By Lili Bayer BRUSSELS (Reuters) – The European Union is considering a step-by-step suspension of multiple economic sanctions targeting Syria as it seeks to support the country’s transition, while retaining some leverage, according to two internal documents seen by Reuters. EU foreign ministers are expected to discuss suspending some Syrian sanctions during a meeting in…
BEIRUT (Reuters) – Hezbollah head Naim Qassem said on Saturday that the Lebanese armed group had lost its supply route through Syria, in his first comments since the toppling of President Bashar al-Assad nearly a week ago by a sweeping rebel offensive. Under Assad, Iran-backed Hezbollah used Syria to bring in weapons and other military…
By Maya Gebeily, Suleiman Al-Khalidi and Parisa Hafezi BEIRUT/AMMAN/DUBAI (Reuters) -Iran will send missiles, drones and more advisers to Syria, a senior Iranian official said on Friday, as rebel forces pushed their lightning offensive south towards the city of Homs in the biggest challenge for years to President Bashar al-Assad’s rule. Seizing Homs would cut…
(Reuters) – Syrian rebels’ capture of Aleppo from President Bashar al-Assad has brought the Syrian civil war back into focus, jolting frontlines that had been dormant for years with implications for the region and beyond. WHAT IS GOING ON? The rebels launched their surprise offensive on Nov. 26, attacking from areas to the north and…