Journalism of Courage
Paris: Tense negotiations have begun on a proposed UN resolution that would put Syrias chemical weapons under international control and end a diplomatic stalemate over a deadly poison gas attack,a French official said Wednesday. The official said Russia objected not only to making the resolution militarily enforceable,but also to blaming the August 21 attack on the Syrian government. ap
Russia may up Iran arms sales if US strikes Syria
Moscow: Russia could expand arms sales to Iran and revise the terms of US military transit to Afghanistan if Washington launches a strike on Syria,a senior Russian lawmaker said Wednesday. Alexei Pushkov,the Kremlin-connected chief of the foreign affairs committee in the lower house of parliament,said,If the US takes the path of exacerbating the situation and forgoing diplomacy for the sake of a military scenario,such measures would seem absolutely justified to me.
