There is slow movement, adagio not andante, on two fronts, Syria and the Iran nuclear issue: Syrian opposition leader Moaz…
The White House wants you to know the President can shoot straight: …
Laurentina Cizza reports: “Transformational development” is not something we generally associate with Afghanistan. Yet that was the term Alex Thier,…
UN Envoy Lakhdar Brahimi is said to have offered the UN Security Council on Thursday a "Plan C" for Syria…
With the rise of the Muslim Brotherhood to power, the fate of Egypt’s non-Muslim minorities, especially the substantial Coptic minority,…
While the situation in Syria worsens and the death-toll rises, there is no consensus in Washington on whether the US…
There is good news this morning: French forces in Mali have taken the northern town of Kidal, donors have pledged…
President Obama today sharply increased humanitarian aid to Syria, by $155 million: Welcome though it may be, increased humanitarian aid…
As the residents of Timbuktu and Gao celebrate their French liberation from Islamist extremists, it is tempting to think that…
President Obama in an interview with The New Republic published yesterday, discussed in more explicit terms than usual how he…