest survey finds growing public opposition to airstrikes against Syria Sixty-three percent of Americans are now opposed to using military airstrikes against Syria and the percentage of Americans who are opposed to such an action has surged substantially in just the past week, according to a new survey… Continue reading
Sep 09 The Syrian conflict, comic-book style If there was a comic strip of the recent history of Syria, this would be it. Writer Mike Duncan and artist Jason Novak illustrated the ongoing Syria situation over seven pages in their comic titled "We're About to… Continue reading
Sep 09 FROM THE WIRE Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said Moscow will urge Syria to put its chemical weapons under international control. (AP/Reuters) H/T Joshua Barajas JS… Continue reading
Sep 09 Secretary of State John Kerry to Participate in Google + Hangout By News Desk On Tuesday, Sept. 10 at 2 p.m. EDT., Secretary of State John Kerry will attend a Google + Hangout on Syria. New York Times columnist Nicholas Kristof will host the hangout, Syria: Weighing the U.S. Response, along with journalist… Continue reading
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Sep 08 Assad Tells PBS’ Charlie Rose Syria Prepared to Retaliate if Hit In the event the above video is unavailable, you can view it on Hulu. Updated with full video of the interview Syrian President Bashar al-Assad told Charlie Rose on Sunday that he is preparing for a U.S. strike,… Continue reading