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May 4, 2015 Former CIA Chief: We Totally Dropped the Ball on Al Qaeda’s Rebound A former CIA chief has admitted in a new tell-all book that the intelligence organization badly misjudged Qaeda's rebound during the Arab Spring, Greg Miller of The Washington Post reports.... May 4, 2015 In the Face of IS Successes, Al-Qaida Adapts, Grows Stronger When al-Qaida overran the Yemeni port city of Mukalla last month, the group's commanders immediately struck a deal to share power with the area's tribesmen. No jihadi banners were raise... May 4, 2015 Obama’s New Answers on Iran Fall Flat Top Obama administration officials have released new details about how they would lift most sanctions against Iran. Those are unnerving some experts, who doubt the administration’s claims a... May 4, 2015 Sisi, Saudi King Discuss Yemen Amid Conflicting Reports Over Ground Troops Presence Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi paid a brief visit to Saudi Arabia on Saturday to discuss the Yemen war and the wider regional landscape with Saudi leaders. Sisi’s visit la... May 4, 2015 Despite Iranian-Hezbollah Support, ‘In the Long Run it is Hard to See How Assad Can Survive’ The balance of power between Syrian President Bashar Assad’s forces and the rebels seems to be leaning in the rebels’ favor in the long-run, but the regime is not at risk of collapsin... April 30, 2015 John Kerry ‘Wished US Had Leader’ Like Khamenei, Iranians Say Secretary of State John Kerry allegedly told his Iranian counterpart that he wished the U.S. had a head of state more like Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, according to The Washington Free Beacon.... April 29, 2015 Dead Broke Libya Hires Million-Dollar American Lobbyist The fledgling government of Libya has hired a top-flight Washington PR firm to represent its interests in D.C., even though by all accounts Libya is a failed state with no real functioning govern... April 29, 2015 Report: Kerry Told Iran He Wishes ‘U.S. Had a Leader like Iran’s Supreme Leader’ Secretary of State John Kerry told his Iranian counterpart that he wished the United States had a leader more like Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei, according to comments made by a senior Irania... April 29, 2015 Iran’s Oil Exports Rise in April After Framework Nuclear Accord Iran's crude oil exports have risen in April following softer sales last month, helped by a framework nuclear agreement between Tehran and world powers and the possibility that Western sanct... April 28, 2015 Leveraging Sanctions With Iran Having leaders already negotiated terms that would leave its entire nuclear-related infrastructure intact, Iran’s leaders shifted their focus to securing sanctions relief. Unfortunately, sa... April 28, 2015 U.S. Defense Biz Sees Cash from Mideast Chaos War in Yemen. The continued threat of ISIS. Ongoing conflict in Iraq and Syria. Increasing Iranian influence. As America’s Middle Eastern allies watch their neighborhood burn, the U.S. defe... April 28, 2015 Exiled Palestinian Leader Looks for Regional Allies in Mediation of Nile Dam Deal Exiled Palestinian politician and former leader of Fatah in Gaza, Mohammed Dahlan, mediated the signing of an agreement for the construction of a controversial River Nile dam project between Egyp... April 28, 2015 American, Italian Hostages Killed in CIA Drone Strike in January It was the first known instance in which the Central Intelligence Agency killed hostages in a drone strike. The deaths were a major blow to the spy agency, which conducts the attacks largely behi... April 28, 2015 Drone Strikes Claim America’s Best, and Worst: Our View Islamic militants in Pakistan regularly prey on civilians who are trying to help ordinary Pakistanis, probably because they're the softest of soft targets. On Thursday, President Ob... April 28, 2015 Analyst: Hezbollah Exploiting Power Vacuum in Syria to Escalate Violence on Israeli Border Hezbollah has been taking taking advantage of the power vacuum in Syria to try and create a “deterrent balance” against Israel, according to an analysis written by Avi Issacharoff and... April 28, 2015 U.S. Navy Dispatches Vessels After Iran Seizes Allied Cargo Ship A ship traveling in international waters, owned by a company with significant ties to the U.S. government and flagged to the U.S.