Israel launches missile strike against Syria

With the US elections out of the way, Washington and its allies have stepped up their campaign for regime-change against Syria.

Lebanon bombings linked to civil war in Syria

The two deadly bombings in Beirut point to the growing threat that the Syrian conflict will spread to Lebanon and throughout the region.

Turkey’s foreign minister demands war in the name of “human rights”

Speaking with the Guardian newspaper, Ahmet Davutoglu employed the lie that a war against Syria was necessary to defend “human rights.”

US Defense Secretary warns of “Pearl Harbor” cyber attack by Iran

In a speech in New York Thursday, US Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta warned that the US faced a threat from Iran equivalent to September 11 or the Japanese bombing of Pearl Harbor in 1941.

US increases support for Syrian opposition as Aleppo burns

The Obama administration has fully resumed its proxy war against Syria, resulting in new disasters for the people of the country.

US scuttles Syria negotiations, backs anti-Assad forces at UN

Washington has used the UN General Assembly as a venue to plot with its allies refashioning the Middle East in line with US interests.

US steps up military operations in Yemen

The Obama administration is intensifying its bloody campaign in the impoverished Middle Eastern country of Yemen.

Clinton visits Turkey to step up Syrian proxy war

Washington is continuing to intensify its bloody intervention into the Syrian war, aiming to overthrow President Bashar al-Assad.

Syrian ethnic, sectarian conflicts deepen as US plots to install client regime

While Washington and its allies plot how to advance their predatory interests in Syria, the country is descending into mass sectarian bloodshed.

After veto of UN war resolution

Washington steps up drive to overthrow Syrian regime

In league with its allies in the Europe and the Middle East, the Obama administration is preparing for war against Syria, possibly using allegations of chemical weapons as a casus belli.

Washington seizes on alleged massacre in Syria to promote war

In the run-up to a UN Security Council meeting on Syria, Washington and its allies have seized on fighting in the Syrian village of Tremseh to intensify the campaign for regime-change.

Massive expansion of domestic spying under Obama

The New York Times carried a report Monday on widespread phone tapping by the US government, whose agencies routinely demand and receive private information on callers from the cell phone companies.

US escalates war threats against Syria in response to downed plane

The US is exploiting the disputed incident involving a Turkish plane that flew into Syrian airspace to intensify its threats, potentially paving the way for direct military intervention.

Anti-regime “rebels” accused of massacre in northern Syria

Local witnesses and video evidence indicate that foreign-backed opposition militants carried out the mass killing of 25 people near the northern Syrian city of Aleppo.

US-backed Syrian opposition appoints new leader

The US-backed Syrian National Council has appointed a new leader in an attempt to overcome deep internal divisions and win greater support among ethnic Kurds in Syria.

Ukraine bombings point to growing political tensions

Explosions in Ukraine point to mounting tensions within the country’s ruling elite.

UN agrees to deploy monitors to Syria as Washington ramps up military intervention

The claims of the US and its allies that they are seeking a peace deal and humanitarian relief in Syria constitute a political fraud, behind which Washington is advancing its military agenda.

US-led conference backs Syrian puppet group, threatens war

The US-led “Friends of the Syria” met in Istanbul to give official recognition to the Syrian National Council and to increase their threats of military intervention against the Assad regime.

US to give “non-lethal” aid to Syrian opposition

President Barack Obama pledged Sunday to deliver “non-lethal” supplies to Western-backed anti-government insurgents in Syria.