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May 16, 2014
Hillary Revising History of Her Iran Sanctions Role, Senator Claims
One Republican senator accused Hillary Clinton of exaggerating her role in imposing sanctions on Iran when she was Secretary of State, calling some of Clinton’s recent comments on the topic...
May 16, 2014
Hamas Refuses to Stop Killing Jews
The terror group Hamas says that it will continue its “armed resistance” against Israel and Jewish people “in all of its forms” until Israel is destroyed, according to a s...
May 15, 2014
Iran’s April Oil Exports Fall Closer to West’s Sanctions Cap
Iran's oil exports dropped for a second month in April, the International Energy Agency said, moving closer to levels allowed by November's interim deal on curbing Tehran's nuclear...
May 15, 2014
Assad Regime-rebel Agreement in Homs a Sign of Things to Come?
If Syrian forces continue to win battles against the rebels, it may force them to make more cease-fire deals and withdrawals in other cities. The Syrian army on Friday moved into H...
May 15, 2014
Energy Sanctions Aim to Hurt Russia More Than the West
As the US looks for ...
May 15, 2014
Hillary Clinton Celebrates the Iran Sanctions That Her State Department Tried to Stop
Hillary Clinton is now claiming to be the architect of crippling sanctions on the Iranian economy. But during her tenure at Secretary of State, her department repeatedly opposed or tried to water...
May 15, 2014
In Yemen, a Counterterrorism Challenge
After years of a tortuous relationship with Ali Abdullah Saleh, the strongman who was president of Yemen for more than two decades, Obama administration officials hoped to...
May 14, 2014
Iran Nuclear Deal May Leave Program in Place, Say Analysts
The emerging deal with Iran over its disputed nuclear program appears headed toward limiting the time it would take the Islamic republic to make a bomb, a pact unlikely to satisfy members of Cong...
May 14, 2014
Iran Isn’t Complying with the Interim Deal
A fundamental requirement of the interim deal — Iran’s cooperation with International Atomic Energy Agency personnel — is not being fulfilled. The White House’s ...
May 13, 2014
Probe Targets Why U.S. was ‘Last Flag’ in Benghazi
The intention of the chairman of a select committee on Benghazi to bore in on why the United States was "the last flag flying" in the militant-infested Libyan city may reveal what the CIA was doi...
May 13, 2014
U.S. With EU Plays Down Industrywide Sanctions on Russia
Officials in the U.S. and European Union are playing down the prospect of punishing Russia with sanctions targeting entire industries, opting instead to focus on tightening pressure by targeting...
May 13, 2014
West Looks to Broaden Sanctions on Russia
The US and its leading European allies are preparing wider sanctions on Russia’s economy and are discussing a ban on the export of high-tech energy equipment if Moscow is seen to disrupt Uk...
May 13, 2014
Boko Haram’s Bin Laden Connection
In 2002, Osama bin Laden dispatched an aide to Nigeria to hand out $3 million in local currency to a wide array of Salafist political organizations there that shared al Qaeda’s goal of impo...
May 13, 2014
Saudi Arabia Recalibrates
Significant changes in Saudi Arabia’s foreign policy over the past six months have been precipitated by the Gulf giant’s troubled relations with two very different countries: the Unit...
May 13, 2014
After Peace Talks Collapse, Will Israel be Forced to Take Unilateral Steps?
With the recent collapse of the U.S.-brokered peace negotiations, the Palestinian leadership has embarked on a broad plan of unilateral action to gain recognition of a Palestinian state...
May 6, 2014
Did We Bomb Libya to Keep the Arab Spring Going?
America is naturally a status quo power in international affairs. The current international order is of great benefit to us—no surprise there, as we’ve played the dominant role in sha...
May 6, 2014
Al-Qaeda’s Getting Weaker — But Terrorism is Getting Worse
Terrorism is getting more dangerous. According to new data, first released in an official State Department report on Wednesday, almost 7,000 more people were killed in terrorist attacks worldwide...