-protected Marshall Islands, was diverted under fire by Iranian na... April 27, 2015 Expert: Obama “Siding with Iran” in Yemen Conflict The Obama administration is “siding with Iran” while operating “over the heads of the Saudis” in its deliberations over the future of Yemen, Tony Badran, a researc... April 27, 2015 ISIS Now Says It Didn’t Bomb Afghanistan ISIS loyalists may have claimed credit for Saturday bombing that killed at least 35 people in eastern Afghanistan. But U.S. officials now believe that Taliban fighters—not the Middle East-b... April 27, 2015 Former Treasury Dept. Official: Sanctions Relief Allows Iran to Boost Support for Terrorism In testimony before a House of Representatives hearing Wednesday, former Treasury Department official Jonathan Schanzer warned that the sanctions relief being offered to Iran as part of o... April 24, 2015 Hamas Wins Student Election at Major West Bank University, Signaling PA Political Weakness The terrorist organization Hamas won the student elections in Birzeit University in the West Bank on Wednesday, defeating Fatah, the main constituent party of the Palestinian Authority which rule... April 22, 2015 Russia Recruits U.S. Allies in Eastern Europe by Raising Doubts About Security Commitment Russia is trying to slowly strip away U.S. allies in Eastern Europe by playing up fears that Washington will not come to their aid, as promised nearly a decade ago, because of a lack of foreign s... April 22, 2015 Chaos in Middle East Could Last for ‘at Least a Decade,’ Expert Tells ‘Post’ The breakdown of states throughout the Middle East since the outbreak of the Arab Spring has led the people in the region to fall back on primordial attachments, enhancing the power of sectariani... April 22, 2015 Experts: Terrorism Groups Find New Revenue Sources As the number of terrorist groups around the world increases, so do the ways in which they're raising money to fund their activities, experts say. ... "The fu... April 22, 2015 Ex-Treasury Official Warns Iran Funds Going to Terror Groups A former Treasury Department official raised concerns on Wednesday about terrorists obtaining some of the international community's financing to Iran. The U.S. is ceding $11.9 billi... April 21, 2015 Saudi-Funded French Weapons Arrive in Lebanon The first shipment of French weapons and military equipment arrived in Lebanon on Monday under a Saudi-funded deal worth $3 billion. The arms and supplies will supposedly bolster the Lebanese arm... April 21, 2015 State Department Won’t Rule Out $50 Billion ‘Signing Bonus’ For Iran The State Department on Monday would not rule out giving Iran up to $50 billion as a so-called “signing bonus” for agreeing to a nuclear deal later this year, according to comments ma... April 21, 2015 ‘Endangered Species’: Christianity at the Brink of Extinction in Turkey “The historic Istanbul cathedral and museum, Hagia Sophia, witnessed its first Quran recitation under its roof after 85 years Saturday,” reported the Anatolian News Agency of Turkey.... April 21, 2015 Iranian Support for Yemen’s Houthis Goes Back Years Iran has long supported Houthi rebels in Yemen with arms, training and financing. Now, as a convoy of Iranian ships heads toward Yemen's Gulf of Aden, a U.S. carrier group is headed... April 21, 2015 Iran Is Already Winning As global talks over Iran’s nuclear program resume in Vienna this week, one can’t help wonder whether, in a larger sense, the die of an Iranian regional, military and economic victory... April 20, 2015 Nuclear Deal That Iran’s Moderates Want May Entrench Hard-Liners Even if an agreement to curb Iran’s nuclear program is reached, it would leave one big question unanswered. Would a deal help strengthen the country’s moderates, or would it... April 20, 2015 Obama May Be Smiling Today but the Congressional Fight Over an Iran Deal is Far From Over On April 14th, Obama announced that he wouldn't veto a bill, pushed by Senator Bob Corker (R-Tennessee) and passed unanimously in committee in the Senate, that would give the Senate a 60-day... April 20, 2015 Andy Marshall: I Had No Idea Who Yoda Was Andy Marshall is a legendary figure in Washington defense circles. For 42 years until his retirement this January, he ran the Office of Net Assessment at the Pentagon, a sort of internal think ta... April 20, 2015 Obama Admin Needs Clearer Strategy in Middle East, Analysts Say As terrorist groups have multiplied and spread throughout Asia, the Middle East and North Africa, analysts stressed Wednesday the need for the Obama administration to communicate a stronger strat... April 20, 2015 Ileana Ros-Lehtinen: Obama Consulting