Going Over the Red Line

On April 25, the White House delivered a letter to Congress stating that the US “intelligence community does assess with varying degrees of confidence that the Syrian regime has used chemical weapons on a small scale in Syria, specifically the chemical agent sarin.” As President Obama has publicly stated that the use of chemical weapons would be a “red line” and a “game changer,” government officials, analysts and international onlookers are calling on the Obama administration to dec...

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Brotherhood Leaders to Officially Return to Syria

BEIRUT, Asharq Al-Awsat—After being banned in Syria for more than thirty years, Muslim Brotherhood leaders have decided to officially return to the embattled country and open offices in areas under the control of the Free Syrian Army. In press statements, Brotherhood controller-general Riyad Al-Shaqfah asserted that he plans to return to his country and resume his political activities. He said that his group recently decided to revive its organizational bodies inside Syria and asked its...

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