Tag: Middle East

Sen. Bob Menendez, D-N.J. (AP/J. Scott Applewhite)

National Security

Senate Democrats give Obama deadline on Iran

Charles Hoskinson · January 28, 2015 10:00 am

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attends the weekly cabinet meeting in his Jerusalem office. (AP/Baz Ratner, Pool)

Kudos to Congress and Netanyahu

David Limbaugh · January 27, 2015 6:44 pm

Sen. Senator Robert Menendez addresses the media in advance of an event with President Obama Dec. 15, 2014, at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, N.J. (Photo by Mark Makela/Getty images)

National Security

Democrats back down on Iran

Charles Hoskinson · January 27, 2015 4:29 pm

Syrian President Bashar Assad speaks during an interview with a U.S. magazine, Monday, Jan. 26, 2015. Assad has dismissed negotiations with "puppets" in an interview with a U.S. magazine ahead of talks set to begin in Moscow. (AP Photo)

National Security

Assertive Assad bedevils U.S. efforts in Syria

Charles Hoskinson · January 27, 2015 10:00 am

Saudi King Abdullah speaks before a meeting with U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry at his private residence in the Red Sea city of in Jiddah, Saudi Arabia. On early Friday, Jan. 23, 2015, Saudi state TV reported King Abdullah died at the age of 90. (AP Photo/Brendan Smialowski)

National Security

Pentagon creates essay contest to honor Saudi king

Charles Hoskinson · January 26, 2015 2:25 pm

Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., speaks at the Arizona State Republican Committee Statutory Meeting at Grace Community Church in Tempe, Ariz. on Saturday, Jan. 24, 2015. (AP Photo/The Arizona Republic, David Wallace)

National Security

McCain: Obama has ‘lost touch with reality’ on Iran

Sarah Bedford · January 25, 2015 9:34 pm

Houthi Shiite fighters wearing an army uniform ride on a pickup truck as they patrol a street during a demonstration to show support for their comrades in Sanaa, Yemen, Friday, Jan. 23, 2015. (AP Photo/Hani Mohammed)

Obama ‘not surprised’ at Yemen collapse

Sarah Bedford · January 25, 2015 7:44 pm

The Saudi royal family moved quickly to elevate Crown Prince Salman bin Abdulaziz to the throne. (Getty File Photo)

National Security

U.S. eyeing Middle East turmoil

Charles Hoskinson · January 24, 2015 10:00 am

Abdullah was considered a relative moderate in an absolute monarchy that ruled according to the strict dictates of Islam's Wahhabi sect. (AP Photo)

National Security

U.S. ally Saudi King Abdullah dies

Charles Hoskinson · January 23, 2015 3:01 am

U.S. Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel answers questions during a press briefing at the Pentagon. (Win McNamee/Getty images)

National Security

Hagel: Yemen unrest could hurt efforts to empty Gitmo

Tara Copp · January 22, 2015 9:12 pm

Though the Pentagon has been reticent to discuss exact numbers, U.S. Ambassador to Iraq Stuart Jones told Al Arabiya News Channel Thursday that U.S.-led airstrikes have "taken more than half " of ISIS' leadership. (AP/Radivoje Pavicic)

National Security

Ambassador: Airstrikes killed 6,000 ISIS fighters

Kelly Cohen · January 22, 2015 8:11 pm

Iraqi Army patrol in central Baghdad, Iraq, in this Tuesday, June 30, 2009 file photo. (AP Photo/Khalid Mohammed)

Hagel slaps back at Iraqi complaints about slow aid

Charles Hoskinson · January 22, 2015 6:58 pm