Congress is ‘Like Fantasy Football’ Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, Florida Republican, said Wednesday that suggesting Obama might consult Congress on matters of foreign policy or national security is “kind of like fantasy football... April 17, 2015 Analysis: Framework Deal Opens Floodgates for Investment in Iran The framework nuclear agreement Iran and world powers signed this month has opened the floodgates toward an end of sanctions and to new business deals. No Western head of state visited I... April 14, 2015 Hamas, PA Could Be Next Pawns in Saudi-Iranian Proxy War Top Palestinian Authority officials are appealing to Saudi Arabia to use an "iron hand" toward Iranian-backed rival Hamas, a development that underscores the ill will within the so-called unity g... April 13, 2015 The Iran Talks: Nuclear Schizophrenia The Iranian and American negotiators in Switzerland apparently have decided to kick the nuclear can a little farther down the road and hope like hell that sometime soon—at least before the... April 13, 2015 Sen. Menendez to Pivot From Bribery Case to Iran Bill Embattled Sen. Robert Menendezwill have a diminished role when he returns to the Senate next week. But he probably won't speak with a diminished voice when a key committee takes up his... April 13, 2015 The Means of Coercing Iran In the negotiations between now and the end of June, the European allies will look to the United States to lead the negotiation. President Obama has expressed his intention to take any agre... April 13, 2015 Kurdish Official Hits Administration Over Delayed Weapons Kurdish peshmerga forces fighting the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) are only receiving a fraction of promised U.S. military support, a top Kurdish official warned on Monday. "Pr... April 10, 2015 Iran Nuclear Deal Hits a Stumbling Block: the Supreme Leader The nuclear deal Iran and world powers are trying to negotiate hit a roadblock Thursday when Iran’s supreme leader said economic sanctions on his country must be lifted as soon as an accord... April 10, 2015 Saudis May Go Nuclear to Counter Iran Despite Deal Washington's reassurances that the framework nuclear deal reached Thursday will prevent Iran from acquiring a nuclear bomb may not be enough to keep Saudi Arabia from taking increasingly bol... April 10, 2015 Iran’s Supreme Leader Demands ‘Instant’ Suspension of All Sanctions as Part of Nuke Agreement Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on Thursday demanded that all sanctions on Iran be lifted at the same time as any final agreement with world powers on curbing Tehran's nuclear... April 9, 2015 Dzhokhar Tsarnaev Guilty On all 30 Counts in Marathon Bombing, Faces Death Penalty Dzhokhar Tsarnaev was found guilty Wednesday of all 30 federal counts associated with the Boston Marathon bombings, and now a federal jury must determine whether he should be executed for detonat... April 8, 2015 The Iranian Nuclear Deal, Explained The Obama administration has been campaigning on behalf of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action with Iran since it was announced last week—even as the exact details of the proposed deal a... April 8, 2015 The US and Iran are Closer in Iraq Than People Realize — and Things are Getting Ugly The Obama administration is no longer hiding the fact that the US is serving as the air force for Iran-backed Shia militias fighting ISIS in Iraq. Helen Cooper of The New York Times repo... April 7, 2015 Obama and the ‘Inevitable Critics’ ... “The Iranian regime cheats incrementally, not egregiously, even though the sum total of its incremental cheating is egregious,” says Mark Dubowitz of the... April 7, 2015 Sales Push Begins for Iran Deal President Barack Obama and his opponents are going all-out to argue their cases regarding the unfolding nuclear agreement with Iran, which has become the epicenter of one of the most important fo... April 7, 2015 Can This Man Sell the Iran Deal to Congress? Hours after President Barack Obama strode to the Rose Garden to sell the Iran nuclear deal, one of Congress’ top foreign policy players picked up the phone to get more details. Sen... April 6, 2015 Will Saudi Arabia’s New King Regret the Arab Intervention in Yemen? ... Dr. David Andrew Weinberg, a senior fellow at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, told VICE News the first Saudi intervention in Yemen was costly and inconclusive, and...

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