May 5, 2014
US Aid Indirectly Helps Hamas, Under Deal with Palestinian Authority
The Palestinian Authority's announcement that it will send 3,000 police officers to Gaza as part of a unity agreement with Hamas could mean U.S. taxpayers are now at least indirectly helping...
May 5, 2014
The Art of Financial Warfare: How the West Is Pushing Putin’s Buttons
“We found out by Twitter,” an executive at Gunvor Group Ltd., the world’s fourth-largest oil trading firm, told Newsweek. It was midda...
May 2, 2014
U.S. Announces Actions to Enforce Iran Sanctions
The United States government escalated enforcement of its Iran sanctions on Tuesday, adding eight Chinese companies, a Dubai company and two Dubai-based executives to blacklists for evading Ameri...
May 2, 2014
Iran’s Oil Exports Fall in April, Closer to Western Limits
Iran's oil exports fell in April for a second month, according to sources who track tanker movements, moving closer to levels allowed by November's interim deal on curbing Tehran's...
May 2, 2014
U.S. Drip-Feed of Sanctions Seen Ineffective With Putin Provoked
The Obama administration's decision to tighten the noose around Russian President Vladimir Putin's inner circle risks provoking a cycle of retaliation that escalates the crisis in Ukrai...
April 24, 2014
Syria Announces Presidential Elections for June
Monday the Syrian regime announced that presidential elections...
April 24, 2014
Top Al Qaeda Commander Relocates to Syria
A member of Al Qaeda's senior leadership, Sanafi al Nasr, has relocated to Syria, where he is living openly and publicly courts his followers on twitter, according to counter-terrorism analy...
April 24, 2014
Rubio’s Claim that Snowden Scandal ‘Most Damaging’ U.S. Espionage Not Definitive
Florida Sen. Marco Rubio makes it clear where he stands on Edward Snowden's exposure of the National Security Agency's spying programs: The situation couldn't be more dire....
April 24, 2014
Palestinian Authority Chooses Terror Over Peace, Again
The Post reports: “Rival Palestinian political factions on Wednesday announced a surprise reconciliation deal and plans for a unified government, upending U.S.-backed peace talks with Israel just...
April 24, 2014
U.S. Drones and Yemeni Forces Kill Qaeda-Linked Fighters, Officials Say
American drones and Yemeni counterterrorism forces killed more than three dozen militants linked to Al Qaeda’s affiliate in ...
April 24, 2014
Egypt’s Leader Urges America to Reinstate Military Aid for Fight Against Terror
Egypt’s de facto ruler urged President Obama to restore the military aid suspended last year after Egypt’s armed forces ousted the country’s president and warned that America&rs...
April 24, 2014
String of US Drone Strikes in Yemen Target Al Qaeda Affiliate
A series of drone strikes in Yemen in recent days have killed at least 40 alleged militants, highlighting the challenges facing the US and Yemen in directing a controversial anti-terrorism drone...
April 24, 2014
Chechen Jihadists Pose Threat 1 Year After Boston Bombings
As the nation commemorates the first anniversary of the Boston Marathon bombing on April 15, 2013, there is increasing concern that the threat posed by the Islamic militants from the Caucasus Emi...
April 23, 2014
Jihadists Now Control Secretive U.S. Base in Libya
A key jihadist leader and longtime member of al Qaeda has taken control of a secretive training facility set up by U.S. special operations forces on the Libyan coastline to help hunt down Islamic...
April 16, 2014
The Latest Cairo Bombings Are Part of a Militant Jihadists’ Campaign to Assassinate Police
An Egyptian brigadier general became the latest casualty in an ongoing militant jihadist campaign to assassinate police officers after t...
April 16, 2014
Egypt Police General Killed in Cairo Campus Blasts
Two bombs targeting security posts near Cairo University exploded in quick succession Wednesday killing a police general, followed by a third blast as police and journalists gathered at the scene...
