Anti-Assad fighters kill 16 soldiers in suicide bomb blast near Syrian capital, say activists The Independent Syrian rebels assaulted a checkpoint in a pro-government suburb of Damascus on Saturday, setting off a suicide vehicle bomb that killed 16 soldiers, activists said. | The violence came a day after nine Shi'ite pilgrims from Lebanon kidnapped in Syria last year were freed as part of a negotiated host...
Saudi blocking Syria peace talks: Hezbollah chief The Siasat Daily October 28: | The head of powerful Lebanese Shiite movement Hezbollah and key Damascus ally Hassan Nasrallah today accused Saudi Arabia of blocking a political solution to the conflict in Syria. | Nasrallah said the Gulf kingdom was "furious because ...
Black Navy Foreign Policy It's hardly a secret that the Iranian regime views the current grinding war in Syria as more of a domestic than a foreign-policy concern. Its elite Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps' Quds Force has been training and financing a host of Shiite and Ala...
Empty Promises Foreign Policy When it comes to the Middle East and perhaps foreign policy in general, Barack Obama is a curious president, a leader deeply ambivalent and seemingly at war with himself. COMMENTS (0) SHARE: | Twitter | Reddit | | More... | Last ...
Mysterious website seeks names, numbers of alleged Hezbollah agents Stars and Stripes BEIRUT — A mysterious website offering financial rewards for information about alleged members of Hezbollah’s international operations wing has become a major topic of conversation in intelligence circles around the Middle East, with operatives w...
Mysterious website seeks names, phone numbers of alleged Hezbollah agents The News & Observer BEIRUT — A mysterious website offering financial rewards for information about alleged members of Hezbollah’s international operations wing has become a major topic of conversation in intelligence circles around the Middle East, with ope...
Report: Israeli warplanes bomb Hezbollah missile shipment on Lebanon-Syria border Ha'aretz Kuwait's Al-Jarida newspaper reported Wednesday that Israeli warplanes attacked a convoy carrying missiles along Lebanon's border with Syria two days earlier. The full text is available for subscribers & registered users. | Click here to subscribe ($...
Israel: Nuclear armed Iran is threat to Africa NZ Herald JERUSALEM (AP) Israel's prime minister has told Nigeria's president that a nuclear armed Iran threatens Africa. | Benjamin Netanyahu met Monday with Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan. The prime minister's office said Netanyahu told Jonathan that stopping Iran from getting nuclear weapons is important to Nigeria, Africa and the world. | Israel an...
