Oman stun Iran 3-1 in friendly
Oman beat Iran 3-1 in an international friendly played at Sultan Qaboos Sports Complex in Baushar, yesterday.
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For the Syrian people, May, 2013
This deadlock blocks every attempt to implement the “responsibility to protect” peoples, a responsibility that “devolves on the international ...
Senate panel approves weapons for Syrian rebels
WASHINGTON — A Senate panel voted on Tuesday to provide weapons to rebels battling the forces of Syrian President Bashar Assad, the first time ...
5 Wise Ideas for Syria
This is part 2 of a series on how the U.S. can apply lessons from Libya to interventions in Syria. Read the first part here.
U.S. Intervention in Syria Will Create More Regional Instability, Not Less
Gen. Keane and Danielle Pletka imagine worst-case scenarios for Syria without U.S. intervention: Play this out: Assad wins and Iran’s most important ...
Iraq’s Sectarian Violence: Bombings Plunge Country in Deadly Spiral
In early January 2006, less than a month after I arrived in Iraq as a young U.S. Army lieutenant, I witnessed my first act of violence committed ...
Was the London machete killing of a British soldier 'terrorism'? | Glenn Greenwald
What definition of the term includes this horrific act of violence but excludes the acts of the US, the UK and its allies?
Nuclear Iran Unlikely to Tilt Regional Power Balance, Says Report
A nuclear-armed Iran would not pose a fundamental threat to the United States and its regional allies like Israel and the Gulf Arab monarchies, ...
Changing the India-U.S. Scenario
The U.S. invasions of Afghanistan and Iraq in the aftermath of 9/11 have increased the strategic significance of the Indian Ocean, transforming the ...
Book review: ‘Beyond War’ by David Rohde
In “Beyond War,” David Rohde sets out to find a new path for the United States in the Middle East after a decade of war and much longer support for ...