Document: Syria’s Chemical Weapons
From the July, 1 2013 Congressional Research Service report: Syria’s Chemical Weapons: Issues for Congress: The use or loss of…
Opinion: Despite Arms Deal U.S. Influence of Syrian Rebels Limited
As the United States begins providing arms to Syrian rebels , it enters an increasingly complex arena of arms-trafficking and…
Arming Syrian Rebels Will Do Little
After years of debate and increased involvement in the training and logistical support of Syrian rebel forces, the U.S. government…
Syria Intervention: Some Pros, Mostly Cons
With the human toll mounting, the United States getting more involved in training, aid, and arms transfers, and continued calls…
Russian Ships To Syria Don’t Mean Much
Early in the summer of 2012, a number of international observers got very worked up about Russia’s plan to dispatch…
Syria’s War May Spill Over Into Lebanon
Lebanon is one of the few Middle Eastern countries left that hasn’t been thrown into turmoil by the “Arab Spring.”…
Clearing Syrian WMDs Means 75K Troops and Massive Air Strikes
In July, Syria’s Foreign Minister Walid Mullalem declared that Syria’s stockpiles of chemical and biological weapons would go unused in…
Syria Air-Only War Could Be Largest of its Kind
As the Syrian civil war escalates and expands, policy makers are increasingly examining proposals to patrol “safe,” “liberated,” or “buffer…
The Cost of a Syrian Intervention
A Libya-style military intervention in Syria could take up to six times as many combat aircraft as last year’s Operation…
Russian Ships to Syria
In late June, Russians reportedly dispatched two large landing ships full of marines to their naval base in Tartus, Syria.…