The Washington Post
Wednesday, February 12, 2014 - 08:21
The president’s dire assessment, and an acknowledged dearth of policy options, created one of the most dismal pictures to date of Syria’s violent disintegration and the administration’s inability to affect events.
Tuesday, February 11, 2014 - 08:44
What appears at first glance to be a legal debate over an arcane dispute among terrorists is largely theoretical, since the administration has no current intention of attacking in Syria or Iraq.
Tuesday, February 11, 2014 - 07:48
Rouhani said that the upcoming talks in Vienna would provide an opportunity to end the standoff, but warned of calamity if the two sides could not come to a comprehensive agreement.
Tuesday, February 11, 2014 - 07:36
The troops are in charge of protecting an oil pipeline that sends Iraqi crude oil to international markets and guard a nearby highway.
Tuesday, February 11, 2014 - 07:19
Egyptian security officials say suspected al-Qaida-inspired militants have blown up a natural gas pipeline in the restive Sinai Peninsula.
Tuesday, February 11, 2014 - 07:17
When President Obama built a case last fall for strikes against Syria after the government of Bashar al-Assad was accused of a chemical weapons attack, he found no stronger ally ready to use force than François Hollande, the president of France.
Tuesday, February 11, 2014 - 00:00
This is Operation Streamline. Fast-track prosecutions. Group hearings. From arrest to jail — with sentences as long as six months — in as little as one day.
Monday, February 10, 2014 - 10:49
The United States expressed concern Saturday about reported violations of a shaky cease-fire between South Sudan’s government and rebel forces and urged the removal of foreign fighters engaged in the conflict.
Monday, February 10, 2014 - 09:37
“The army isn’t well-versed in street fights, so we go, we help them clean it up,” Abu Sajad said, adding that his fighters often wear military uniforms on operations outside the capital, including in Anbar.
Monday, February 10, 2014 - 08:47
Many politicians, activists and analysts think Yemeni security agencies prefer to identify suspects as eligible drone targets rather than arrest them — to avoid a messy legal process or a confrontation with a well-armed population in which tribal loyalties run deep.