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August 1, 2013 Shift on West Bank Settlements Helps, But Raises Issues Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas' indication that he would agree to land swaps with Israel to get a Palestinian state helps prospects for a peace deal but also opens the door to new probl... August 1, 2013 US House of Representatives Passes New Iran Sanctions The US House of Representatives on Wednesday overwhelmingly passed another round of ... August 1, 2013 US House Passes Iran Sanctions Bill to Slash Oil Exports The House of Representatives easily passed a bill on Wednesday to tighten sanctions on Iran, showing a strong message to Tehran over its disputed nuclear program days before President-elect Hassa... August 1, 2013 Days Before Rouhani to be Sworn In, US House Sends Message to Iran with Harsh New Sanctions The US House of Representatives passed a bill on Wednesday containing punishing new sanctions against Iran, entrenching the US position on the Islamic Republic's controversial nuclear progra... August 1, 2013 Rohani Clout in Iran Corridors of Power May Aid Nuclear Deal Iranian President-elect Hassan Rohani once complained that the Islamic Republic’s leaders tend to take extreme positions in negotiations with the West and find it hard to compromise. Rohani... July 31, 2013 House Weighs Iran Measure Amid Doubts on Timing Legislation that would impose the toughest sanctions to date on Iran over its disputed nuclear program has been scheduled for a vote in the House on Wednesday, four days before the inauguration o... July 31, 2013 As Iran Installs New Leader, House Could Pass More Sanctions. Right Signal? When Iran elected a moderate cleric to succeed the fiery Mahmoud Ahmadinejad as the country’s president last month, President Obama sought to encourage what some saw as an important politic... July 30, 2013 Kerry: Mideast Negotiators to Resume Talks in Two Weeks Israeli and Palestinian negotiators agreed Tuesday to continue to meet over the next several months on peace talks though already acrimony is swirling about them. The two sides ended dis... July 30, 2013 Analysis: As Peace Talks Begin, Middle East Analysts Praise John Kerry, But Maintain Low Expectation As peace talks were set to resume Monday evening in Washington at a gala post-Ramad... July 30, 2013 New Region, Old Ritual: Back to Peace Talks And so the Obama administration induced Israelis and Palestinians to reenter peace talks Monday, after three years of suspension that followed many more years of paralysis. This latest effort to... July 29, 2013 Analysts: Egypt Coup Weakens Hamas, May Help Peace Talks Unrest in Egypt and an Egyptian military crackdown in the Sinai has weakened the Palestinian Liberation Organization's main rival, Hamas, and improved prospects for peace talks about to begi... July 29, 2013 Downfall of Hamas Possible After Brotherhood Falls in Egypt, Key to Successful Peace Talks The key to success in the newly announced peace talks between... July 29, 2013 Analysts: Egyptian Tunnel Campaign Has Weakened Hamas, Created “Window of Opportunity” The Egyptian army’s efforts to stabilize the deteriorating security environment in the Sinai Peninsula have involved a range of tactics and strategy, from the ... July 25, 2013 Canada Pushed EU to Add Hezbollah to List of Banned Terrorist Organizations, Official Says Canadian diplomats mounted a behind-the-scenes push to convince European countries to outlaw the Lebanese Shi’ite group Hezbollah as a terrorist organization, a government official said in... July 25, 2013 Want Peace? Get Rid of Hamas. A few days ago, I wrote that John Kerry, the U.S. secretary of state, might be running a... July 25, 2013 For Syria’s Assad, Homs is the Key Target, Not Aleppo Forces loyal to Syrian President Bashar Assad are escalating their offensive to push rebel fighters out of the divided strategic city of Homs in the central region, indicating their much-touted d... July 25, 2013 ¿Un Peligro Para Líbano? - ¿Han presionado EE UU e Israel a Bruselas para tomar esta decisión? –Obviamente, no hay duda de que ambos han anima... July 25, 2013 Deal Done for U.S. to Ship Arms to Syria Rebels A deal reached in Congress to allow the United States to ship arms to Syrian rebels could spur more support from other nations, blunting the military gains of dictator Bashar Assad and preventing... July 23, 2013 Congress Threatens New Iran Sanctions as Obama Gauges Flexibility of Incoming Leader Rouhani Congress is considering a new series of hard-hitting Iran sanctions on everything from mining and construction to the Islamic republic’s already besieged oil industry, despite concern from... July 23, 2013 Israel Applauds EU Ban of Hezbollah’s ‘Military Wing’ Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu welcomed the EU’s decis... July 22, 2013 Next Iran Sanctions Law Likely to Slip to Autumn Breaking with the recent past, Congress will not send a new Iran sanctions law to the president’s desk this summer, and is unlikely to get new economic penalties against Tehran on the books... July 22, 2013 Europe’s Top Court Rejects Sanctions Against Saudi Businessman Europe's highest court ruled on Thursday that EU sanctions on Saudi businessman Yassin Kadi were unjustified and that governments had failed to provide enough evidence that he was involved i... July 22, 2013 Stage Set for Middle East Peace Talks, Kerry Says Months of personal diplomacy and cajoling by Secretary of State John F. Kerry finally showed signs of success Friday when he announced that Israel and the Palestinian Authority have tentatively a... July 22, 2013 131 House Members Sign Dovish Letter on Iran 131 members of the House, including 114 Democrats--a majority of the conference in the House--and 17 Republicans, have signed