April 16, 2014
Egyptian Accused of Terrorism Charges After Returning From Syria
Prosecution has ordered the detention of an Egyptian citizen, who recently returned from fighting in Syria, for 15 days on terror-related charges. The 38 year-old man was ordered to be d...
April 15, 2014
A Nigerian Terrorist Group Just Kidnapped 100 Girls to Keep Them From Going to School
The Nigerian terrorist group Boko Haram, one of the world's most dangerous Islamist groups, just abducted 100 girls from a school in northeastern Nigeria. Why would an organization known pri...
April 15, 2014
After Success on Iran, U.S. Treasury’s Sanctions Team Faces New Challenges
This is what the modern American war room looks like: the clocks on the wall show the times in Kabul, Tehran and Bogota. The faces around the conference table are mostly young. There is talk of t...
April 15, 2014
Syria’s Conflict Raises Turkey Tension
Men sit playing cards in a cafe perched beside the turquoise waters of the Mediterranean. The craggy peak of Mount Aqraa stretches away in the distance. For much of the past month, the r...
April 14, 2014
Warmer US-Iran Ties Would Not Undermine Saudis
Although Saudi Arabia is skeptical of a US-Iranian rapprochement and the kingdom faces lost oil revenue if sanctions are dropped against Tehran, it will remain a regional heavyweight, experts sai...
April 14, 2014
Sanctions Are Eased; Iran Sees Little Relief
Halfway through a six-month nu...
April 14, 2014
Crude Business
The Obama administration may be betting that sanctions on Iranian oil exports force the country to make concessions over its nuclear program. But Iran is now exporting more oil than at any time s...
April 14, 2014
Cairo Court Officially Rules Ansar Beit Al-Maqdis a Terrorist Organisation
On Monday the Cairo Court for Urgent Matters ruled the Sinai-based militant group Ansar Beit Al-Maqdis a terrorist organisation, compelling the Egyptian government to uphold the decision....
April 11, 2014
Iran’s Oil Exports Surge Above West’s Sanctions Cap -IEA
Iran's crude oil exports have surged to their highest in 20 months, far exceeding a one million barrel-per-day l...
April 8, 2014
Middle East Collapse: Does Kerry Finally Get It?
Maybe Secretary of State John Kerry should have done a “...
April 8, 2014
Religious Tolerance Still Rare in Saudi Arabia
Citing paragraphs that disparage Christians and Jews as apes or swine and teach that execution is an Islamic response to gay sex, some wanted President Barack Obama to demand on a recent visit th...
April 8, 2014
The Mysterious “Second Shooter” at Fort Hood
Last Wednesday, at about 4 p.m. EST, as first word of the shootings at Fort Hood quickly spread, a number of reports, official and unofficial, seized on the idea that more than one gunman wa...
April 8, 2014
Russia’s Ace in the Hole: a Super-Missile It Can Sell to Iran
Tensions between Russia and the West are hitting a new peak. And in this face-off, Moscow has an extraordinary piece of leverage: a super-sophisticated, bomber-killing missile that it once threat...
April 8, 2014
Is Iran About to Violate the Interim Deal?
As Russia seems poised to extend its land grab into eastern Ukraine, Vladimir Putin is also edging toward a deal with Iran that would make a mockery of the P5+1 interim agreement with Ira...
April 8, 2014
Senators: Iran-Russia Trade Deal Opens Floodgates for Nuke Materials, Weapons
Iran and Russia’s recently announced $20 billion oil-for-goods trade deal has sparked concerns that Moscow is seeking to open up a direct line into Tehran for the import of sanctioned nucle...
April 8, 2014
Russia Oil Talks Post New Hurdle to Iran Nuke Pact
The United States could impose economic sanctions if Iran and Russia move forward with a reported oil-for-goods contract, Secretary of State John Kerry said Tuesday, discussing with a Senate pane...
April 4, 2014
Insiders: Merkley’s Iran Thesis a ‘Political Liability’
The emergence of Sen. Jeff Merkley’s (D., Ore.) college thesi...
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