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UN: Iran Broke Weapons Ban »
Posted by: israeligirl1 8 months, 2 weeks ago in News
The UN's Security Council committee said Iran violated international sanctions banning it from exporting munitions, which were headed to Syria. The incident occurred Jan ...
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Terrorist Traffic Via Syria Again Inching Up »
Posted by: israeligirl1 6 months, 2 weeks ago in News
Last October, the Bush administration was touting a dramatic drop in the number of suicide bombings in Iraq. Well now the lull is over and ...
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Saddam Revisited As Iraq Accuses Syria Of Sheltering Baathist Bombers »
Posted by: Mikunited 2 months, 2 weeks ago in Political News
In Damascus and Baghdad, it almost feels like the old days. Mutual abuse and recriminations, the recalling of ambassadors – and only a matter of time ...
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Barack Obama links Israel peace plan to 1967 borders deal »
Posted by: tehranchik 1 year ago in Political News
Barack Obama is to pursue an ambitious peace plan in the Middle East involving the recognition of Israel by the Arab world in exchange for ...
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BBC NEWS | Middle East | Lebanese vote in key parliamentary election »
Posted by: dissent 5 months, 3 weeks ago in News
People in Lebanon have flocked to polling stations to vote in an election that pits the ruling Western-backed coalition against a Hezbollah-led bloc.
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Confirmed: CIA extraordinary renditions to continue under Panetta »
Posted by: tehranchik 9 months, 2 weeks ago in Political News
On January 22, I examined the possibility that Leon Panetta, Barack Obama’s nominee for CIA Director, may favor the controversial practice of extraordinary rendition ...
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Turkish snub changes Middle East game »
Posted by: tehranchik 9 months, 3 weeks ago in Political News
No doubt, Israel's Gaza offensive and Erdogan's Davos episode have created fractures in Turkish-Israeli strategic ties. But the question is whether the damage ...
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Israeli navy in Suez Canal prepares for potential attack on Iran »
Posted by: tehranchik 4 months, 1 week ago in Political News
Two Israeli missile class warships have sailed through the Suez Canal ten days after a submarine capable of launching a nuclear missile strike, in preparation ...
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Some Arabs inspired, others unimpressed after Obama's speech »
Posted by: tehranchik 5 months, 3 weeks ago in Political News
Michele Kilo, a Syrian writer and activist, said the extended hand by the US to the Muslim world will have a great impact on the ...
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Assad to take back Golan at any cost »
Posted by: tehranchik 1 month, 4 weeks ago in Political News
BEIRUT: Former Minister Wiam Wahhab told a meeting of Druze religious dignitaries at the Mount Hermon village of Makarr al-Mir Saturday that Syrian President Bashar ...
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Six Questions for Juan Cole, Author of Engaging the Muslim World »
Posted by: tehranchik 8 months, 2 weeks ago in Political News
Juan Cole is one of the nation’s leading historians focusing on the Middle East. Over the past decade he has emerged as a commentator ...
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Study: 20 years of conflict has cost Middle East $12 trillion »
Posted by: berkeley 10 months ago in News
The report estimates the opportunity costs of conflict in the region at 2 percent of growth in gross domestic product. It implies peace combined with ...
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NY Foreign Policy Examiner: Syrian ambassador to the United States: 'Enough is enough' »
Posted by: Sasha56 7 months, 2 weeks ago in News
His face is familiar as we have seen it on occasion on our TV screens, usually spewing venom about the injustices being wrought upon the ...
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Censorship Beyond Borders »
Posted by: tehranchik 7 months ago in Political News
Syrian internet users have grown used to years of censorship but now they face a new challenge – and it comes from outside the country.
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Iraq police man Syrian border, accuse Damascus of harboring terrorists »
Posted by: mhughes35 2 months, 3 weeks ago in News
Reuters reports that the Iraqi Prime Minister personally ordered thousands of extra Iraqi police to man the Syrian border , accusing Damascus of providing a safe ...
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