Top U.S. officials are acknowledging that the violent anti-government revolt in Syria may not represent a majority of the Syrian people and that the regime of President Bashar al-Assad may survive the rebellion. The admission is significant because U.S. officials have...
U.S. drone strikes killed at least 25 people allegedly linked to al Qaeda, while a Yemeni air force raid killed 20 more in the south, in the biggest airstrikes since Yemen's new ruler took over. The death toll in the air force raid was disputed by a spokesman for the...
The U.S. is planning to restart programs for military aid and training to Yemen, reviving its support for dictatorship after a protest movement drove out the former client, President Ali Abdullah Saleh. Yemenis voted on last month in a referendum on a U.S.-backed...
Some voices in the Syrian opposition have angrily rejected estimates by Kofi Annan, the UN and Arab League envoy to Syria, that international use of force against the Assad regime would worsen the situation and escalate the conflict. One opposition leader, Burhan...
In the biggest popular protests in a year of turmoil, up to 100,000 people demonstrated in Bahrain demanding democratic reforms and an end to the U.S.-supported dictatorship. Protesters heading for the famous pearl roundabout in the center of the capital were met by...
Washington has yielded to pressure from Afghan President Hamid Karzai, agreeing to cede control of all Afghan prisons to Kabul upon departure of most U.S. troops in 2014. The Obama administration had been in talks with Karzai over the U.S. role in Afghanistan...
An Iranian official has accused Arab countries of sending mercenaries to Syria to provoke further unrest and foil any chance of a negotiated settlement to end the brutal crackdown led by Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. Ali Ahani, Iran's ambassador to France told...
A preliminary investigation has begun into allegations that some Afghan Air Force (AAF) officials have been using aircraft to traffic narcotics and illegal weapons across the country, according to U.S. officials. "At this point allegations are being examined," said...
The Obama administration offered Israel advanced weaponry in return for putting off a possible attack on Iran until after the 2012 presidential elections. The Israeli daily Maariv reported on Thursday citing anonymous diplomats and intelligence sources that the Obama...
The number of suicides in the U.S. Army rose by 80 percent after the United States launched the war on Iraq, according to an analysis published in the British journal Injury Prevention by American military doctors. The number of Army suicides began to trend upwards in...
