For decades the United States has provided Egypt with millions of dollars worth of aid every year, but a growing list of human rights incidents in Egypt has an American Congresswoman calling for preconditions to be imposed on the funding.…
Allegations that chemical weapons have been used in Syria have prompted the United Nations to investigate the claims, with a team being put together to visit the country. According to UN Secretary-General spokesman Martin Nesirky, the team will be working…
The United States confirmed on Sunday that flights from Iran to Syria via Iraqi airspace are carrying more than humanitarian aid, with the US convinced arms and fighters are being sent from Iran to back the Bashar al-Assad regime. US…
Did you miss the news in the Middle East last week? If so, you may not realize what President Barack Obama’s reassurance to Israel means for Iran’s nuclear threat or how the civil war in Syria could impact your world,…
The trip of US President Barack Obama to Israel has on the surface been relatively staid: No grandiose peace plans or attack plans. No groundbreaking decisions. But the details coming from Obama and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu shed crucial…
US President Barack Obama said there’s “not a lot of daylight” between the American and Israeli positions on Iran’s nuclear program, and in terms of timeline the sides are saying the same thing: Iran could build a nuclear weapon in…