Nour Malas
Tuesday, February 24, 2015 - 07:18
During President Barack Obama ’s first term, some members of his National Security Council lobbied to pull a U.S. fighter squadron out of an air base in Qatar to protest the emirate’s support of militant groups in the Mideast.
Wednesday, August 20, 2014 - 13:29
U.S. airstrikes have driven some ground commanders of the Sunni radical group Islamic State from northern Iraq across the border into Syria, Iraqi officials say.
Wednesday, August 6, 2014 - 07:11
U.S. officials say the Pentagon has been actively considering engaging Sunni tribes in the fight against the Islamic State
Wednesday, May 28, 2014 - 07:38
Lebanon's military, a bulwark of stability in one of the Middle East's most fragile countries, is coming under immense strain from the Syrian conflict spilling across the border, army and government officials said. Built with billions of Western aid dollars, the armed forces are taking on an even more crucial role in holding this strategically important country together with parliament too deadlocked to elect a president.
Monday, April 7, 2014 - 07:19
However, Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif in March publicly questioned the West's willingness "to fulfill its commitments" to implement November's accord. Western officials insist they are doing so.