UN Peace Envoy Welcomes US-Russia Accord on Syria
Says it is "only a first step"
Blames an optic cable malfunction
Ranking Republican on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee
More than 1.4 million have fled abroad
Now saying there is no conclusive evidence either side has used sarin gas
The U.S. and Russia have differences of opinion when it comes to dealing with Assad
Seems like those red lines aren't lining up
Not every faction resides beneath the FSA's heel
James Foley said to be imprisoned near Damascus
And would show American policymakers have learned nothing in the last decade
Despite evidence that the Syrian government used chemical weapons
According to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights
More than 500,000 have fled to Jordan since the beginning of the civil war
Get involved in a Middle Eastern war? What could go wrong?
Advocates of intervention think we couldn't make the problems of Syria worse. We could.
Also says they are "simple provincial folk"
Expected to make a decision within weeks
Could get more involved
Russia has so far supported the Syrian regime
Second in two days
Now it has to be systematic use before he gets quite cross
The Israeli and Syrian governments have yet to confirm the report
Obama is under pressure to intervene after reported use of chemical weapons by the Assad regime
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