The Israeli political leadership, with some notable exceptions, appears to have reduced its all-out efforts to derail the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) between the P5+1 and Iran in hopes of cadging a new 10-year, $50-billion dollar milit
Exclusive: The latest neocon gambit is to build support for "regime change" in Syria by downplaying the evils of Al Qaeda, rebranding it as some sort of "moderate" terrorist force whose Syrian affiliate is acceptable to Israel ......
U.S. air strikes since Friday have opened a corridor through which tens of thousands of Yazidis, trapped and starving on a mountain in Iraq, have escaped to safety in Kurdistan.
Iran's hardline lawmakers are seeking to increase uranium enrichment under the country's nuclear program to a level that can produce bomb-grade material. The bill could bring Tehran into direct conflict with the major powers that reached an agreement
“Israel, I think, now faces the fateful decision whether it will allow Iran to get nuclear weapons, thus constituting a true existential threat to Israel. Or whether they will strike as the Israelis have done twice before against nuclear programs in
"The threat of force remains, the threat is real," Kerry said at a news conference after a four-hour meeting with the Israeli premier. "Make no mistake, we have taken no options off the table," he warned [Syria.]
Key senators are recasting — not abandoning — legislation that could set the stage for war with Syria, sources familiar with the process said Tuesday, meaning Congress may still have to vote on the deeply unpopular issue.
And it could still easily
In the cult of personality surrounding President Obama, the ultimate test of loyalty is to shoot a cherish value. No one has proven herself more blindly loyal than House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi who previously led the fight to kill privacy in Ame
He boasted recently of having ‘toiled over years’ to bring peace to the Middle East – and wrote of his concern at the ‘living nightmare’ in Syria. But if Tony Blair was toiling in his role as Special Envoy to the long-troubled region it is apparently
He has insisted that the United States could locate the "right people" to help among rebel ranks infiltrated with radicalised Islamists.
However, he may have crossed paths with men linked to a group notorious in the region for kidnapping the pilgr
This is the talking points from the leading neo-con journal of opinion, the Weekly Standard: Go to war in Syria! But we need to SAY NO! VOTE RON PAUL! BE ready to PEACEFULLY PROTEST THROUGHOUT THE NATION! Signs need to be ready for TV and radio
A month after police raided the Cairo offices of the IRI, NDI and eight other non-governmental organizations, it raises the stakes for Washington, which had already indicated it may review the $1.3 billion it gives the Egyptian military each year if
The empire is not so strong and not so confident about its future that it disregards Ron Paul and Murray Rothbard. One instructor in Georgetown's program, Gregory Hilton, has a blog in which he assassinates Rothbard's character and thought.
How about a moment of silence for the passing of the American Dream? M.R.I.C. (May it rest in carnage.) No, I’m not talking about the old dream of opportunity that involved homeownership, a better job than your parents had, a decent pension, and all
After more than two weeks under attack by NATO forces, Col. Muammar el-Qaddafi is still slaughtering his people and showing no sign that he plans to give up. NATO and coalition partners are pointing fingers of blame at each other for this frustrating
It’s not an endorsement Barack Obama probably expected — or wanted — but Weekly Standard editor Bill Kristol gave the president high marks for his recent foreign policy gestures declaring Obama “a born-again neo-con.”