Tribal Clashes Kill 47 in Southern Libyan City of Kufra Over 100 Others Wounded as Shelling Targets Residential Areas
US: Downed Turkish Warplane Hit While in Syrian Airspace Intelligence Backs Syrian Account of Shot-Down Warplane
Turkey Scrambles Warplanes, Says Syrian Copters ‘Close’ to Border Cross-Border Tensions Remain High as Turkey Continues to Add to Defenses
Syria’s Opposition Activists May Reject New Anna Plan They seem to be vowing for an outside intervention for regime change, and nothing less
Surge in Violence, State Corruption Plague Iraq Much of the corrupt state is paralyzed after Maliki's authoritarian drive for power and now insurgents are growing stronger
Mexico’s New President Unlikely to Deviate from US’s Drug War Those calling for decriminalization have been marginalized
Iran Calls for Emergency OPEC Meeting in Response to Dip in Oil Prices The centrality of oil markets in the US confrontation with Iran is instructive