A United Nations Security Council resolution meant to remove President Bashar al-Assad from power and begin a political transition failed Saturday due to vetoes from Russia and China. As violence escalates in Syria, rights groups say that up to 321 Syrians have been...
Defense Secretary Leon Panetta is worried that Israeli will launch a preemptive, unilateral military strike on Iran within the next few months, according to David Ignatius of the Washington Post. "Panetta believes there is a strong likelihood," writes Ignatius, "that...
Israeli officials have apparently been engaged in an aggressive public relations offensive to broaden support for a military attack on Iran, with particular emphasis on American audiences. Israel's strategy conference this week in Herzliya, a Tel Aviv suburb, has...
The Obama administration played down comments from Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta that the U.S. could end its combat role in Afghanistan by the end of 2013, saying the original policy has not changed. "This was an assessment of what could happen within the context...
An American public-relations agency, Racepoint Group, has been providing hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of services to the autocratic Rwandan government as a propaganda arm. Racepoint Group engages in a media campaigns consisting of white-washed self-promotion...
Iraq does not plan to abide by Washington's sanctions on Iran, as Baghdad officials announce they plan to submit a waiver to the U.S. government. The U.S. has heaped harsh economic sanctions on Iran and has managed to convince the European Union to go along with a...
Israel and its allies can destroy all of Iran's nuclear facilities, said Vice Prime Minister and Strategic Affairs Minister Moshe Ya’alon at a conference on Thursday. Some commentators have claimed that a military strike on Iran's nuclear facilities could not possibly...
The U.S. government's secret list of suspected terrorists who are prohibited from flying to or within the country has more than doubled in the past year. The no-fly list went from about 10,000 names one year ago to about 21,000, according to government figures, about...
"The world and the region must continue to isolate Iran," Israel Defense Forces Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Benny Gantz said on Wednesday. "It is correct to continue economic pressure and sanctions," Grantz continued, "from which we are starting to see signs of...
Pakistan dismissed renewed accusations that elements of the Pakistani government are aiding the insurgency in Afghanistan, claims made in a leaked "highly classified" U.S. military report on the war. "It seems to be a report that is detached from reality," said...
