Iran says US will suffer if Syria is attacked - Middle East. Allegations that the Syrian regime used chemical weapons last month are a "pretext" by the West to attack the country, Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said.
Iran is Syria's main regional ally and has warned Western powers against intervening in the country's civil war, as the United States edges towards launching strikes against the Damascus regime. Washington and its allies "are using the chemical weapon [allegation] as a pretext," and "are saying that they want to intervene for humanitarian reasons," Khamenei said on Thursday. "The United States is wrong about Syria, and it is certain they will suffer... just like in Iraq and Afghanistan," Khamenei told members of the Assembly of Experts, the body that supervises his work.
SYRYA Putin: Nonsense Idea That The Advancing Syian Army Used CW, Show Proof To Inspectors & UNSC. G20 Summit: Vladimir Putin Calls John Kerry a LIAR. Why Syrian Government Use Of Chemical Weapons Matters To US National Security. On Saturday President Obama said that a large-scale chemical weapons attack “presents a serious danger to our national security.”
This is a key notion in the debate about whether the U.S. should again choose to meddle in the Middle East. The president gave three reasons: 1) “It risks making a mockery of the global prohibition on the use of chemical weapons.” Earlier this week Ian Bremmer told Business Insider the U.S. Organisation of Islamic Cooperation suspends Syria. Obama: Red line on Syria is the world's, not his. The White House welcomes Senate panel's support for a limited Syria strikeA House committee questions top administration officialsPresident Obama calls on the international community to act on SyriaObama kicks off a trip to Sweden and Russia as Congress debates Syria (CNN) -- President Barack Obama said Wednesday that the world set a red line against chemical weapons use that he now seeks to apply to Syria, while a Senate committee approved a resolution authorizing the U.S. military attack that he is planning.
By a 10-7 vote, the Senate Foreign Relations Committee passed the resolution that authorizes a limited military response, giving Obama an initial victory in his push to win congressional approval. The measure now goes to the full Senate for debate next week. The Democratic-led chamber is expected to pass it, but the outcome is less clear in the Republican-led House where top diplomatic and military officials made their case on Wednesday for action. Who Are Syria's Friends And Why Are They Supporting Assad? : Parallels. Hide captionRussian President Vladimir Putin greets his Syrian counterpart, Bashar Assad, in Moscow on Dec. 19, 2006.
Russia — along with China and Iran — has remained a steadfast ally of Assad amid calls for international intervention in Syria. Mikhail Klimentyev/AP Russian President Vladimir Putin greets his Syrian counterpart, Bashar Assad, in Moscow on Dec. 19, 2006. Russia — along with China and Iran — has remained a steadfast ally of Assad amid calls for international intervention in Syria. While much of the world is lining up against Syria, the country is not entirely friendless, and it's hoping its allies can provide at least some cover in the confrontation over its apparent use of chemical weapons. Russia and China are almost certain to block any U.N. resolution that could be used to authorize force against the government of Syrian President Bashar Assad. Russia Moscow has long-standing strategic and financial interests in Syria. China Iran. Genocide in the 20th Century. Adolf Hitler to his Army commanders, August 22, 1939: "Thus for the time being I have sent to the East only my 'Death's Head Units' with the orders to kill without pity or mercy all men, women, and children of Polish race or language.
Only in such a way will we win the vital space that we need. Who still talks nowadays about the Armenians? " The term 'Genocide' was coined by Polish writer and attorney, Raphael Lemkin, in 1941 by combining the Greek word 'genos' (race) with the Latin word 'cide' (killing). Terms of use: Private home/school non-commercial, non-Internet re-usage only is allowed of any text, graphics, photos, audio clips, other electronic files or materials from The History Place. The Three Reasons Russia Backs Assad So Staunchly. Over the course of the 29-month Syrian conflict, Russia has provided the regime of Bashar al-Assad with supplies including guns, grenades, tank parts, fighter jets, advanced anti-ship cruise missiles, long-range air defence missiles, military officers as advisors, diplomatic cover, and lots of cash.
So why does the Kremlin back Assad so staunchly? There are three primary reasons, as illustrated by this report by Krishnadev Calamur of NPR. 1) Strategic: Syria’s port of Tartus hosts the only remaining international military base outside of the former Soviet Union. 2) Financial: As of June 2012, Russia’s economic interests in Syria total approximately $US20 billion, about $US5 billion of which are weapons sales. “First, Russia is against any regime change from outside of Syria or any other country because according to Russia, any attempt to change the regimes, they are ended up in a chaos and results are quite opposite what were the intentions,” Migranyan said. White House pushes Congress on Syria after Obama's recoil.
NEW: Arab League condemns attack, blames Syrian governmentKerry says blood and hair samples show "signatures of sarin"The U.N. says its investigation will be "impartial and credible" Syrian opposition: Obama has given false hope to those suffering Should the West intervene in Syria?
Tell us what you think. (CNN) -- The Obama administration pushed forward Sunday on a new path toward military action in Syria, urging Congress to support the president's call. Tests found signatures of sarin gas in blood and hair samples collected from the Damascus site of an alleged chemical weapons attack, U.S.