Wednesday, August 28, 2013

Courtesy of Zerohedge and Bloomberg. A summary on Syria

U.S. ACTIONS:
  • Obama Begins Selling Action Ahead of Decision on Force
  • U.S. and Allies Move Closer to Brink of Syria Military Action
  • U.S. to Release Syria Gas Attack Proof
  • Tomahawk Missile Launches Likely in U.S.-Led Attack on Syria
  • U.S. Said to Weigh Legal Justification for Attack on Syria
SYRIAN ACTIONS:
  • UN Syria Envoy Says Strikes Can’t Precede Council Decision
  • Rebels Used Chemical Weapons: AFP Cites Syrian Ambassador to UN
  • Syria Evacuates Troops From Damascus Military Base: Arabiya
  • Syria Foreign Minister Denies Chemical Attack to BBC
  • Assad Not in Iran, Mehr Says, Citing Iranian Foreign Ministry
INTERNATIONAL ACTIONS:
  • U.K. Drafts UNSC Resolution to Protect Syrian Civilians
  • Cyprus Says Hasn’t Heard From U.K. on Use of Bases for Strike
  • Iran’s Khamenei Says Syria Attack Would Be ‘Disaster’
  • Ban Ki-Moon Says Syria Now in Most Serious Moment of Conflict
  • Italy waiting on UN
  • Russia FM Says Rejects U.S. Assessment of Chemical Attack
  • Germany May Participate in Syria Action: Rheinische Post
  • German CDU Party Lawmaker Calls for “Surgical Strike”
  • Hollande to Meet Head of Opposition Syrian National Coalition
  • Recalls French Parliament to Discuss Syria, Spokeswoman Says
  • Israel Warns Iran, Syria Against Reprisal for U.S. Strike
  • Strike Would Lead to Retaliation on Israel, Iran Warns, According to NYT
MARKET REACTION:
  • WTI Crude Rises to Two-Year High
  • Oil Diverges From U.S. Stocks Most Since 2011 on Syria
  • Brent Crude May Spike to $150 on Syria Spillover: SocGen
  • Libya Compounds Syria Tension in Oil Market
  • Bond Markets Price in Syria Strike, Not Wider Clash
  • European Stocks fall to 6-Week Low

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