Turkey Strikes Back Against Syrian Aggression
On Wednesday, Turkey retaliated against a Syrian mortar attack earlier in the day that killed five civilians in the Turkish border town of Akcakale. Turkey… Read More
Concerns Deepen about Syria’s Chemical Weapons as Iran Admits Propping Up Assad Regime
A Syrian defector, who was formerly involved in Syria’s chemical weapons program, charged that the Assad regime has mulled using chemical weapons against opposition forces… Read More
Morning Bell: Why Obama Is Failing the Middle East Meltdown and How to Fix It
The breaking news keeps breaking when it comes to revelations surrounding the attacks and protests aimed at U.S. embassies going on throughout the Islamic world…. Read More
Iraq’s Refusal to Block Iran’s Resupply of Syrian Regime Reflects Declining U.S. Influence
Iraq’s government is resisting a request by the U.S. government to block Iranian planes from traversing Iraqi air space to resupply Syria’s repressive ruling regime,… Read More
New Report Outlines Iran’s Nuclear Progress as Tehran Counterattacks with Misaligned Summit
The latest report from the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has documented Iran’s continued progress towards attaining a nuclear weapons capacity. Iran more than doubled… Read More
Online Chat on the Middle East and Syria
Tensions are again rising in the Middle East. Problems are mounting in Syria, Iran, Egypt, Yemen, and Israel. Click here to join us right now… Read More
Syrian Crisis Emboldens Kurds, Is Problematic for Turkey
Turkish fears of an emboldened Kurdish population in Syria are rising. Since the Syrian uprising began in February 2011, Syria’s Kurdish population has taken advantage… Read More
Under Olympic Cover, Russian Cargo Ship Approaches Syria
Under the cover of the 2012 London Summer Olympics, the Russian cargo ship MV Alaed, allegedly carrying attack helicopters for the Bashar al-Assad regime, is once again en route to… Read More
Syrian Hackers Undermine Media Integrity
On August 3, the Syrian Electronic Army hacked into Reuters’s blogging site and published a fake interview with a Syrian rebel leader, saying his troops… Read More
Morning Bell: The Middle Eastern Time Bomb
Four years of President Obama’s foreign policy are having their full effect. After squandering time in sham “negotiations” with Iran and Palestine and abandoning Iraq… Read More
Syria’s Growing Islamist Extremist Presence
President Obama reportedly has signed an intelligence finding that authorizes U.S. support for Syrian rebels seeking to overthrow President Bashar al-Assad’s dictatorship. It remains unclear… Read More
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A Resurgent al-Qaeda in Iraq Threatens U.S. Attack
Al-Qaeda in Iraq (AQI), which has staged a bloody comeback in Iraq in recent months, issued a threat this week to strike at the “heart”… Read More
Syrian Fighting Worsens as Regime Moves Chemical Weapons
The Wall Street Journal reported on Friday that Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad’s embattled regime is moving chemical munitions out of storage depots. It remains unclear… Read More
Syrian Uprising Penetrates Damascus, Kills Defense Minister
The “Arab Spring” arrived in Damascus with a vengeance this week—despite the brutal repression meted out by the Assad regime. Today, the Syrian defense minister… Read More
Syrian Fighting Worsens as Regime Moves Chemical Weapons
The Wall Street Journal reported on Friday that Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad’s embattled regime is moving chemical munitions out of storage depots. It remains unclear… Read More
Russian Ship Carrying Helicopters Sails Again for Syria
The MV Alaed has once again left its Russian port and is presumably heading back to Syria. The cargo ship was last in the news… Read More
Syria: Violence Escalates While International Community Dithers
Various Syrian opposition groups met in Cairo this week to sketch out a draft of a potential constitution and lay out the steps of a… Read More
Syria: Effective American Leadership Needed
Syria’s long-suffering people need U.S. leadership, and they need it now. The situation is dire as activists say more than 14,000 people have been killed… Read More
Ahmadinejad Embarrassed by Snubs as Iran Faces Diplomatic Isolation
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was embarrassed at a recent U.N. conference in Rio de Janeiro by perceived snubs by leaders of host country Brazil and… Read More
Syria Crisis: Turkey Invokes Article 4 of NATO Charter
Last weekend, hostilities between Turkey and Syria escalated after a Syrian anti-aircraft gun struck down a Turkish F-4 Phantom jet that was allegedly flying in… Read More
Fighting Flares Between Turkey and Kurdish Separatists
The conflict between Turkey and Kurdish nationalists who are determined to carve a Kurdish state out of eastern Turkey is heating up. Kurdish insurgents attacked… Read More
British Intervention Denies Assad His Russian Helicopters – For Now
It was announced yesterday in the House of Commons by British Foreign Secretary William Hague that the MV Alaed, the ship that is transporting Russian… Read More
Chavez’s Return Good News for Syria, Belarus, and FARC
Although numerous uncertainties surround Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez’s secretive battle with cancer and his ability to live until the October presidential elections, Chavez was sufficiently… Read More
Obama Administration Can No Longer Hide Behind the U.N.’s Failed Efforts in Syria
The United States joined many Western nations in expelling Syrian diplomats yesterday in a coordinated reprimand of the Syrian government, which has stepped up its… Read More
The Next StuxNet?
The Russian security firm Kaspersky Labs has released a report on a new, sophisticated malware variety called FLAME. It has been found on various targets… Read More
Influx of Islamist Terrorists Boosts Concerns over Syria’s Chemical Weapons
Syria’s “Arab Spring,” long delayed by barbaric repression, is now rapidly deteriorating into a bloody civil war. The Bashar al-Assad regime’s stubborn rejection of political… Read More
Obama Administration Finally Recognizes Annan’s Failure in Syria
After several weeks of continuous carnage, White House Press Secretary Jay Carney acknowledged that “If the regime’s intransigence continues, the international community is going to… Read More
Russia’s Gunboat Diplomacy: Russian Warships to Patrol Syria’s Coast?
On April 13, the Russian RIA Novosti news agency quoted a high-ranking source in the Russian defense ministry as saying, “A decision was made to… Read More
Turkey Considers Requesting NATO Support After Syrian Border Incident
At least five people, including two Turkish officials, were wounded on Monday when a cross-border shooting hit a refugee camp in Turkey’s Kilis province along… Read More
Ceasefire in Syria Fizzles As Violence Spills into Turkey
A ceasefire between Syria’s government and rebel forces appeared, for a moment, to be on the horizon. But in reality it was nothing more than a mirage… Read More
