Echoing comments last week from State Department adviser David Satterfield, Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki has said his government will not seek an extended UN Mandate if the Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA) with the US fails to pass parliament. Though both...
In an interview, former Israeli military chief and potential future Defense Minister General Moshe Ya'alon says that the Iranian revolution must be confronted "immediately," and suggests some rather extreme measures which this confrontation might involve. Firstly an...
With boisterous debate and a looming vote in Iraq's parliament over the Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA) with the United States, few things could have made the situation any more tense. The United States has issued repeated threats of extreme consequences if the...
Updated 11/22 7:05 PM EST In a sign of just how seriously the United States took this week's formal protest from the Pakistani government over its recent spate of air strikes, US drones have struck again, this time hitting a house in North Waziristan, killing five and...
The IAEA issued its Wednesday report on Syria, finding no conclusive proof of a nuclear reactor at the site of a 2007 Israeli air strike but calling for more investigations. Syria has dismissed the report's conclusions and said it considers the matter closed, with...
Though the United States has not set any firm dates for adding troops to Afghanistan beyond January, Secretary of Defense Robert Gates says he would like to see "significant" additional forces added to the troubled nation before its next national election, scheduled...
After its second formal protest in the past month alone over the ever growing number of US drone strikes being launched in and around Pakistan's tribal areas, Pakistan's military appears to be taking the growing public disquiet over the attacks more seriously, and is...
Thousands of Shi'ites took to the streets of Baghdad today in the latest public expressing of opposition to the Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA) between the United States and Iraq, presently the subject of contentious (and occasionally violent) debate in Iraq's...
Persistent complaints by Iraq's Kurdish parties over Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki's creation of "Support Councils," militias allied with him and operating under a similar basis to the Sunni Awakening Councils have led to an ever escalating feud with top officials in...
Citing unidentified military sources, the Washington Times is reporting today that the US forces in Iraq will begin, as soon as December 1, to apply for warrants from Iraqi courts before detaining suspects or searching homes. A key portion of the yet-to-be-ratified...
