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WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama 's choice to be the first U.S. ambassador to Syria in five years went before a Senate committee Tuesday and said Syria remains a supporter of terrorist groups.
Dubai, United Arab Emirates (UPI) Mar 18, 2009 - Amid growing concerns of renewed conflict in the Middle East, the Tehran regime has shaken up the leadership of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, putting a veteran general who operated in Lebanon with Hezbollah in command of its ground forces.
Jerusalem (AFP) March 19, 2010 - International talks on the Middle East set for Friday were lent a fresh sense of urgency after Israeli warplanes replied with airstrikes to a fatal rocket attack launched from the Gaza Strip.
Is Emory’s “Apartheid Week” really here again so soon?
The annual Arab League summit is being held this year in Libya, and Lebanon’s attendance at the meeting is doubtful. Libya and Lebanon have been at odds since the highly influential Imam Musa Sadr went missing on a 1978 visit to Tripoli. Many Lebanese blame Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi for Sadr’s disappearance, and tensions between the [...]
Before the State Department starts making demands of Israel , it should take a hard look at the Palestinian-Arab-Muslim side of the conflict.
Associated Press BAGHDAD — The man who has led Iraq for the past four years is battling for his political survival, just as U.S. troops are getting ready to pack up and go home.
Canings and church firebombings have some wondering whether the nation's Muslims are becoming more conservative and less tolerant of Christians and other minority groups. The Metro Tabernacle Church, a storefront with metal shutters, sits gutted, black smoke stains on the concrete pillars bearing witness to the intense fire that destroyed the property.
Time for US-Israeli Negotiations Israel's government insulted Vice President Joe Biden as well as the United States on his visit there last week creating...
Historians agree Armenians were massacred by Ottoman Empire during World War, but not all agree that it was genocide
Violence could spread across the Middle East with Israel paying a "heavy price" if it launched military action against Iran, the deputy leader of Hezbollah said on Thursday.
Hamas gunmen used Palestinian children as human shields during Operation Cast Lead in the Gaza Strip last year, according to a new Israeli report released March 15.
Those who embrace the concept of a clash of civilizations are only encouraging sentiments that lead to separation, Syrian officials said in the Philippines.
Until his arrest in 2004, nuclear scientist A.Q. Khan — the father of Pakistan's atomic bomb — ran a vast smuggling network that sent nuclear materiel to Iran and Libya. In his book Peddling Peril: How the Secret Nuclear Trade Arms America's Enemies, weapons expert David Albright explains how Khan's network continues to threaten global security.
By Kathryn G. Menu Some might imagine dinner at home with Steve Haweeli, the founder of Hamptons Restaurant Week, to be a three-course affair, mirroring the detail and occasional decadence found in his client’s kitchens. But the WordHampton Public Relations President stays true to his New England roots, preferring simple, fresh and often classic cuisine he [...]
EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton arrived in Gaza Thursday in the first trip of such a high-ranking Western official there since Hamas took over in 2007.
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