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Saif al-Islam Gadhafi, son of Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi, met Tuesday November 18 with Assistant Secretary of State for North Eastern Affairs, David Welch, and is scheduled to meet with several other White House officials and Congress members before his meeting with Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice on Thursday. Saif holds no official governmental position, [...]
Syria has responded to allegations that man-made uranium traces were found at the site bombed by Israel as an alleged nuclear development facility. They say that the Israeli bombs used in the attack are responsible for the traces. The U.S. has used bombs with depleted uranium in Iraq and Afghanistan, according to Syria, in an [...]
The level of violence in Iraq has surged this week, with 58 people dying in Baghdad since Monday. Plagued by a fear of more attacks from roadside bombs, car bombs and suicide bombers, Iraqi citizens explained to members of the media their different theories behind the recent spike in bloodshed. Some say it is a [...]
Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah has warned followers to not have high hopes for US president-elect Barack Obama and his administration. Nasrallah voiced his opinions in an interview with The Daily Star of Lebanon. ” Don’t exaggerate hopes nor give people high expectations so that no one is disappointed or makes miscalculations,” he stated. “I don’t [...]
An anonymous U.S. Senator has spoken to the press, stating that he believes that Israel and Lebanon could reach an non-belligerence agreement in the first half of 2009, reports the Kuwaiti daily Al-Siyasa. In the interview, the Senator stated that US president-elect Barack Obama and his new administration would aim to broker a deal between [...]
According to The Telegraph (UK), diplomats in Vienna claim that the site of an Israeli attack in Syria, which the U.S. and Israel say was a facility for making nuclear weapons, had traces of man-made uranium. After the blast, Syria prohibited inspectors at the site, instead dismantling it. However, traces of uranium were found near [...]
The New YorkTimes has revealed that the recent U.S. anti-terrorism strikes in Syria and Pakistan were not part of targeted border-crossings authorized on a case-by-case basis, but rather as part of a secret order giving the C.I.A. and Special Operations Forces the power to go into any country where al-Qaeda is located. The order was [...]
Syrian President Bashar Assad has said that the pact that would allow the United States a military presence in Iraq for 3 years has led to ‘instability’ in the region. Syria sees the pact as a way for the United States to attack Iraq’s neighbors using Iraq as a base, as evidenced by the U.S. [...]
The great deal of hyperbole surrounding the recent American elections has spread around the world. Now Syria is expressing hope that the new administration will improve relations. The endless complexity of international relations is expressed by a Syrian official who is reported to have complained also about relations between Cuba and the United States. Obama’s [...]
At least 500 Iraqi police have been moved near the Syrian border. The recent raid inside Syrian borders by U.S. drones has caused a huge backlash within Syria, including a reduction of Syrian troops along the border to stop smuggling and other cross-border activities. Iraq now seems to be bearing much of the material costs [...]
