Armed Conflict in Syria: Overview and U.S. Response (open access)

Armed Conflict in Syria: Overview and U.S. Response

This report discusses the recent conflict in Syria including an overview of the situation, information about anti- and pro-Asad forces, background on chemical weapons and disarmament, plans for U.S. policy and assistance, and a general sense of the future outlook.
Date: May 5, 2014
Creator: Blanchard, Christopher M.; Humud, Carla E. & Nikitin, Mary Beth D.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Israeli-Arab Negotiations: Background, Conflicts, and U.S. Policy (open access)

Israeli-Arab Negotiations: Background, Conflicts, and U.S. Policy

This report discusses issues related to peace in the Middle East, including post-Gulf War negotiations between Israel and the Palestinians, Jordan, Syria, and Lebanon; U.S. interest in these and continuing negotiations and peacetalks between Middle Eastern countries; and the role of the U.S., the U.N., the European Union, and Russia in Middle Eastern relations.
Date: September 5, 2009
Creator: Migdalovitz, Carol
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Syria's Chemical Weapons: Issues for Congress (open access)

Syria's Chemical Weapons: Issues for Congress

This report discusses the history and current state of Syria's chemical and biological weapon programs and possible U.S. government programs that could be used to dismantle stockpiles if the Assad regime were to collapse.
Date: December 5, 2012
Creator: Nikitin, Mary Beth; Feickert, Andrew & Kerr, Paul K.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Kissinger Mid East] (open access)

[News Script: Kissinger Mid East]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story about the Secretary of State Henry Kissinger who is in Jordan after extended talks with Israeli leaders.
Date: May 5, 1974, 10:00 p.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Middle East] (open access)

[News Script: Middle East]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story about Israel which says that its forces have begun moving back equipment behind the new lines agreed upon with Syria.
Date: June 5, 1974, 12:00 p.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Middle East] (open access)

[News Script: Middle East]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story of Syria who reports more fighting on the Golan Heights.
Date: February 5, 1974, 12:00 p.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Mideast] (open access)

[News Script: Mideast]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story about the final documents of the Syrian Israeli Disengagement pact which were signed in Geneva by generals for each side.
Date: June 5, 1974, 6:30 a.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Miners] (open access)

[News Script: Miners]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story about there are no indications that coal miners in southern West Virginia plan to end their walkout despite industry contentions that there' s enough gasoline for them to return to work.
Date: March 5, 1974, 6:30 a.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Washington] (open access)

[News Script: Washington]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story about Syria' s defense minister who says that his country is prepared to launch all out war against Israel.
Date: April 5, 1974, 12:00 p.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library