Tag: Middle East

The Arab Myth of Ariel Sharon

Lee Smith · January 27, 2014 5:00 am

U.N. mediator Lakhdar Brahimi listens during a press briefing at the United Nations headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland, Friday, Jan. 24, 2014. After three days of escalating rhetoric _ and a day spent assiduously avoiding contact within the United Nations _ the two sides will meet âin the same room,â said the U.N. mediator trying to forge an end to the civil war _ or at least a measure of common ground to stem a civil war that has left 130,000 people dead. (AP Photo/Anja Niedringhaus)

Both sides in Syrian talks to meet in ‘same room’

LORI HINNANTZEINA KARAM · January 24, 2014 9:26 pm

Israel warns of growing jihadi threat from Syria

Aron Heller · January 24, 2014 8:11 pm

Official: Egyptian diplomat kidnapped in Libya

Washington Examiner · January 24, 2014 8:11 pm

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, right, poses with Swiss President Didier Burkhalter for photographers in Davos, Switzerland, Friday, Jan. 24, 2014. Kerry is attending the annual World Economic Forum meeting in the Swiss Alps. (AP Photo/Gary Cameron, Pool)

Kerry defends US Mideast policy

Matthew Lee · January 24, 2014 5:15 pm

Iraqi Foreign Minister Javad Zarif, gestures as he speaks during a session at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, Friday, Jan. 24, 2014. Iran's foreign minister is calling for all "foreign elements" to leave Syria so its people can decide their future themselves. Speaking on a panel discussion about the Middle East at the World Economic Forum, Javad Zarif said Iran also wants to see an end to foreign support for opponents of President Bashar Assad's government and a recognition by all sides that there can be no military solution to the conflict. He said Tehran hoped for a negotiated settlement. (AP Photo/Michel Euler)

Iran minister: foreign fighters should leave Syria

Matthew Lee · January 24, 2014 4:32 pm

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani is listening to the welcome remarks during a session of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, Thursday, Jan. 23, 2014. Leaders gathered in the Swiss ski resort of Davos have made it a top priority to push to reshape the global economy and cut global warming by shifting to cleaner energy sources. (AP Photo/Michel Euler)

New letter seeks release of ex-Marine held in Iran

Associated Press · January 24, 2014 5:00 am

The president has framed 2014 as a âyear of action,â vowing to unleash a wave of executive orders to jump-start the economy and advance an unabashedly progressive agenda. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images)

Obama faces five big questions in State of the Union address

Brian Hughes · January 24, 2014 5:00 am

National Security

US developing plans to train Iraqis in Jordan

BRADLEY KLAPPERLOLITA C. BALDOR · January 23, 2014 11:11 pm

FILE - This July 27, 2011, file image from a web posting by al-Qaida's media arm, as-Sahab, provided by IntelCenter, shows al-Qaida leader Ayman al-Zawahri. Israel on Wednesday, Jan. 22, 2014, said it had foiled an "advanced" al-Qaida plan to carry out a suicide bombing on the U.S. Embassy in Tel Aviv and bomb other targets, in what analysts said was the first time the global terror network's leadership has been directly involved in plotting an attack inside Israel. The Shin Bet intelligence agency said it had arrested three Palestinians who allegedly plotted bombings, shootings, kidnappings and other attacks, and that the men were recruited by an operative based in the Gaza Strip who worked for al-Qaida leader Ayman al-Zawahri. (AP Photo/IntelCenter, File)

Palestinians dismiss Israeli al-Qaida plot claim

IBRAHIM BARZAKMOHAMMED DARAGHMEH · January 23, 2014 8:34 pm

FILE - This July 27, 2011, file image from a web posting by al-Qaida's media arm, as-Sahab, provided by IntelCenter, shows al-Qaida leader Ayman al-Zawahri. Israel on Wednesday, Jan. 22, 2014, said it had foiled an "advanced" al-Qaida plan to carry out a suicide bombing on the U.S. Embassy in Tel Aviv and bomb other targets, in what analysts said was the first time the global terror network's leadership has been directly involved in plotting an attack inside Israel. The Shin Bet intelligence agency said it had arrested three Palestinians who allegedly plotted bombings, shootings, kidnappings and other attacks, and that the men were recruited by an operative based in the Gaza Strip who worked for al-Qaida leader Ayman al-Zawahri. (AP Photo/IntelCenter, File)

Al-Qaida chief urges end to Syria rebel infighting

Bassem Mroue · January 23, 2014 6:54 pm

Beltway Confidential

Fareed Zakaria: Iran deal ‘strikes me as a train wreck’

Charles Hoskinson · January 23, 2014 5:00 am