Conflict
Monday, March 31, 2014 - 13:40
According to Saudi sources, this is the single most important pledge made by Obama to King Abdullah Bin Abdul Aziz, which would now translate into accelerated military transfers from Saudi stocks blocked in Jordan for several months.
Monday, March 31, 2014 - 13:37
Turkish authorities have launched an espionage investigation into a leaked audio recording in which top officials appeared discussing a possible military intervention in Syria.
Monday, March 31, 2014 - 13:36
Syrian government forces have captured two villages near the border with Lebanon after clashes with opposition fighters, according to state media.
Monday, March 31, 2014 - 13:35
“It is, I think, a false notion that somehow we were in a position to, through a few selective strikes, prevent the kind of hardship we’ve seen in Syria,” Obama told broadcaster CBS in Rome.
Monday, March 31, 2014 - 13:33
US President Barack Obama has sought to reassure Saudi Arabia's King Abdullah that he will support moderate Syrian rebels and reject a bad nuclear deal with Iran, during a visit designed to allay the kingdom's concerns.
Monday, March 31, 2014 - 13:32
The resolution from Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Va., chairman of the subpanel on Near Eastern and South and Central Asian Affairs, gives the administration 90 days to present Congress with a new strategy to address the humanitarian crisis in Syria.
Monday, March 31, 2014 - 13:29
Diplomats have another explanation for the better security in Misrata: regular military units check all vehicles that enter the city, a procedure rare elsewhere in Libya.
Monday, March 31, 2014 - 13:17
The leader of Turkey’s main secular opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP), Kemal Kilicdaroglu, told Al-Monitor in a recent interview that the downing of the Syrian jet was part of a government scheme to provoke war with Syria. “
Monday, March 31, 2014 - 13:16
He justified sending his forces to a foreign war by saying that Sunni rebel groups would eliminate everyone in Lebanon if they won in Syria, the Reuters news agency reported.
Monday, March 31, 2014 - 13:14
An Egyptian court has sentenced two people to death for throwing people off a roof during violence in Alexandria last year, the country's state news agency said.