There is a lot of speculation in the U.S. press and among opponents of attacking Iran, that Israel is pushing for an attack on Iran and driving the war danger, while the Obama administration is…
Category: Mid-East
Mourners pray over the coffins of security forces killed in an attack in Haditha, Iraq, at their funeral in Fallujah, 40 miles west of Baghdad on Monday. (Hadi Mizban/AP) Reports point to Syria-bound al-Qaeda that…
[anyplayer:url=http://rt.com/files/news/libya-split-cyrenaica-autonomy-971/i7192e40e21d161e697915ae84a09247a_libya_guest_2000.flv] Cyrenaica, the eastern region of Libya, has elected a regional congress and declared semi-autonomy from the capital Tripoli. The “blatant call for fragmentation” of the country was condemned by Libya’s ruling NTC. Thousands of…
The discovery in late 2010 of the huge natural gas bonanza off Israel’s Mediterranean shores triggered other neighboring countries to look more closely at their own waters. The results revealed that the entire eastern Mediterranean…
Republican presidential candidate U.S. Representative Ron Paul (Reuters / Brian Snyder) President Barack Obama insists that sanctions are propelling Iran into a “world of hurt,” but Congressman Ron Paul — who’s currently vying to face…
Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman on March 2, 2012 (AFP Photo / Dimitar Dilkoff) Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman has said his government will make decisions on Iran independently. The statement comes on the eve…
Security forces and firefighters take position as supporters of the Syrian regime demonstrate in Homs (AFP Photo / Gianluigi Guercia) Thirteen French officers have been captured by the Syrian Army, according to Lebanon’s Daily Star…
U.S. President Barack Obama welcomes Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, March 5, (Reuters / Jason Reed) Israel will decide for itself whether to strike Iran,…
For decades the two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict has eluded well-intentioned peacemakers. Diplomats have talked, shaken hands, snapped photos — and returned home from summits with strikingly little to show for their efforts. Meanwhile,…
“You can’t kill and talk at the same time.” – William Luers, former U.S. Ambassador & senior State Dept. official In 2006, after Palestinians democratically elected Hamas to the shock and chagrin of both Israel…