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January 14, 2014
Iran Calls Nuclear Pact a Western ‘Surrender’
Republicans say it is up to Democrats whether new Iran sanctions pass the Senate to ensure Tehran sticks to a deal with the White House to open up its nuclear program to inspections. Dip...
January 14, 2014
Turkish Organization Behind ‘Mavi Marmara’ Raided in Anti-al-Qaida Sweep
Turkish police arrested at least 23 people on Tuesday as part of raids against al-Qaida targets, including the offices of the Humanitarian Relief Foundation (IHH). Police raided IHH offi...
January 14, 2014
Dubowitz: Iran Deal Riddled with Flaws, Loopholes
Iran remains resolute in their efforts to produce more nuclear weapons, as previously reported by the ...
January 14, 2014
Is Congress About to Kill Iran Nuclear Deal Against Obama’s Wishes?
President Obama is warning Congress against steps that could scuttle...
January 14, 2014
Obama Fights a Push to Add Iran Sanctions
With the United States and Ira...
January 13, 2014
Putin’s Oil Slick
Russia has apparently barged into America's nuclear negotiations with Iran, and is threatening to undermine the U.S.-led sanctions effort by working on a new oil deal with Tehran. W...
January 13, 2014
State Dept: Benghazi Perpetrators ‘Continue to Pose a Threat to U.S. Interests in Libya’
The State Department released its official designation of three new terrorist groups and their leaders today, and all t...
January 13, 2014
Doubts Rise on Obama’s Nuclear Deal with Iran; Appeasement or Deterent?
A preliminary deal designed to halt Iran’s nuclear program will take effect next week, the ...
January 13, 2014
Iran Gets Sanctions Relief Jan. 20 as Nuclear Deal Begins
Iran agreed to curtail its nuclear activities starting Jan. 20 under a deal with world powers, triggering the easing of some sanctions and the start of a six-to-12 month timetable to reach a perm...
January 13, 2014
Questions About the Iran Implementation Deal
The administration announced completion of the implementation agreement for an interim nuclear deal (got that?) with Iran. This, however, amounts to much less than meets the eye, despite Secretar...
January 13, 2014
Iranian Nuclear Accord Advances
World powers and Iran agreed to begin implementing a pact to curb Tehran's nuclear program on Jan. 20, setting the stage for six months of diplomacy intended to end Tehran's atomic weap...
January 13, 2014
Inside the White House War on Dems
The White House is now openly declaring that Senate Democrats who support new sanctions against Iran are itching for war, but their campaign to pressure their own party members has been going on...
January 13, 2014
Time for Honesty from Obama on Iran
How far are Democrats willing to go to squelch efforts to put a chill on the administration’s headlong rush to embrace Iran? We got a taste of just how important the effort to prevent the e...
January 13, 2014
Iran-Abkommen Wird Umgesetzt – Mit Verzögerung
Eigentlich hat jetzt die spannende Phase begonnen, lange nachdem die Kameras abgeschaltet und die Korrespondenten nach Hause geflogen sind. Die Gläser, mit denen...
January 13, 2014
Iran Sanctions Push Gains Supporters in Senate
Fifty-nine senators now back a new sanctions package they say would increase the pressure on Iran to make nuclear concessions, congressional aides said Friday. The count brings Congress closer to...
January 13, 2014
Iran Claims Nuclear Talks Found Solutions Over All Disagreements
Iranian and European negotiators have found solutions to "all" their disagreements over how to implement the Geneva nuclear deal, Iran's deputy chief negotiator announced on Friday, in a mov...
January 13, 2014
U.S., Iran Advance Interim Nuclear Deal Amid Sanctions Debate
Critics of the deal with Iran over its nuclear program said they still want to enact legislation with delayed-trigger sanctions after the United States, Tehran and a group of other countries reac...
January 10, 2014
Sources: Italy Leading Charge to Collapse Iran Sanctions
U.S. officials are concerned that the Italian government’s recent rush to reenter the Iranian marketplace could hasten the collapse of international economic sanctions and undermine Western...
December 24, 2013
Analysis: Does terrorism work?
A new study by Max Abrahms and Matthew Gottfried titled “Does Terrorism Pay? An Empirical Analysis” argues that it does not because government compliance is usually not forthcoming....
December 24, 2013
Egypt Police HQ Explosion: Spokesman Blames Muslim Brotherhood
Mohamed Morsi's Muslim Brotherhood has been called a terrorist group by a spokesman for Egypt...
December 24, 2013
Corruption Investigation Bombards US-Iran-Turkey Triangle
The ongoing bribery investigation in Turkey has revealed the fact that the unknowns about the “Iran-Halkbank-gold” triangle outnumber the knowns. Since the United States and ...
December 23, 2013
Rouhani Takes On Revolutionary Guards in Iran Power Test
Iran’s Revolutionary Guards, a business empire as well as the country’s most powerful military force, have been a vocal critic of recent nuclear diplomacy. President Hassan Rouhani is...
December 23, 2013
Al Qaeda Growing Rich Off Ransom Payments
Al-Qaeda affiliates in North Africa and the Middle East are increasingly funding themselves from ransom payments, which now average over $5 million when it comes to the going rate for the release...
December 20, 2013
Senate Bill to Impose New Sanctions on Iran Spurs Veto Threat From White House
A bipartisan group of senators, defying the White House, introduced a bill on Thursday to impose new sanctions on Iran if it failed to conclude a nuclear agreement, or stick to the terms of its i...
December 20, 2013
Obama Issues Rare Veto Threat on Iran Bill
The White House issued a rare veto threat in response to a bipartisan Senate bill that would slap Iran with new sanctions if it violates an interim deal reached last month to curb its nuclear pro...
