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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...
November 27, 2013
Egyptian Army Kills Jihadi Leader in Sinai
The Egyptian army killed a jihadist leader and his son in Sinai on Tuesday. The killing of Mohamed Hussein Muhareb, also known as Abu Mounir, took place in his Nissan truck during an exc...
November 26, 2013
Qatar Accused of Fudging ‘Independent’ Inquiry into Migrant World Cup Workers
A top international law firm that was ordered by the Qatari government to conduct an "independent review" into allegations of modern-day slavery at World Cup construction sites is also a...
November 26, 2013
Senators Writing New Sanctions in Case Iran Cheats
Leading Democratic and Republican senators are crafting legislation to reinstate the full force of sanctions and impose new ones if Iran doesn't make good on its pledge to roll back its nucl...
November 25, 2013
Iran Pact Faces Stiff Opposition
A groundbreaking deal to curb Iran's nuclear program faces towering obstacles at home and abroad to becoming a permanent agreement, starting with the U.S. Congress and two of America's...
November 25, 2013
After Iran Nuclear Deal, Tough Challenges Ahead
The euphoria over the signing of a ...
November 25, 2013
A Gamble in Iran Talks: Easing of the Sanctions
In its delicate negotiations with Iran over freezing its nuclear program, the Obama administration is gambling that the gradual relaxation of punishing sanctions will whet Tehran’s appetite...
November 25, 2013
Iran Nuclear Deal May Foreshadow Tehran’s Role In Syria Peace Talks
With one major diplomatic deal now agreed upon, Iran may be on track to take a formal role in negotiations to end the Syrian civil war. Secretary of State John Kerry announced on Sunday...
November 25, 2013
What’s Behind the Wave of Terror in the Sinai
Writing to a network of followers and potential followers around the world, the Mauritanian-born cleric Sheikh Abu al-Mundhir al-Shinqiti, one of the world's most prominent jihadi ideologues...
November 25, 2013
Iran Sanctions Relief May Be Hard to Undo
Sanctions relief given to Iran in return for its agreement to suspend part of its nuclear program are not as limited or as reversible as the White House claims, analysts and some lawmakers say....
November 22, 2013
The Abdullah Azzam Brigades: Behind the Terrorist Group That Bombed Iran’s Beirut Embassy
The al-Qaeda-linked Abdullah Azzam Brigades took responsibility for Tuesday’s suicide-bomb attack on the Iranian embassy in Lebanon, raisi...
November 22, 2013
Proposed Nuke Deal Doesn’t Do Enough to Freeze Iran’s Program
As the United States and other world powers resume nuclear talks with Iran in Geneva, Barack Obama's administration is pushing hard not only to wrap up a short-term nuclear deal with the rog...
November 21, 2013
Analysis: Hezbollah and Iran – Two Branches of the Same Tree
When Lebanese MP Walid Sukkarieh of Hezbollah said last week the Shi’ite-dominated axis of Hezbollah-Iran-Syria could bleed Israel to death by sustaining losses that the Jewish state could...
November 20, 2013
United Nations Elects Human Rights Violators to Human Rights Council
The United Nations elected China, Cuba, Russia, and Saudi Arabia to seats on its Human Rights Council Tuesday, all countries that have been widely condemned by international groups for gross huma...
November 20, 2013
Suez Canal Targeted as War in Sinai Spreads
The puff of smoke as the rocket hits the ship is unmistakable. The muttered invocation of "Allahu akbar" on the video soundtrack declares the attacker's ideology. What the strike will mean f...
November 20, 2013
Obama Seeks Time From Congress for Iran Diplomacy
The Obama administration is pleading with Congress to allow more time for diplomacy with Iran, but faces sharp resistance from Republican and Democratic lawmakers determined to further squeeze th...
November 20, 2013
Two Bomb Attacks Target Egyptian Soldiers, Police Officers
Two separate bomb attacks in the Egyptian capital and the restive border province of North Sinai killed 11 soldiers and wounded at least two police officers early Wednesday, underscoring the coun...
November 18, 2013
Obama Defends Iran Dealmaking Amid Dispute Over How Much Relief
The Obama administration is on the defensive days before Iran nuclear negotiations are scheduled to resume in Geneva, as critics in Israel and in the U.S. Congress say Iran would concede too litt...
