The recently announced co-chair of Presidential candidate Mitt Romney's Middle East advisory group is Walid Phares. He is dubbed as an academic and a counter-terrorism expert and is one of the primary advisers of Romney's foreign policy. But as Mother Jones reports,...
French FM: Syrian Govt ‘Almost Certain’ to Fall | Says Assad’s ouster ‘could take time’
Embattled Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh, a longtime American ally, is still benefiting from US support, despite tenuous calls for him to step down. But tensions are building as calls for his ouster intensify and as Washington's concerns drift farther from his...
Libya NTC Leader Wants NATO Warplanes Through December | Urges NATO to add ‘military advisers’ on the ground
Kenyan Invasion Worsening South Somali Humanitarian Crisis | Kenya admits it has been planning invasion for years
10 Killed, Scores Wounded in Afghan Fuel Truck Bombing | NATO fuel tanker was attacked while trying to enter Bagram
US and NATO officials are claiming that Afghan forces could soon start taking charge of security in large portions of northern and western Afghanistan, in preparation the fuller transition ostensibly set for 2014. After the second phase of the transition begins in...
Report: Saif al-Islam Gadhafi Negotiating Surrender to Hague | NTC says former Gadhafi heir apparent seeking a way out
Civilians Flee as Philippines Army Intensifies Southern Air Strikes | Military reports ‘heavy resistance’ in region
The Commission on Wartime Contracting in Iraq and Afghanistan has decided to not reveal its full findings and materials to the public for another two decades, despite its stated purposes of investigating and exposing government waste. The Commission has been at work...
