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November 23, 2012 Foreign Truck Bombers in Syria Highlight Risk Al-Qaeda Two Jordanian men, a wealthy businessman and a salesman got into explosives-rigged trucks last month and blew themselves up at a base occupied by troops loyal to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad... November 23, 2012 Will Israel-Hamas Cease-Fire Hold? Any cease-fire agreement that requires Hamas to stop rocket fire from Gaza into Israel will be tenuous because rival militant groups will try to shatter it, Middle East analysts say.... November 23, 2012 Senate Threatens to Cut Aid to Palestinians Over Statehood Bid at UN Senators from both parties warned Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas on Wednesday that he will be putting millions of dollars of U.S. aid at risk if he goes forward with his planned statehood bid a... November 14, 2012 Preacher Takes Opposition Lead Moaz al-Khatib, the leader of Syria’s newly formed umb... November 13, 2012 Post Election, Obama Gambles on Syrian Rebels Wading so directly into Syria's bloody conflict is fraught with pitfalls for the U.S. government. "It's a gamble by the State Department to stake such a strong claim in efforts to restr... November 13, 2012 Steel Sanctions Cut Deep into Iran’s Economy Iranian manufacturers and builders face serious shortages of... November 13, 2012 ‘Robust’ EU Sanctions No Match for Tehran’s Tricks, Experts Say With embargoes on Iranian gas and oil firmly in place, the European Union seems determined to tighten a net of sanctions around Iran, as even longtime critics of Europe's trade relations wit... November 9, 2012 US Senators Mull Tougher Iran Sanctions U.S. lawmakers are working on a set of new and unprecedented sanctions against Iran that could prevent the Islamic republic from doing business with most of the world until it agrees to internati... November 9, 2012 Iran Cyber-Repression Brings US Sanctions on Officials The Obama administration imposed sanctions on Iranian officials and government bodies for their role in blocking Internet access, mobile-phone lines and satellite television channels to stifle fr... November 8, 2012 Zawahiri: Benghazi Showed US Weakness Deadly attacks on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi, Libya, suggest American "awe is lost" in the region, a message from al-Qaida's leader Ayman al-Zawahiri said. Zawahiri, in an audio... November 7, 2012 Chinese Regime Covering Up Atrocities, Say Researchers Recent promises by medical leaders in China that the country will wean itself off organs transplanted from executed prisoners are being given a critical eye by researchers and a medical advocacy... November 5, 2012 No Matter Who Wins Tuesday’s Election, US Likely to Become Entangled in Syria’s War Despite Americans’ exhaustion with 11 years of foreign conflict, the victor in Tuesday’s presidential race may find it all but impossible to keep the United States from becoming more... November 2, 2012 Syria Conflict Contagious in the Region In Turkey, in early October, a stray artillery shell flew across the Syrian border and killed four civilians in the quiet town of Akcakale. Turkey decided it had to fight back, launching missiles... November 2, 2012 Insight: In Syrian Sanctions, Some Gains but Much Uncertainty Two months into anti-government protests in Syria last year, as the military crackdown grew more vicious, the European Union and United... November 2, 2012 Fayyad Wants Out The Palestinian Authority’s most notable advocate of reform threatened to quit in protest over his government’s continued failure to increase transparency and crack down on ramp... November 1, 2012 Libya Storyline Still Crumbling Fox News reports:... November 1, 2012 US Seeks a New Opposition in Syria Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Wednesday announced the U.S. would be shifting allegiances in Syria after nearly two years of trying to empower the Paris-based Syrian National Council made... October 31, 2012 In Slow Motion in Syria Josh Rogin reports: “Syrian opposition le... October 26, 2012 Shell Seeks Iran Sanctions Workaround Via Cargill Grain Barter Oil major Royal Dutch/Shell (RDSa.L) is seeking to work around international sanctions by repaying a $1.4 bi... October 25, 2012 Is the Syrian Eid Ceasefire Doomed? When Lakhdar Brahimi, the international envoy charged with the difficult task of negotiating an end to the bloody conflict in Syria,... October 25, 2012 Sudan Blames Israel For Arms Depot Attack The Sudanese government has accused Israel of blowing up an arms factory overnight in the capital city of Khartoum. According to Reuters, the facility was attacked by four military plane... October 24, 2012 Tracking America’s Drone War Since 2002, armed drones have become an increasingly important element of U.S. national security policy. This project – which will be updated regularly – documents drone strikes in Pa... October 23, 2012 Obama Faces Tough Call on Iran Oil Sanctions Just weeks after the election, President Barack Obama will be faced with a pivotal decision on oil sanctions on Iran, in which he will hav... October 23, 2012 Analysts: Romney Knowledgeable, Less Hawkish at Presidential Debate Mitt Romney passed the sniff test on foreign policy knowledge in Monday night's debate, according to foreign policy analysts on both sides of the aisle, although most said the Republican nom... October 22, 2012 Tick-Tock Tehran There have been two big stories about Iran in recent weeks. One is that Iran's currency, the rial, is in freefall. The other is that Iran's nuclear program is in overdrive. So the quest... October 22, 2012 Jordanian Salafi Cleric: We Planned Attack in Israel A Jordanian Salafist-jihadist cleric with ties to al-Qaida said on Saturday that jihadists from his country had planned to carry out a suicide attack