by Eric Harris Bernstein | Jun 14, 2013 | Monitor
In a statement by Deputy National Security Adviser Benjamin J. Rhodes on Thursday, June 13th, the Obama administration announced that it is now certain that the Assad regime has used chemical weapons, including Sarin, “on a small scale against the opposition...
by Eric Harris Bernstein | Jun 6, 2013 | Monitor
In an interview with France 2 yesterday, Wednesday, June 5, French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius stated that the French government has performed tests on Syrian soil samples and now possesses strong evidence of the use of Sarin gas by the Assad regime. “There...
by William Joyce | Jun 6, 2013 | Monitor
Egypt: Confidential “National Security” Dialogue Goes Viral in Egypt Arwa Gaballa / allAfrica On Monday, Mursi met with political figures and experts to discuss a report on the effects of a dam which Ethiopia plans to erect on the Nile River. Crude Output...
by Chris Smith | Jun 6, 2013 | Monitor
Earlier this week in a post in Flashpoints Blog I argued while chemical weapons are a major national security concern, the possible manufacturing of sarin by non-state actors should be given special consideration. The manufacturing of sarin represents a unique threat...
by David Axe | Dec 24, 2012 | Monitor
The regime of embattled Syrian president Bashar Assad has reportedly gassed rebel forces in the battleground city of Homs.
