Tag: Middle East

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)

National Security

Israel says it foiled al-Qaida plot on US Embassy

Ian Deitch · January 22, 2014 11:02 pm

This image taken from UNTV via APTN shows Amhad al-Jarba, the head of Syria's Western-backed Syrian National Coalition, holding up an image of alleged torture victims, during the Syrian peace talks in Montreux, Switzerland, Wednesday Jan. 22, 2014. The peace talks in the Swiss city of Montreux marked the first time the opposition and the Syrian government will sit down face to face since their dispute began in March 2011. (AP Photo/UNTV via APTN)

Peace talks on Syria stuck over Assad’s future

LORI HINNANTMATTHEW LEE · January 22, 2014 8:49 pm

This Is Syria

Lee Smith · January 22, 2014 6:41 pm

Egypt activists imprisoned for wrecking memorial

Washington Examiner · January 22, 2014 12:42 pm

Syria peace talks: Hyped as crucial, downplayed

LORI HINNANTZEINA KARAM · January 21, 2014 10:09 pm

Egyptians chant slogans as they attend a rally in support of Egypt's Defense Minister, Gen. Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi, in Cairo, Egypt, Tuesday, Jan. 21, 2014. Supporters of the powerful army chief and defense minister urged Egyptians on Tuesday to turn the third anniversary to 2011 uprising that toppled longtime autocratic president Hosni Mubarak, to a show of gratitude to the general for ousting Islamist president, calling on him to contest elections. (AP Photo/Khalil Hamra)

Supporters urge Egypt general to run for president

Maggie Michael · January 21, 2014 8:57 pm

The reactor building of the Bushehr nuclear power plant just outside the southern city of Bushehr, Iran. (AP/Majid Asgaripour)

National Security

Rolling back Iran’s nuclear program could take 20 years, report says

Susan Crabtree · January 21, 2014 5:00 am

Founder and President of the World Economic Forum German Klaus Schwab speaks during an interview with The Associated Press in Davos, Switzerland, Monday, Jan. 20, 2014. The world's financial and political elite will head this week to the Swiss Alps for 2014's gathering of the World Economic Forum at the ski resort of Davos. (AP Photo/Michel Euler)

Davos forum founder sees Syria, Iran in spotlight

John Heilprin · January 20, 2014 10:32 pm

Israeli leader skeptical about Iran nuke deal

Washington Examiner · January 20, 2014 7:33 pm

Kerry to see Israeli envoys in push for peace deal

Matthew Lee · January 20, 2014 6:15 pm

Syrian National Coalition Chief Ahmad al-Jarba speaks during a press conference at the foreign ministry in Paris on Jan. 12. Syria's opposition coalition has suspended its participation in this week's peace talks in Switzerland after the United Nations asked Iran to join the conference.ÃÂ (AP Photo/Michel Euler)

National Security

Syria rebels suspend talks involvement on Iranian invitation

Bloomberg News · January 20, 2014 5:00 am

Iran âdeeply disappointedâ U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon by reneging on its private assurances that it supports the basis and goal of a 39-nation international peace conference scheduled to open Jan. 22 in Montreux, Banâs spokesman Martin Nesirky told reporters Monday in New York. (AP Photo/Anja Niedringhaus)

National Security

Iran debate underscores difficulties facing Syria peace effort

Bloomberg News · January 20, 2014 5:00 am