The US-led economic sanctions on Iran are ruining the economy and stoking anti-American sentiment, according to a Tehran-based journalist. "Many people have taken on second, even third jobs," reports Al Jazeera's Soraya Lennie. "They've watched their savings...
President Obama's close confidant and long-time friend of First Lady Michelle Obama, Chicago lawyer Valerie Jarrett, is leading behind the scenes negotiations with representatives of Iran's supreme leader Ali Khamenei, Israeli officials with knowledge of the effort...
Syrian rebels on Saturday attacked a strategic airbase in an attempt to disrupt strikes by warplanes and helicopters that give the Assad regime a major edge in the 19-month conflict. The continued fighting comes a day before the start of a international...
Israeli President Shimon Peres and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu commented Saturday on statements made by Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, in which he specified the borders of a two state solution and vowed to prevent a third intifada. While Peres praised...
Three Syrian tanks reportedly entered the demilitarized zone in the Golan Heights on Saturday, marking the first such violation in 40 years and prompting renewed concerns that Syria's conflict expand its borders. More accurately, the Golan Heights is recognized...
More than half the people who donated money to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s reelection campaign are Americans who also donated to the Romney campaign and/or the Republican Party. "According to records published by Israel’s State Comptroller office,"...
President Obama's former ambassador to Iraq, who served during the withdrawal of US forces, said on Thursday he was in favor of keeping troops in Iraq beyond 2011, reaffirming what the Obama campaign has doggedly tried to erase from history. "My feeling was we needed,...
Israel has officially admitted after more than two decades of secrecy that it ordered the Israeli spy agency Mossad to carry out the assassination of Palestinian leader Khalil Ibrahim Wazir. Wazir, also known as Abu Jihad, founded the Palestine Liberation Organization...
A study released Wednesday by a respected Mexican think tank concludes that if current ballot measures in certain American states to legalize the recreational use of marijuana pass, it could cut the earnings of Mexican drug cartels by as much as 30 percent. The study...
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Wednesday warned of "extremists" trying "to hijack the Syrian revolution," and detailed US efforts to organize a cohesive Syrian opposition to replace the defunct Syrian National Council. "We've made it clear that the SNC can no...