in Israel. Abu Muhammad al-Tah... October 22, 2012 Obama’s Iran Non-Deal Saturday night the New York Times reported : “The United States and Iran have agreed in principle for the first time to one-on-one negotiations over Iran’s nuclear program, according... October 22, 2012 As Romney, Obama Debate Foreign Policy, Few See Easy Answers in Middle East President Barack Obama’s handling of the so-called Arab Spring is likely to crop up when he debates foreign policy Monday night with Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney. But what... October 19, 2012 ‘Mullah Radio’ Believed to be Behind Attack on Pakistani Schoolgirl The Taliban leader who apparently ordered the assassination of a Pakistani schoolgirl last week may not be well-known outside the remote, picturesque Swat Valley. But there he is infamous for his... October 18, 2012 Report: Iran Sanctions Have Failed Economic sanctions on Iran have failed in their “principal objective” of preventing Tehran from obtaining nuclear weapons, according to a nonpartisan... October 17, 2012 Afghanistan’s Online War of Words On October 5 the International Security Assistance Force in Afghanistan (ISAF) invited the Taliban to discuss the coalition's committment to free speech in Afghanistan. There was, however, j... October 17, 2012 Sanctions Won’t Stop Iran Few would have thought that the MAD world of Mutually Assured Destruction might seem like an era of sanity in retrospect. The period that created Dr. Strangelove restricted its nuclear club to pa... October 17, 2012 Diplomat: Western officials See Iran’s Economy Imploding Quickly Western governments believe that Iran’s economy is imploding so quickly that it could essentially collapse next spring under the combined pressure of international sanctions, an oil embargo... October 16, 2012 EU Sanctions Target Iran Oil, Gas, Tanker Companies European Union governments imposed sanctions on Tuesday against major Iranian state companies in the oil and gas industry, and strengthened restrictions on the central bank, cranking up financial... October 16, 2012 Massive Prison Break Frees 120 Inmates in Libya For a country that already has a problem with roving outlaws, this is the last thing you want to have happen. AFP reports... October 15, 2012 EU Agrees to New, Wide-Ranging Iran Sanctions European Union governments agreed further sanctions against Iran's banking, shipping and industrial sectors on Monday, cranking up financial pressure on Tehran in the hope of drawing it into... October 15, 2012 EU Agrees Wider Iran Sanctions, Ashton Sees More Talks European Union governments agreed further sanctions against Iran's banking, shipping and industrial sectors on Monday, cranking up financial pressure on Tehran in the hope of drawing it into... October 15, 2012 Exclusive – India’s HMEL Bought 2 Million Barrels of Iranian Oil: Sources India's HMEL, part-owned by steel tycoon Lakshmi Mittal, has emerged as a new oil client of sanctions-hit Iran, potentially complicat... October 15, 2012 Analysis: Will New EU Sanctions on Iran Count? The European Union’s foreign ministers are slated to convene on Monday in Luxembourg to rubber-stamp a new round of energy sanctions on Iran’s vulnerable gas, financial and shipping s... October 15, 2012 Doha’s Four Seasons Hotel Tea Lounge a Painful Exile for Syrians in Qatar No one at the Tea Lounge in Doha's Four Seasons Hotel seems to have come to Qatar to take in the sights. An exiled Somali shuffles documents back and forth to the man across from him, domina... October 12, 2012 Bin Laden Is Dead, Al Qaeda Is Alive President Barack Obama’s campaign continues to claim that it has “decimated” al Qaeda, the world’s most notorious terror group, despite increasing evidence the group is ex... October 12, 2012 Syria’s Civil War Leaves Its Cities, Economy and Cultural Heritage in Shambles In Syria’s cities and towns, entire blocks of apartment buildings have been shattered, their top floors reduced to pancaked slabs of concrete. Centuries-old markets have been gutte... October 12, 2012 Obama Implements Additional Iran Sanctions The White House implemented new sanctions against Iran Tuesday, as the US seeks to tighten the financial screws on the regime in Tehran. US President Barack Obama issued an executive ord... October 12, 2012 A Conservative Split Over the Middle East Mitt Romney’s speech on foreign affairs this week was surprisingly moderate. Rhetorically it was full of sound and fury but, on closer examination, it signified no major change of policy. Romney... October 12, 2012 Iran’s Sea Trade Buckles Under Western Sanctions Iran's vital seaborne trade is buckling under the weight of Western sanctions, deepening hardship for a population deprived of basic imports and heaping intense pressure on Tehran over its n... October 12, 2012 Holding Civil Society Workshops While Syria Burns Syria's bloody civil war is threatening to turn into a regional conflict. For six days in a row as of Oct. 8, Turkey has lobbed artillery into northern Syria in response to shells from Presi... October 12, 2012 EU Moves Closer to New Iran Sanctions The European Union provisionally approved new economic sanctions against Iran over its nuclear program on Friday, with senior diplomats giving their backing to measures against Tehran's bank... October 9, 2012 Al Qaeda’s Resurgence The murder of Ambassador Stevens and three other Americans in Libya on September 11 has created a growing... October 9, 2012 Senator Works on Tighter US Sanctions for Iran Republican Senator Mark Kirk, who last year co-authored a package of U.S. sanctions on Iran's banking and oil sectors, is working on new legislation that would further tighten the economic n... October 9, 2012 World Have Your Say Who is the real enemy of the Arab world? Listen to the program here....

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