September, 2013

• 6 September

  Turkey says strikes on Syria should aim the removal of Assad’s regime

  Any military operation against Syria should be thorough and aim to end the country’s vicious civil war, according to Ankara, which believes that this requires the removal of President Bashar al-Assad’s regime. An intervention against Syria that is forceful and extensive enough to end the war will achieve greater legitimacy …

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• 6 September

  Iranian President says a US strike on Syria will be “in nobody’s interest”

  Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said Wednesday that a U.S. strike on Syria will be “in nobody’s interest” and nobody will benefit from it. “As the Islamic republic has already said, any (military) measure against Syria is in the disadvantage of both the region and the United States’ friends,” Rouhani said. 

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• 6 September

  Assad warns against strike, says chaos and extremism will spread

  France released an intelligence report on Monday alleging chemical weapons use by Syria’s regime that dovetailed with similar U.S. claims, as Syrian President Bashar Assad warned that any military strike against his country would spark an uncontrollable regional war and spread “chaos and extremism.” “The Middle East is a powder …

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• 6 September

  Iran to continue efforts for preventing Syria strike

  Iranian President Hassan Rohani has said that Iran will continue efforts to prevent a possible military action against Syria by the United States. On Wednesday that U.S. President Barack Obama had won the backing of key figures in the U.S. Congress, including Republicans, in his call for limited U.S. strikes …

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• 6 September

  Lebanon is against any foreign military intervention in Syria

  Lebanese President Michel Suleiman said Wednesday that heis against any foreign military intervention in Syria and warned against any Lebanese involvement in the Syrian crisis. In a public speech, Suleiman expressed rejection against all scenarios that include a punitive military trike against the Syrian government for its alleged use of …

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• 6 September

  Turkish PM and French President agree Assad’s chemical attack shouldn’t go unpunished

  Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and French President Francois Hollande, who held a meeting hours before the G-20 summit talks on the global economy in St. Petersburg started, agreed that President Bashar al-Assad’s recent chemical weapons attack in Damascus suburb should not go unpunished.

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• 6 September

  Indian PM says at G20 that action on Syria should be under UN framework

  Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has said that whatever action is required in Syria should be under the UN framework, amid growing pressure on US President Barack Obama from his Russian counterpart and other world leaders not to attack the Arab country.

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• 6 September

  Obama looks for allies at G20

  US President Barack Obama arrived in Russia’s Saint Petersburg for the G20 summit, where officials said he will argue his case for military action against the Syrian regime over an alleged chemical weapons attack.

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• 6 September

  Syrian FM to visit Russia

  Syrian Foreign Minister Walid Muallem will visit Moscow on September 9 to meet with his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov, RIA Novosti reported on Thursday with reference to Russian Foreign Ministry.

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• 6 September

  Russian sends three warships to eastern Mediterranean

  Three Russian warships crossed Turkey’s Bosphorus Strait Thursday en route to the eastern Mediterranean, near the Syrian coast, amid concern in the region over potential US-led strikes in response to the Damascus regime’s alleged use of chemical weapons.

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