Hamas officials are in the midst of meetings with key regional leaders, including a surprise visit between Hamas’ political chief Khaled Mashaal and Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Tuesday. According to the Hurriyet Daily News, the two leaders…
The Syrian government addressed international warnings against using its chemical weapons stockpile by saying that even if the country possessed the weapons, they would not be used on the country’s civilians. According to Iran’s Press TV, Syrian Foreign Ministry spokesman…
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…
A senior American official held a “very constructive meeting” with new Egyptian Islamist President Mohamed Morsi during a current visit to the region, according to a US State Department press release. Among other things, the US Deputy Secretary of State…
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…