A reconciliation deal between the two main Palestinian factions—Gaza’s Hamas and the Fatah party led by President Mahmoud Abbas—is sputtering yet again, according to the Palestinian Ma’an News Agency. The two rivals first signed a deal in May that would…
The Syrian government has offered to accept with conditions an Arab League proposal to allow observers into the country that aims to end the regime’s bloody crackdown on dissidents, but the United States feels the move is a Syrian attempt…
One day after a mob attacked British Embassy compounds in Tehran, the UK accused the Iranian regime of being complicit in the demonstrations and subsequently ordered the closure of the Iranian Embassy in London. Foreign Secretary William Hague, in comments…
President Shimon Peres of Israel met on Monday morning with Jordanian King Abdullah II in the Jordanian capital of Amman, and the peace process with the Palestinians was among the topics discussed. According to a press release from Peres’ office,…
In what is being described as an unprecedented move, the Arab League decided to impose a number of sanctions on Syria over the authorities’ vicious crackdown on opponents of the regime. The Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA) reported that the…
The United States ratcheted up their own sanctions on Iran earlier this week, and next week the European Union is set to increase those affected by their sanctions as well. The US upped sanctions on Iran’s oil and gas industry…