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South African military flexes muscles ahead of Congo mission
By Ed Cropley ROODEWAAL ARTILLERY RANGE, South Africa (Reuters) – South Africa's air force showed off its military might on Thursday with precision bombing and helicopter gunships firing fusillades of rockets just days ahead of an unprecedented “peace enforcing” deployment to eastern Congo. Two months after 13 troops were killed by rebels in Central African Republic in South Africa's heaviest military losses since the end of apartheid, Pretoria is gearing up to send 1,000 soldiers to Democratic Republic of Congo's volatile border with Rwanda and Uganda Continue reading
Obama Warns Syria Over Weapons ‘Game Changer’
President Obama says if it is proven that Syria has used chemical weapons against rebels – it would be “a game changer”. Continue reading
Analysis: Crossing Obama’s "red line" on Syria will require concrete proof
By Matt Spetalnick and David Alexander WASHINGTON/RIYADH (Reuters) – While President Barack Obama has declared a “red line” over Syrian use of chemical weapons, U.S. officials suggested on Tuesday that Washington was unlikely to respond without clear-cut evidence of such use – evidence that may be very hard to come by. Israel's top military intelligence analyst said in Tel Aviv on Tuesday that Syrian government forces had used chemical weapons – probably the nerve gas sarin – in their fight against rebels trying to force out President Bashar al-Assad Continue reading
Syria Airstrikes ‘Targeted Civilians’
Hospitals and people waiting in breadlines were unlawfully targeted by government forces fighting rebels, a watchdog claims. Continue reading
Officials: Arms shipments rise to Syrian rebels
AMMAN, Jordan (AP) — Mideast powers opposed to President Bashar Assad have dramatically stepped up weapons supplies to Syrian rebels in coordination with the U.S. in preparation for a push on the capital of Damascus, officials and Western military experts said Wednesday Continue reading
Commander: Contingency plans under way for Syria
WASHINGTON (AP) — The top U.S. military commander in Europe said Tuesday that several NATO countries are working on contingency plans for possible military action to end the two-year civil war in Syria as President Bashar Assad's regime accused U.S.-backed Syrian rebels of using chemical weapons. Continue reading
Alleged chemical attack kills 25 in northern Syria
By Oliver Holmes and Erika Solomon BEIRUT (Reuters) – Syria's government and rebels accused each other of launching a deadly chemical attack near the northern city of Aleppo on Tuesday in what would, if confirmed, be the first use of such weapons in the two-year conflict. U.S. Continue reading
Rebels fight Sudanese government troops in south Darfur
KHARTOUM (Reuters) – Sudanese rebels said on Saturday they had killed more than 200 soldiers in South Darfur, but the government said its troops had suffered only a “number” of casualties and repulsed an ambush. War broke out in the western region of Darfur over a decade ago and has raged ever since despite two peace accords and the presence of the world’s largest peacekeeping mission. Continue reading
Syria, Iran say Assad to remain in power until 2014
The two countries also condemned U.S. Continue reading
