John Kerry Says He Will Try to Get Assad to Relinquish Power
Ambitious goal for the new secretary of state
Ambitious goal for the new secretary of state
Deir al-Zor is in an oil-rich part of the war-torn country
Plan was supported by CIA, State Department, and Pentagon
They insist the strike went after a research center
Will keep fighting instead
Offers to meet in other countries to try to end bloodshed
Assad says unity needed, rebels point out regime responds to rebel actions but not Israel's
Were trying to arrest member of jihadist group that has been fighting Assad's regime
Israel recently attacked a military target amid rising concern over Syrian chemical weapons
Worries over who ends up with the weapons
Israel hit a shipment of missiles apparently headed for Hezbollah in Lebanon
Syrian conflict increasingly regional
An estimated 700,000 have fled Syria since fighting began
They have been reports that Israel attacked a convoy near the war-torn country
According to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights
Iron Dome defense systems deployed, diplomats sent to Moscow
Wants the opposition to do more
Latest sign of a weakening relationshop between Russia and Syria
Says they should have anti-tank and anti-aircraft weapons
U.N. says more than 650,000 have fled so far
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