A bill has been introduced in the House of Representatives which would prohibit any kind of intervention in Syria, amid widespread calls for military intervention and additional reports of the Obama administration secretly aiding the Syrian rebel fighters. Rep. Ron...
The CIA has officers secretly operating in southern Turkey, helping allies to funnel arms to Syrian opposition fighters across the border into Syria to aid in the fight against the regime of President Bashar al Assad. "The weapons, including automatic rifles,...
The top US Army general in charge of training Afghan security forces is being accused of obstructing an investigation into widespread corruption and abuse by Afghan security forces and military medical staff that he managed. In the interest of protecting his supposed...
A House panel voted Wednesday to hold Attorney General Eric Holder in contempt of Congress for failing to cooperate with a congressional inquiry into Operation “Fast and Furious,” just hours after President Obama asserted executive privilege to hide potentially...
Britain's prime minister said on Tuesday Russian President Vladimir Putin has made it clear at the G20 summit in Mexico that he wants Syrian President Bashar al-Assad out of power, but Putin followed up basically denying the claims. There has been an extended effort...
The head of the UN observer mission in Syria said Tuesday that UN monitoring forces have come under fire several times recently but are committed to staying in the country, retreating from earlier statements about suspending the mission due to worsening violence. Maj....
The United States is planning to maintain significant military presence in the Middle East going forward, including 13,500 US troops in Kuwait, to help maintain hegemony over the region, according to a new congressional report released Tuesday. The study by the Senate...
The United Nations said Saturday it has suspended its monitoring mission in Syria due to worsening violence, indicating a complete failure of the peace effort there. "There has been an intensification of armed violence across Syria over the past 10 days," said Gen....
Pakistan on Thursday called yet again for a US apology for the NATO cross-border airstrike that killed two dozen of Pakistani soldiers last year, or else Islamabad won't consider reopening supply routes to foreign troops in Afghanistan. Pakistani Foreign Minister Hina...
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Thursday said the US expects Egypt's military authorities to fully transfer power to a democratically elected civilian government, following the country's high court decision to dissolve the newly-elected parliament. "There can be...
