The Israeli Defense Force is preparing for the possibility that jihadist terrorists will launch attacks on Israel from Syria if regime change topples President Bashar Assad, according to officials. The chaos in Syria has long appeared intractable, but many prominent...
Turkey has deployed anti-aircraft guns and other weapons alongside its border with Syria, days after tensions rose to unprecedented levels after the downing of a Turkish military jet by Syrian forces. A small convoy of military trucks towed anti-aircraft guns into a...
After successive high-profile attacks by the Syrian rebel militias this week, some are claiming they are increasing in effectiveness. But the opposition is still an unorganized mess, its just that now the arms they're receiving are facilitating more carnage. The...
After months of political strife, Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki has threatened to call for early elections which could tighten his grip on power due to the Shiite leader's harsh efforts to marginalize his political opponents. "When the other party is refusing...
Ahead of an international meeting on the issue, Iran says it is ready to help international envoy Kofi Annan in his bid to bring peace to Syria, prompting harsh rejections from the US. Annan called for the meeting, which will take place in Geneva on Saturday, to work...
As enthusiasm about the negotiations between Iran and the P5+1 begins to peter out, sources close to the talks have revealed that Washington hardened its position during the last round in Moscow, foregoing concrete progress in favor of an all-or-nothing posture. In...
There is a "spiral of injustice" and breaches of international law in Israel's treatment of child detainees in military custody, according to an independent report by a delegation of British lawyers backed by the British Foreign Office. The report found that...
Four US minesweepers arrived in the Gulf over the weekend to bolster the US Navy's Fifth Fleet, secure the flow of oil shipping routes, and threaten Iran. The additional ships have an area of operations that includes the Persian Gulf, the Gulf of Oman, the Red Sea and...
Israel and the US are set to hold their largest ever joint military exercise in October, which will include thousands of soldiers and advanced weaponry as well as a simulation of simultaneous fire from Iran and Syria. About 3,000 US soldiers will participate in the...
America's drug war in Honduras continues to expand and further militarize the conflict, as Washington's responsibility for a worsening human rights situation goes unaccounted for. The expanded mission, called Operation Anvil, is run with six US State Department attack...