a letter to Barack Obama asking the president to engage with the newl... July 22, 2013 EU Places Hezbollah Military Wing on Terror Blacklist European Union governments agreed Monday to put the armed wing of Hezbollah on the EU terrorism blacklist in a reversal of past policy fuelled by concerns over the Lebanese militant movement&#039... July 22, 2013 European Union Adds Hezbollah’s Military Wing to List of Banned Terrorist Organizations The European Union agreed Monday to place the military wing of Hezbollah on its list of banned terrorist organizations, a move Canadian diplomats had lobbied for to contain the violent Lebanese g... July 22, 2013 Most of Al Qaeda’s Big Names Have Been Either Captured or Killed, But Some Remain It was the “bullhorn moment” that launched the War on Terror. Amid the ruins of the World Trade Center, then-... July 22, 2013 John Baird Welcomes EU Decision to Outlaw Hezbollah Blaming Hezbollah for international terrorism and fighting on the side of the Syrian regime, Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird welcomed the European Union’s decision Monday to outlaw the... July 22, 2013 European Union Adds Hezbollah to Terror List The European Union on Monday added the military wing of Hezbollah, the Lebanese Shiite militant group, to a list of terrorist organizations, a policy shift that was welcomed by the United States... July 17, 2013 Should the CIA Be Sharing Intelligence That Could Help Hezbollah? The enemy of the CIA's enemy in Lebanon is still its enemy. But, according to a... July 15, 2013 Arab Spring Keeps Sending Hamas Packing The Arab uprisings that have for more than two years roiled the Middle East and North Africa must by now bring a sense of disquiet to Hamas, the Palestinian group that holds up "resistance"&mdash... July 15, 2013 Egypt’s Christians Target of Islamist Anger in Wake of Morsi’s Ouster Egypt’s Muslim extremists, angry over the ouster of Mohammed Morsi from the presidency, have zeroed in on the nation’s Christian minority, scapegoating them even though the Islamist l... July 15, 2013 Zero Option Talk Makes McKeon Fear Iraq Repeat On Monday, the... July 11, 2013 The More Things Change, the More They Stay the Same in Egypt Sitting on the balcony of his family’s elegant flat watching pleasure boats strung with coloured lights and blaring loud music pass on the Nile, analyst Khairi Abaza readily acknowledges re... July 11, 2013 Benghazi Response May Encourage More Jihadist Attacks in N. Africa The U.S. should prepare for future terrorist attacks in North Africa that would be even more difficult to police than last year's assault that left four Americans dead in the Eastern Libyan... July 10, 2013 Car Bomb in Hezbollah Stronghold a Sign of Syrian Spillover The devastating car bomb attack in Hezbollah’s Beirut strongh... July 10, 2013 Who’s in Charge in Egypt? In the Obama Administration? Disarray is the order of the day — both in Egypt and in the Obama administration.... July 9, 2013 Secret Document Appears to Show Qatar Payoffs to Key Morsi Cronies A secret document that appears to show six-figure payments from Qatar to top Muslim Brotherhood officials is fueling charges of corruption and hypocrisy at ousted Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi... July 9, 2013 What’s the Definition of ‘Terrorism’? By a two-to-one margin, Americans have consistently expressed... July 8, 2013 The Muslim Brotherhood’s Dramatic Fall in Egypt Early on, Mohamed Morsi and his Muslim Brotherhood cohorts made all the right noises. In April 2012, as Egypt was preparing for its first elections since the ouster of Hosni Mubarak, leading Musl... July 8, 2013 Egypt and Islamic Democracy During the upheavals that toppled Hosni Mubarak just over two years ago, I quoted from Reuel Marc Gerecht&rsqu... July 8, 2013 What Now for Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood? The Muslim Brotherhood has called for mass protests following Frida... July 8, 2013 Good Riddance to Brotherhood’s Fake Democrats A few months ago, King Abdullah II of Jordan told me about his meetings with Mohamed Mursi, the now-deposed president of Egypt. The king wasn’t fond of Mursi, b... July 8, 2013 U.S. Foreign Aid to Egypt May Be Suspended After Coup Billions in U.S. military aid to Egypt is hanging in balance following a violent coup that deposed Muslim Brotherhood-backed President Mohamed Morsi last week. Morsi was forcefully remov... July 8, 2013 Morsi’s Fall ‘Nightmare Scenario for Hamas’ The startling fall of the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt has threatened to undermine Hamas's capacity for fighting Israel and weakened its grip on Gaza, analysts say. Leaders in the Pa... July 2, 2013 New Sanctions Imposed on Iran to Halt Gold Trading The first American sanctions on Iran since a moderate cleric won the presidential elect... July 2, 2013 Egypt: Little U.S. Influence, Few Good Choices At the State Department briefing on Monday, spokesman Patrick Ventrell observed about Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi: “He’s the democratically elected leader of Egypt, as the presid... July 2, 2013 Iran Importing Missile-Grade Ore From Germany, France Exploiting a loophole in Western sanctions, Iran is importing a high grade of refined alumina ore from several European c... June 28, 2013 Sony Reports Tech Sales to Iran That May Violate Sanction Sony Corp. (6758) sold almost $13 million in video and medical equipment to dealers in Dubai that resold the gear in Ir... June 28, 2013 US Ospreys and Air Tankers Put Iran in Israel’s Reach The United States plans to give Israel weapons that would enable it to send ground forces against Iranian nuclear facilities that it can’t penetrate from the air. The deal includes...

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