aljazeera.com | Leaders back peace talks “as soon as possible” and call for pact on transitional government “formed by mutual consent”.

Ron Paul | Obama is fixing the intelligence and facts around the already determined policy.

Paul Joseph Watson | Strike on advanced weapons shipment threatens huge escalation of conflict.

Reuters | “You don’t have to be a great expert to understand that this will violate international law,” said Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov.

RT | Kerry, like his war monger counterparts, remains committed to propagating the Syrian chemical weapon notion.

Press TV | Warned not to even think about intervening in Syria militarily at a time when his coalition government is cutting thousands of army jobs.

AFP | Clashes between Libyan elite forces and gunmen killed six soldiers in Benghazi on Saturday, the army said.

Reuters | Syrian artillery and warplanes pounded rebel areas in Damascus on Saturday.

Press TV | Swedish Foreign Minister says the scenario will spark an “arms race” in the Arab country.

Paul Joseph Watson | White House makes miraculous discovery to distract from domestic scandals.

Washington’s Blog | Bipartisan Skepticism of America’s War In Syria.

West Hawaii Today | Pakistan’s prime minister characterized drone strikes as a violation of their country’s sovereignty.

Sky News | Attack in Syrian capital comes as it is reported that a 14-year-old boy was executed in front of his family by fighters.

aljazeera.com | Fighters reportedly shot dead a boy they accused of committing blasphemy in the northern city of Aleppo.

cbsnews.com | U.S. officials believe they now need to “re-evaluate options.”

yahoo.com | Testimony came as the court-martial of the private first class entered its second week.

usatoday.com | Syrian rebel fighters and wounded civilians were forced to flee al-Qusayr.

npr.org | Leaders from around the world are urging Syrian opposition and government groups to hold talks.

thedailybeast.com | Kerry had waived the restrictions lawmakers had put in place.

Reuters | Syrian government forces and Lebanese Hezbollah allies seized control of the border town of Qusair on Wednesday.

Nuha Shabaan | Groups destined for fight in al-Qusayr, a town near Lebanese border at the center of rebels’ supply routes for ammo and fighters.

Daily Mail | Solider X fined £1,000 after admitting pulling a child’s hand to his crotch while saying ‘Touch my special place.’

upi.com | Jordan may borrow weaponry indefinitely.

Gallup | Americans seem to have a clear preference for keeping the U.S. military out of the Syrian conflict.

cbsnews.com | NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen sees no direct military role in Syria.

Paul Joseph Watson | Terrorist make-up of Syrian opposition underscored once again.

guardian.co.uk | Proxy war is intensifying.

theatlantic.com | Relying on the term “no-fly-zone” obscures the gravity of the news.

Washington’s Blog | Bush Launched the Iraq War For Oil … Obama Is Launching the Syrian War for Natural Gas.

American Dream | Most Americans assume that the U.S. military is so vastly superior to everyone else that no other nation would ever dream of fighting a full-scale war against us.

New American | A California congressman is preparing legislation to repeal the post-9/11 legislation that two presidents have relied on as justification for waging war.

cbslocal.com | Police in Dearborn are trying to understand why a pressure cooker was left in the restroom of the Adoba Hotel.

thestar.com | Ahmed Abassi was allegedly in regular contact with the agent, who secretly recorded them discussing a plot to attack a Via Rail passenger train.

rt.com | New weapon systems give Iranian forces the ability to “crush the enemy.”

F. William Engdahl | Engdahl throws the spotlight on the entire CIA-sponsored Islamic Jihadist operation.

VOA News | Taliban militants, backed by a suicide bomber, attacked a United Nations compound Friday evening and set off several explosions.

L.A. Times | Pakistani government maintained its insistence that the drone campaign does more harm than good and should be shut down.

Bloomberg | Spokesman for the Free Syrian Army: “It’s going to be an open, sectarian, bloody war to the end.”

Reuters | Israel warned the Syrian government Tuesday that it “would suffer the consequences” if it continued to press attacks, hours after Syrian and Israeli troops exchanged fire.

BBC | Israel and Syria have recently exchanged fire in Golan several times.

stripes.com | Robots are adept at making stark choices in places such as the Korean demilitarized zone.

BBC | More than 60 people have been killed and dozens hurt in several bomb attacks.

The Guardian | Senior Obama officials tell the US Senate: the ‘war’, in limitless form, will continue for ‘at least’ another decade – or two.

New York Times | Israeli official: “Israel is determined to continue to prevent the transfer of advanced weapons to Hezbollah.”

Infowars.com | WARNING: Graphic content. Viewer discretion advised. Aimed only at documenting crimes by FSA terrorists in Syria.

allgov.com | KBR was responsible for aiding virtually all American military support operations.

bbc.co.uk | Barack Obama said such a body would be the goal of a meeting in Geneva in “the coming weeks”.

Reuters | Turkish Prime Minister declares, “Whoever targets Turkey will sooner or later pay the price.”

edition.cnn.com | Turkey has detained nine of its citizens in connection with twin car bombings.

RT | Kerry announced the new aid during his visit to Rome on Thursday.