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August 21, 2012
EU Probes Cigarette Deal That May Have Aided Syria
The European Union is investigating whether its Syrian sanctions were violated by the sale of cigarettes to a firm linked to cousins of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, according to corporate do...
August 21, 2012
Russia Hits Back at Obama’s Warning on Syrian WMDs
Russia has hit back at President Obama’s warning that the use of chemical or biological weapons in Syria would provoke “enormous consequences”,...
August 20, 2012
Breindel Award Winner
Congratulations to our friend and contributor Andrew Ferguson, who this week won the 2012 Eric Breindel Award for Excellence in Opinion Journalism. The Breindel prize is named for the late editor...
August 20, 2012
A Formula for a Mideast Arms Race
Dennis Ross, President Obama’s former Middle East adviser, is pointedly sitting out this election. He has, however, taken to the pages of the...
August 17, 2012
China Expert: Upside KP Politicians Involved in Organ Trafficking Bo Xilai
Bo Xilai, whose wife is expecting her Gu Kailai just been convicted of murder is, according to an American investigative journalist embroiled in illegal organ trafficking and the systematic killi...
August 17, 2012
Wanted: Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards
The Pasdaran Inside Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps by Emanuele Ottolenghi FDD Press, 2011, 74 pp. $9.99 As the U.S. and its Western...
August 15, 2012
Bleak Prospects for No-Fly Zone in Syrian Conflict
With the UN peace plan in tatters, regional battle lines are being drawn in Syria. Calls for a no-fly zone have grown, but the West remains reluctant to intervene during an election year and an e...
August 15, 2012
The Middle East on Tenterhooks; Obama on the Sidelines
The...
August 14, 2012
Photo Of American, Iranian Olympic Wrestlers Jordan Burroughs, Sadegh Goudarzi Offers Hope
A photograph of wrestlers Jordan Burroughs and Sadegh Goudarzi is being hailed as the single image to encompass the spirit of the Olympics. Jack Moore of Buzzfeed...
August 14, 2012
What’s in a Name?
Art.sy is a slick, fine-art website that aims to digitize all of the world’s artworks. It uses artificial intelligence to guess people’s a...
August 14, 2012
SYRIA: Palestinians Being Drawn Into the Fight
When mortar shells slammed into Yarmouk, Syria’s largest Palestinian camp, in early August, killing at least 20 people, many Palestinians in Syria saw it as a wake-up call. &...
August 8, 2012
Syria: Despite Prime Minister’s Defection, Assad’s Inner Circle Intact
Syrian President Bashar Assad’s administration struck a defiant tone Monday, renewing its counterattack on rebel forces in the country’s largest cities and vowing to stay in place, de...
August 8, 2012
What Mitt Romney’s Israel Fumbles Say About His Foreign Policy
It's that time of year again: Olympians are sweating, fans are watching them sweat, and the U.S. presidential challenger just came home after the traditional...
August 8, 2012
The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly About the Syrian Civil War
Ammar Abdulhamid may know more about Syria’s civil war than anyone else in the world. That’s no exaggeration. An pro-democratic oppositionist living abroad, Abdulhamid has functioned...
August 7, 2012
Firm That Paid Obama Aide Linked To Iran Revolutionary Guard
The Nigerian company that paid Obama senior adviser David Plouffe has links to one of America's clearest national enemies — the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corp in Iran, according to a...
August 6, 2012
Spain, a Platform as Vital as Difficult for Al Qaeda Post-Bin Laden
Spain is a strategic platform for Al Qaeda in Europe, but the progress police have changed the face of the organization in the country, which now fades support cells, according to U.S. government...
August 3, 2012
Syrian Rebel Commanders Warn Extremists Could Gain Sway Without Aid from US, Allies
Leading commanders of the Free Syrian Army, in an exclusive interview with Fox News, warn of dire consequences if the Obama administration continues to pay just "lip service" to the rebels a...
August 3, 2012
Kofi Annan’s Bitter Resignation and the Collapse of Obama’s Syria Policy
Kofi Annan's bitter resignation yesterday from his hopeless assign...
August 2, 2012
Obama Team Panics, Forks Over New Iran Sanctions
Contrary to liberal political pundits’ talking point of the day (Romney’s trip: Bad!), at least the Israel portion of the trip was so successful, and the embarrassment to Presi...
August 1, 2012
Obama’s New Iran Sanctions Target Energy, China, Iraq Banks
The U.S. announced new sanctions on Iran’s energy and petrochemical sectors and on banks in China and Iraq that have facilitated transactions on behalf of Iran, steps that President Barack...
August 1, 2012
US Moves to Increase Sanctions on Iran
The Obama administration and Congress each moved Tuesday to further pressure on Iran over its disputed nuclear program. Scrambling on an issue that has been gaining visibility in the ele...
August 1, 2012
White House and Congress Are in Step Over Iran Sanctions
The White House and Congress raced to impose more punishing sanctions against...
July 31, 2012
Deal Struck to Tighten Sanctions Against Iran
House and Senate negotiators reached an agreement Monday night on a new round of sanctions against...
July 31, 2012
Obama Tightens Sanctions on Banks Helping Iran Sell Oil
President Barack Obama announced new U.S. sanctions on Tuesday against foreign banks that help Iran sell its oil, efforts that he said wou...
July 30, 2012
Lawmakers Pressure Congressional Negotiators for Tough Iran Sanctions Bill
Republicans and Democrats are pressuring congressional negotiators to produce legislation imposing the severest penalties on Iran, targeting its energy sector and financial institutions as the Un...
