As the pro-democracy uprising was forced to militarize in the face of Assad's murderous assault, regional powers like Saudi Arabia and Turkey backed Islamic fundamentalist forces within Syria, exacerbating the sectarian divisions. . ... Saudi Arabia--the historic..…
Terrorist groups such formerly known as al-Nusra Front, have on several occasions used toxic materials such as chlorine gas to target civilians and government forces Syria.. Syrian accuses Saudi Arabia, Qatar, and Turkey of providing the militants with the banned weapons.. ..…
The United States meanwhile does not have much influence over the terrorist groups Syria, predicting that Saudi Arabia, Qatar and Turkey will keep sending weapons to them.. ..…
Exclusive Obama, eager to assuage Saudi Arabia's over Iran nuclear and the failure to achieve regime change Syria, has turned blind eye to Riyadh's savaging of Yemen, writes Jonathan Marshall... ... Some of his previous articles for Consortiumnews were Risky Blowback from Russian..…
United States and its regional allies - especially Qatar, Saudi Arabia and Turkey - have been supporting the militants operating Syria since the beginning of the crisis... ..…
Israel, Egypt, Syria, Saudi Arabia, Iran, Yemen, Bahrain and United Arab Emirates all have missiles capable of delivering explosive payloads to their neighbors, seeking to upgrade their arsenals with longer range, better guidance systems and more payload capacity. ..…
Taken together Middle East missile arsenal -- divided among such countries as Syria, Iran, Iraq, Libya, Israel and Saudi Arabia -- numbers thousand missiles.. ..…
THE ISLAMIC State Iraq and Syria's horrifying execution of American James Foley has given Obama cover to intensify its military Iraq, possibly Syria.. Thus, Democratic President Jimmy Carter and Republican Ronald Regan both collaborated with Saudi Arabia and Pakistan to back..…
Sizeable numbers of Shias (1 million or more) are found in Turkey, Yemen, Azerbaijan, Afghanistan, Syria, Saudi Arabia, Lebanon, Nigeria and Tanzania. ... Syria . 3 – 4 million . 15 – 20 . ~2 . Saudi Arabia . 2 – 4 million . 10 – 15 . 1 – 2 . ..…
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