Terrorism
Friday, July 11, 2014 - 09:05
Obama offers U.S. help in facilitating cease-fire negotiations between Israel and Hamas.
Friday, July 11, 2014 - 09:03
The U.S. Treasury Department sanctioned a network of companies in Lebanon, the United Arab Emirates and China for allegedly procuring sophisticated military equipment for the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah, including materials for aerial drones, senior U.S. officials said.
Friday, July 11, 2014 - 08:48
The Islamic extremist group that has seized large portions of Iraq presents a direct threat to the United States, a trio of top military officials told lawmakers on Thursday.
Friday, July 11, 2014 - 08:46
As Palestinian health officials said the death toll in Gaza was approaching 100, the two sides appeared to be set on a course of continuing escalation, with no outside mediator yet having stepped in to broker a renewal of the cease-fire.
Friday, July 11, 2014 - 05:52
Spokesperson Jen Psaki discussed the continuing violence in Israel and Palestine, the seizure of nuclear materials from the University of Mosul, and the ongoing investigation of Benghazi.
Thursday, July 10, 2014 - 11:38
Spokesperson Jen Psaki discussed the escalating violence in Israel and Palestine including the possibility of Iran's involvement, Iraq's continuing efforts to form a government, the U.S. governments response to Assistant Secretary Malinowski being asked to leave Bahrain, the bilateral relationship with Venezuela, and the Syrian opposition coalition.
Thursday, July 10, 2014 - 07:09
Secretary of State John Kerry is hitting the phones to try and deescalate the conflict that is gripping the Middle East.
Thursday, July 10, 2014 - 07:08
Israeli aircraft are targeting houses in the Gaza Strip as never before, firing precision-guided missiles into family living rooms. They have killed at least five known militants with the tactic — but they appear to have killed more civilians, including a growing number of women and children.
Thursday, July 10, 2014 - 07:06
As the fighting between Hamas and Israel intensified, the Obama administration publicly defended Israel’s right to carry out airstrikes to stop Hamas’s rockets while privately cautioning it against ordering a ground attack into Gaza.
Thursday, July 10, 2014 - 07:04
The latest outbreak of fighting in Yemen could jeopardize the country’s continued existence as a unified state. On July 8, the Shi’ite al Houthi tribal movement, reportedly armed and supported by Iran, solidified its control of the strategic city of Amran, only 40 km north of the capital, Sana’a.