July 30, 2012
If Assad Falls, Who Wins?
UN and Arab League envoy Kofi Annan has warned, “Syria is not Libya — it will not implode, it will explode beyond its borders.” With a bomb recently killing four of President Ba...
July 30, 2012
Analysis: US ‘War of Words’ on Iran
Usually US presidential campaigns are all about drawing contrasts between the candidates, but the Obama team has taken the opposite tack when it comes to Iran’s nuclear program, likely the...
July 30, 2012
Iran Sanctions Test
Nearly everyone in Congress agrees that crippling sanctions ought to be imposed on Iran. Or at least they claim to agree. We're about to find out who means it. House and Senate conf...
July 30, 2012
Offering a New Drone-Use Mechanism to US
US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s magic word of “apology” in a July 3 phone call to Foreign Minister Hina Rabbani Khar was good enough to reopen the land routes to the US-...
July 30, 2012
Firing Drones, a Dispute Between Pakistan and Sustainable US
The raid is not going to fix the already very troubled between the United States and Pakistan . The firing of a U.S. drone that killed, Monday, July 23, at least a dozen insurgents in the Pakista...
July 30, 2012
Lawmakers Reach Compromise on Iran Sanctions
House and Senate negotiators have reached a compromise on a new set of Iran sanctions to be brought to the floor of both chambers this week, but some conservative critics say the compromise isn&#...
July 30, 2012
House, Senate Negotiators Push to Wrap Up Iran Sanctions Bill, Face Some Criticism in Ranks
House and Senate negotiators pushed to finish a new round of stifling sanctions on Iran, targeting energy, shipping and insurance sectors with punitive measures to derail Tehran’s suspected...
July 27, 2012
After Assad: What’s Next for the Future of Syria?
With the assassinations last week the regime’s intelligence chief and the defense and interior ministers, the appeal of becoming Target Number One is dwindling. “There’s really...
July 27, 2012
Obama Administration: Who Needs More Sanctions on Iran?
The worst-kept secret in Washington is that the Obama administration never asked for and is indifferent if not hostile to the...
July 25, 2012
Insuring Ahmadinejad
The insurance industry and prominent Democratic lawmakers are attempting to water down a new Iran sanctions bill that would penalize any company that underwrites Iranian affiliates, according to...
July 24, 2012
Syria Could Use Chemical Weapons If Attacked
BEIRUT (AP) — Syria threatened Monday to unleash its chemical and biological weapons if the country faces a foreign attack, a desperate warning from a regime that has failed to crush a powe...
July 24, 2012
Conservatives Call on Obama to Establish ‘Safe Zones’ in Syria
Now that the Syrian opposition has established control over territory on the ground, it's time for the United States to help establish "safe zones" inside Syria, a group of mostly conservati...
July 23, 2012
Syria Rebels’ Gains in Damascus Surprise Even Them
In the video, two camouflage-clad rebel fighters crouch behind a dumpster firing their rifles as cars drive by at casual, everyday speeds. In the distance, impatient drivers honk as if the revolu...
July 23, 2012
Congress in Berlin: Ethical Credibility of the International Transplantation Society, Is At Stake
The third day of the ongoing 24th International Transplant Congress stood before the ICC congress center in Berlin, an English surgeon and watched a group of people at the information desk. Peopl...
July 19, 2012
Bombs in Bulgaria and Syria
Two bombings overseas highlighted the growing threat emanating from the Middle East....
July 17, 2012
US Refuses to Help Syrian Rebels Until After Election
Despite mounting fury from the Syrian rebels, who are seeking assistance for their efforts to overthrow the Syrian president Bashar al-Assad, the White House has refused...
July 16, 2012
State Dept. Doubles Down on Palestinian Aid
Following revelations on Capitol Hill that Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas has been stashing millions of...
July 16, 2012
The Rebels: We Need Intel More Than Arms
It took Twitter five years to hire a Washington lobbyist. That was quick compared to Apple, which took 25 years to begin paying someone to represent its interests in the capital. Violenc...
July 16, 2012
Annan Singles Out Syrian Government After Treimseh Killings
A day after opposition activists reported mass killings in the S...
July 16, 2012
US Must Evolve Terror Defenses, Former Homeland Security Boss Says
The United States must continue to adapt its strategies and think broadly about where new threats may emerge from in the battle against terrorism, former Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chert...
July 16, 2012
Human Rights Groups Sacrifice Syrians for Misguided Principle
There is no doubt whatsoever that what is occurring in Syria is a humanitarian tragedy. The Assad regime has concluded that Western governments do not have the will to back up their rhetoric with...
July 16, 2012
Egypt Attaches Strings to Peace with Israel
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton was silent as a senior Egyptian official stated during a joint press conference that his country would only uphold its peace treaty with Israel if the Jewish st...
July 13, 2012
Islamist Threat is Real and Growing
Israel sits squarely on the front line of the war by Islamist fanaticism against the West. The Jewish state for decades has been the lone outpost for democratic government and its values in the M...
July 13, 2012
US Lawmakers Slam Mahmoud Abbas for Alleged Corruption
On Tuesday, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas called Ehud Olmert to congratulate him on the Jerusalem District Court decision that acquitted him of two major corruption charges that led to his...
July 13, 2012
US Imposes New Rules to Tighten Vise on Iran
The Obama administration, seeking to plug loopholes in its sanctions against...
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