Panetta: US to End Combat Role in Afghanistan Next Year Whether or not the US will be willing to accept failure by then is not known
Rival Militias Battle in Tripoli Chaos and crime are taking over in Libya as concern for civil war rises
US Military ‘Leak’: Taliban Set to Retake Power in Afghanistan, With Pakistan’s Help A leaked "highly classified" report from the US military says the Taliban will be in control once NATO leaves
Pakistan Condemns Drone Strikes as ‘Unlawful’ Renewed scrutiny has been placed on the drone war in Pakistan since Obama publicly admitted to it for the first time
Iraq Security Forces Detain 16 Vice Presidential Guards The arrests are the latest in Prime Minister Maliki's campaign to incriminate and marginalize political opponents
Iran-IAEA Talks ‘Constructive,’ as US-Israel Keep Aggressive Postures Despite positive moves towards diplomacy and no evidence of an Iranian weapons program, hawks still talk of preemptive strike
Israeli Government Moves to Subsidize Settlers, Legalize Outposts Support for ongoing settlement activity is impeding peace talks
Obama Denies ‘Huge Number of Civilian Casualties’ in Drone War It was the first time the President publicly acknowledged the classified program
Turkey Will Resist Western Pressure to Ban Iranian Oil Only sanctions imposed by the UN will make them do it