December 20, 2013
Congress is Trying to Stop a War, Not Start One
Last week when Senate sanctions and a House resolution on Iran failed to emerge, a number of media outlets said the administration had “won” in closing sanctions down. We disagreed, p...
December 20, 2013
Four Rotten Excuses to Oppose Iran Sanctions
The administration’s reaction to the potential for ...
December 19, 2013
US Adds al Qaeda-Linked Lebanon Militant Leader to Global Terrorist List
The State Department named a key leader of a Lebanon-based militant group with ties to al Qaeda factions in Syria as a “Specially Designated Global Terrorist” on Tuesday, sheddin...
December 19, 2013
Egypt’s Bedouin Tribes Caught in Sinai Crossfire
The village of al-Muqataa bears the evidence of the army’s heavy handed tactics. A shelled-out mosque, concrete houses pockmarked with bullet holes, and burnt animal huts huddle among sand...
December 19, 2013
Senators Introduce New Iran Sanctions
A bipartisan group of senators has defied the White House by introducing new Iran sanctions legislation Thursday that would increase pressure on Iran if it fails to meet its obligations under the...
December 19, 2013
Defying Obama, 26 Senators Push New Iran Sanctions
More than a quarter of the Senate introduced legislation Thursday that could raise sanctions on Iran and compel the United States to support Israel if it launches a pre-emptive attack on the Iran...
December 19, 2013
Iran Sanctions Would Be Expanded Under U.S. Senate Bill
Twenty-six U.S. senators introduced a measure to impose further sanctions against Iran if it violates a six-month accord with the U.S. an...
December 17, 2013
Report: Palestinians Reject Kerry Peace Plan
Secretary of State John Kerry’s Middle East peace plan appeared to unravel late last week after Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas rejected “most” of the key details, according to...
December 13, 2013
Iranians Pull Out of Nuke Talks
Iranian negotiators abruptly ended nuclear talks with Western powers in Vienna on Friday just a day after the Obama administration announced tighter sanctions on Tehran. Iran had threate...
December 12, 2013
The GCC’s Future Military Command a ‘Political Signal,’ Say Experts
Leaders from the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) States on Wednesday approved the founding of a unified military command structure that could combat threats to the region. Additionally, t...
December 12, 2013
Seymour Hersh and Assad’s Nun Spin a Story
Over the weekend, Seymour Hersh published an article in the London Review of Books ...
December 12, 2013
Obama Administration Tries to Prevent New Sanctions on Iran During Talks
With Iran threatening that any new sanctions would scuttle its interim nuclear deal with the West, the Obama administration is fighting a fierce battle to convince skeptical Senate Democrats not...
December 12, 2013
Treasury Department Tightens Iran Sanctions
The Treasury Department on Thursday tightened the economic screws on Iran by sanctioning a range of companies and individuals for their efforts to bolster Iran’s nuclear and WMD programs....
December 12, 2013
US Hits Firms for Iran Violations but Urges Congress Against More Sanctions
The US announced Thursday that it was penalising more than a dozen companies and individuals for conducting prohibited business with Iran, barely an hour before it implored Congress yet again not...
December 12, 2013
Senate’s Iran Sanctions Deal Falls Apart
A deal in the Senate to impose additional sanctions on Iran has fallen apart, as Senate Democrats accede to requests from President Obama to delay new legislation while world powers negotiate a n...
December 12, 2013
White House Adds to Iran Sanctions Blacklist
The Obama administration added 17 foreign companies and individuals to a federal blacklist Thursday for allegedly helping Iran evade economic sanctions, a move intended both to maintain pressure...
December 10, 2013
Face à l’Iran, les Républicains Saluent la Fermeté de la France
«Vive la France!» a tweeté le sénateur républicain ...
December 10, 2013
Afghan Militants Join Syria’s Civil War, As If It Wasn’t Awful Enough
As Syrian President Bashar al-Assad gained the upper hand over an internal uprising in the past year, he received a major boost from his allies across the Middle East. The Lebanese paramilitary g...
December 9, 2013
Syria’s Jihadists Linked to Organized Crime
Syria’s insurgent militias are becoming ever more enmeshed with organized crime, blurring the line between insurgents and racketeers and undermining the rebels’ efforts to maintain sa...
December 6, 2013
Insight: Sanctions Dilemmas
In the aftermath of last month’s Geneva agreement, US President Barack Obama emphasized that Iran will experience a minuscule amount of sanctions relief, in exchange for a stop in its nuc...
December 6, 2013
When a Peace Deals Means War
Some say a bad peace is better than a good war. I’m not sure. Perhaps it would be if it lasted, but a bad peace is usually just a prelude to a bad war. I think “a prelude to...
December 5, 2013
No Action on Iran Sanctions Likely Until 2014
Despite a strong congressional push to impose new sanctions on Iran should it renege on a tentative nuclear deal or fail to strike a final bargain, it is increasingly unlikely the Hill will act i...
December 3, 2013
Delay in Launch of Nukes Deal Gives Iran an Edge, Some Say
There’s the six-month interim deal on Iran’s nuclear program that trades some sanctions relief for a freeze on Iran’s nuclear program. And then there’s the interim before...
December 2, 2013
Iran’s Dangerous Nuclear Program
The six-month deal struck this Sunday in Geneva between the West and Iran does little to curtail Iran’s dangerous nuclear program and cripples the international sanctions that we have spent...
December 2, 2013
Canadian Diplomats Skeptical of Iran Deal
His bags haven’t even arrived yet in Ottawa, but Israel’s new ambassador to Canada, Rafi Barak, has already gotten straight to work. On Wednesday evening, Barak partici...
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