The Arab League chief Nabil Elaraby said on Thursday he was opposed to violence or direct military intervention as a way to resolve the Syrian crisis, even after leading Gulf states pushed for arming the Syrian opposition. Saudi Arabia and Qatar have argued explicitly...
Two U.S. soldiers were shot dead in southern Afghanistan on Thursday by an Afghan soldier and apparently an Afghan civilian, in the latest incidence of supposed NATO allies turning on occupation forces. The Afghan soldier involved in the attack was a platoon leader...
Top secret information on the Saudi Arabia’s activities around the time of the September 11, 2001 suggest the Saudi government might have played a direct role in the terrorist attacks, according to two former U.S. senators privy to such information. In a...
Syrian Rebels Withdrawing From Homs | Rebel officials say move a ‘tactical retreat’
If the terrorist Iranian dissident group Mujahadin-e Khalq (MeK) can't find someplace to go after being evicted from its base in Iraq, the United States may remove the group from the State Department's terrorist list. The MEK has a long history of terrorist activity...
Many Afghans who have divorced themselves from the insurgency in return for money and jobs from Kabul are turning back to fighting with the Taliban, disillusioned by the government's broken promises. The corruption and ineptitude of the U.S.-backed government in Kabul...
Israeli MP: Syrian Rebels Want to Be Friends With Israel | Calls on Israel to aid rebel factions
Despite Embargo, Italian Refiner to Keep Importing Oil From Iran | Company struggling to replace long-term contracts
Clashes in Homs as Syrian Troops Try to Displace Rebels | Free Syrian Army orders escalation nationwide
Egypt Court Abandons NGO Trial Over US Pressure | Judge ‘renounces’ case, gives no official reason
