The United States is not pleased with the previous rounds of diplomacy with Iran and are determined to prevent Iran from gaining nuclear weapons, US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said in Israel on Monday. In comments released by the…
Violence in the region and the threat of a nuclear Iran were key topics in the semi-annual US-Israel Strategic Dialogue held on Thursday between US and Israeli officials. According to a joint statement released on the Israel Ministry of Foreign…
The United States took a significant step last Friday towards helping the Syrian people escape oppression and murder. It wasn’t saying that President Bashar al-Assad had to leave—that’s been the refrain for months. It was finally demanding that Syria’s two…
Photo Courtesy of US Navy. Photo by Mass Communication 2nd Class Nathan Schaeffer. A committee in the Iranian parliament has created a plan to blockade the critical oil-shipping lane in the Strait of Hormuz in response to international sanctions, according…
Major world and regional actors agreed on Saturday to support a Syrian political transition plan presented by United Nations envoy Kofi Annan that aims to end the nation’s bloody conflict. Yet while the plan calls for a new inclusive interim…
The political fate of Syria could become clearer this Saturday, as major world powers will meet to discuss a transition plan for the conflict-ridden country. The plan, formulated by United Nations envoy Kofi Annan, would still need to be accepted…