Clinton Meets with Abbas
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton held talks with the Palestinian National Authority (PNA) leaders in Ramallah, West Bank, on March 4, including Prime...
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U.S. to Send $900 Million to Gaza and PNA
During a Gaza reconstruction conference held at the Red Sea resort of Sharm el...
Economics Trumps Human Rights During Clinton China Visit
In her first trip abroad since becoming secretary of state, Hillary Clinton traveled to...
U.S. Commander Predicts Long Afghanistan Stay
Gen. David McKiernan, commander of U.S. and NATO forces in Afghanistan, predicted on February...
Obama’s Afghan Problem
President Barack Obama decided February 16 to send an additional 17,000 U.S. soldiers to...
Pakistan Agrees to Taliban Haven in Swat Valley
The government of Pakistan announced on February 16 that it had agreed to accept...
Talking With Iran’s Terror Regime
As Iran celebrated the 30th anniversary of the Khomeini Revolution and the American hostage...
Baghdad-Tehran Axis Grows
Less than two weeks after Iraq’s provincial elections, the government of Iraqi Prime Minister...
Iraq Elections No Victory for U.S.
Provincial council elections in 14 of Iraq’s 18 provinces on January 31 strengthened Prime...
Foreign Policy Insider Holbrooke Visits Pakistan
President Barack Obama's special envoy to Afghanistan and Pakistan, Richard Holbrooke, who arrived in...
Russia’s Puzzling Role in Afghan Theater
On February 5, we reported about the fate of the U.S. air base at...
Fate of U.S. Base in Kyrgyzstan Uncertain
Kyrgyzstan's President Kurmanbek Bakiyev said on February 3 that his government had decided to...
First Iranian-produced Satellite Launched
Iran’s official news agency, IRNA, announced on February 3 that on the previous day...
Gaza Cease-fire Continues to Break
For the second time in two days, the cease-fire between the Hamas Palestinian terrorist...
Mitchell Discusses Gaza in Israel, West bank
George J. Mitchell, the Obama administration's special Middle East envoy, traveled to Israel from...
The Expanding War in Afghanistan
In an announcement made to reporters in the Pakistani capital of Islamabad on January...
Another Busy Week in the Middle East
The world's attention remained focused on the Middle East during the week of January...
Petraeus Prepares for Afghan Military Buildup
General David Petraeus, commander of the U.S. Central Command (USCENTCOM) in the Middle East,...
The Aftermath of the Gaza Cease-fire
On January 18, the militant Hamas regime that rules Gaza agreed to a one-week...
Hamas Rejects Israeli Conditions for Gaza Truce
Khaled Meshaal, a Hamas leader, told the attendees at an emergency Arab summit on...