Palestinian negotiator to meet Clinton next week
Chief Palestinian negotiator Saeb Erakat will meet here next week with US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton in a bid to try to breathe new life into stalled peace talks, a US official said Friday. Go...
View ArticleEgypt’s military issues interim constitution
State television says the ruling military council has issued an interim "constitutional declaration," a move that formally hands the generals legislative powers following the dissolution of the...
View ArticleThe White House is playing for time …
“… As a State Department official commented to us: “World events are not suspended because of our political timetable. We face the need to make decisions on whether to become actively engaged with the...
View ArticleThe Short-Lived Republic of Hatay, 1938-39
Today was MEI’s Center for Turkish Studies’ Third Annual Conference, and coincidentally tensions are continuing to ratchet up between Turkey and Syria over the Turkish F-4 downed by Syria late last...
View ArticleFist fights in Cairo
“U.S. State Department spokeswoman Victoria Nuland said Washington applauded the conference for bringing together a broad range of opposition elements, and she said there was “significant progress” on...
View ArticleGhoul’s Glossary
Offshore account: Something that a gentleman creates, puts in his wife’s name, and carefully hides when he goes into politics because good breeding forbids him to utter obscenities in public....
View ArticleClinton to visit Laos, Egypt and Israel
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is to become the first top US diplomat to visit communist-run Laos in 57 years, as part of an eight-nation tour that also takes her to Egypt and Israel, the State...
View ArticleState Dept. finally admits inconsistency
Via Mondoweiss: State Dep’t says it is ‘not consistent’ on human rights violations involving Israel and neighbors This is a classic — the AP’s tenacious State Dept correspondent Matt Lee (really, no...
View ArticleIran will be nuclear armed by 2014: UK intelligence
Britain's foreign intelligence chief believes his agents prevented Iran from acquiring nuclear weapons but that the pariah state will become armed within two years, the Daily Telegraph reported Friday....
View ArticleClinton set for key Egypt visit
US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is set to arrive in Egypt for a key meeting with new President Mohammed Mursi. Go to Source
View ArticleClinton urges Egypt civilian rule
US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton calls for “full transition” to civilian rule in Egypt after talks in Cairo with President Mohammed Mursi. Go to Source
View ArticleClinton in Jerusalem for talks
US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton arrives in Jerusalem for talks with Israeli officials, following a high-profile visit to Egypt. Go to Source
View ArticleSyrian troops retake border crossing from rebels
Iraqi security officials and state TV say the Syrian military has retaken control of a border crossing from rebel fighters who seized it a day earlier. Go to Source
View Article"About those vetoes …"
“… And about vetoes – if I am not mistaken, the US has cast 60 vetoes on the Palestinian issue alone. So, why don’t you question my American colleagues about the impact of the image of the US in the...
View ArticleTurkish ‘Nerve Center’: "A triangle, with Turkey at the top and Saudi Arabia...
In Incirlik, it would look like a Star Spangled SQUARE! (Reuters) – Turkey has set up a secret base with allies Saudi Arabia and Qatar to direct vital military and communications aid to Syria’s rebels...
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