UN Envoy Says Progress at Syria Peace Conference Has Been Slow
Lakhdar Brahimi adds that some common ground between the government and opposition representatives has been found
War
Almost 1,900 Dead in Syria Since Peace Conference Began
According to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights
Less Than 5 Percent of Syria's Chemical Weapons Have Been Shipped
Only 4.1 percent of the reported chemical agents
Parties at Syria Peace Conference Agree to Basis For Negotiations
Opposition spokesperson calls it a "positive step forward"
Syrian Government and Opposition Delegates To Meet "in the Same Room" Tomorrow
Government representatives had threatened to walk out of the Geneva II conference
UN's Ban Ki-moon and Syrian Foreign Minister Clash on First Day of Peace Talks
The United Nations' secretary general tried to cut Walid al Muallem's speech short
The Growing Power of the Presidency
From Lincoln to Obama, the Executive Branch Has Expanded its Reach
Italian Port of Gioia Tauro To Handle Transfer of Syria's Chemical Agents
Will be put on American ship
Bob Gates Is Tired of War
Gates marched in Washington to protest the U.S. invasion of Cambodia. Under the former defense secretary's hawkish exterior, the antiwar impulse has never gone away.
Islamist Infighting in Syria is a Reminder Why Intervention is a Bad Idea
With Islamist rebels among Assad's opposition, non-intervention remains the best policy
Marines Investigating Validity of Photos Showing Burning of Iraqi Corpses
Allegedly taken in Fallujah in 2004, military trying to determine authenticity
OPCW Urges Assad Regime To Speed Up Handover of Chemicals
First chemicals were loaded onto a Danish ship on Tuesday
Rebels in Syria Kill 34 Foreign Members of Al Qaeda-Linked Groups
Anti-Assad fighters battling the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant
Rebels in Syria Push Al Qaeda Back Near Turkish Border, US Open To Iran Playing Role in Peace Talks
Peace conference scheduled for Jan. 22
Destruction of Syria's Chemical Weapons Begins
Chemicals to be put on U.S. government cargo ship
Hezbollah Moving Long-Range Missile From Syria to Lebanon
According to Ronen Bergman, an Israeli national security analyst
China: Japan's PM Not Welcome After Visit to Yasukuni Shrine
World War II war criminals among those honored at the shrine visited by Shinzo Abe
Syria To Miss Chemical Weapons Deadline
Had agreed to move most of its stockpile out of the country by the end of the year
Syrian Activists Raise Death Toll From Aleppo Airstrikes to 65
Barrel bombs have been dropped on the city
British Jihadists in Syria Claim Hundreds From Britain Have Come To Join Fight Against Assad
Also claim that private funding from the U.K. is the biggest source of money for jihadist fighters
Last Australian Combat Troops Withdrawn From Afghanistan
40 Australians have been killed since the U.S.-led intervention began
Free Syrian Army Losing Ground to Islamic Front
Balance of power within Assad's opposition changing
UN Inspectors: Chemical Weapons Probably Used in Four Locations in Syria This Year
Mandate bans the inspectors for putting blame on the Assad regime or the opposition
US Backed Rebel Leader Flees Syria After Islamic Front Takes Over His HQ
Gen. Salim Idris of the Free Syrian Army
Both Sides in Syrian Conflict Pushing To Strengthen Their Positions Ahead of Peace Conference
Geneva II conference is scheduled to begin on January 22