November 18, 2013
The Palestinian Authority Reportedly Just Gave Out $50,000-Bonuses to Convicted Terrorists
The Palestinian Authority has given convicted terrorists released from Israeli prison in recent months a $50,000 bonus, Israel Radio reported Monday morning, prompting one Israeli news site to&nb...
November 18, 2013
The Axis of Hope?
It is a measure of how little respect the Obama administration commands that the best hope for heading off a nuclear-armed Iran may be the Israeli-Saudi-French axis. Unfortunately, the world&rsqu...
November 15, 2013
Israel and White House Locked in an Info War Over Iran
The White House and Israel are locked in an information war on Capitol Hill, and right now, Israel may be winning. All week, the Obama administration has provided facts and figures to la...
November 14, 2013
Inside Obama’s Iran Sanctions Strategy
The United States is prepared to allow Iran to recoup up to $10 billion in revenues lost to sanctions, according to a U.S. government estimate of sanctions relief proposed this weekend at Geneva....
November 13, 2013
Dubowitz: Negotiations Have Shown Iran They Can Have a Nuke and Sanctions Relief
Executive Director of the Foundation for the Defense of Democracies Mark Dubowitz said the Geneva negotiations have ...
November 13, 2013
Obama Seeks Time From Congress for Iran Diplomacy
The Obama administration is pleading with Congress to allow more time for diplomacy with Iran, but faces sharp resistance from Republican and Democratic lawmakers determined to further squeeze th...
November 13, 2013
Dems Pummel Administration on Iran
At the House Foreign Affairs Committee hearing on Iran today, Democrats joined Republicans in insisting the Senate move ahead on banking sanctions previously passed. And, as sanction...
November 13, 2013
Senate Panel, White House at Odds on Iran
A Senate committee will decide after a hearing from Secretary of State John Kerry on Wednesday whether to move ahead with legislation to strengthen economic sanctions on Iran to pressure it to en...
November 13, 2013
Reports: Russia to Help Iran Build Second Nuclear Reactor
Russia will help Iran build a second nuclear power plant, according to Tehran’s top nuclear official. The head of Iran’s atomic energy organization announced the deal on Wedn...
November 12, 2013
Just How Bad is the Geneva Nuclear Deal for Israel?
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has been denouncing the emerging — but not finalized — agreement between six Western powers and Iran over the Islamic Republic’s nuclear progra...
November 12, 2013
Iran Nuclear Deal Hangs in the Balance in Geneva
A landmark agreement to contain Iran’s nuclear programme is moving beyond reach despite hours of talks between John Kerry, the US secretary of state, and his Iranian counterpart. A...
November 12, 2013
La Disuasión Económica
- El Grupo 5+1 está dispuesto a aceptar un acuerdo con Irán para que suspenda temporalmente la actividad nuclear a cambio de relajar...
November 12, 2013
Obama has ‘Head Handed to Him’ in Secret Iran Sanction Deal Amid Nuclear Talks
For all the tough talk on the international front the United States has quietly been easing some of the financial restrictions on Iran, a new investigation reveals. But, as one source suggested,...
November 12, 2013
Fmr. U.S. Officials: Iran Nuke Inspection Deal Falls Short
International nuclear inspectors will be barred from entering Iran’s most contested nuclear site under a new deal inked on Monday. The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)&nbs...
November 12, 2013
French Exceptionalism? Why France Scuttled Iran Nuclear Agreement.
"Tonight I'm eating FRENCH fries," read a tweet this weekend from Rick Grenell, the US's spokesperson at the UN when France opposed an invasion of Iraq in 2003, and who gave rise to the...
November 12, 2013
No Vote for Uncle Sam in UNESCO?
The U.S. is expected to lose its vote in the U.N. Educational, Scientific and Cultu...
November 12, 2013
How France Scuttled the Iran Deal at the Last Minute
Western and Iranian negotiators were putting the finishing touches on a far-reaching nuclear deal. Then, at virtually the last minute, French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius joined in the talks....
November 12, 2013
Administration Bashed Over Iran Deal
When France, Saudi Arabia, Democrats, Republicans and foreign policy gurus of all stripes express varying degrees of outrage over a U.S. president’s foreign policy, you know things have gon...
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