
BBC Correspondent Kim Ghattas said that President Obama is hoping for an Iran deal because “he wants something to hold up, a piece of paper to hold up as his legacy on foreign policy” on Saturday’s “Up with Steve Kornacki”
by Ian Hanchett21 Mar 2015, 8:38 PM PST0

On Saturday, the Fox News Channel’s “Justice with Judge Jeanine” host Judge Jeanine Pirro accused President Obama open hatred for Benjamin Netanyahu. “You know what I think this is all about? You just hate Bibi Netanyahu. You hate that he
by Ian Hanchett21 Mar 2015, 6:51 PM PST0

Retired Army Gen. David Petraeus, who commanded U.S. troops in Iraq during the 2007-2008 surge that turned the tide of the war, said that Iranian-backed militias pose the most significant threat to Iraq and the Middle East region.
by Edwin Mora21 Mar 2015, 3:53 PM PST0

Columnist Charles Krauthammer argued that President Obama is ” essentially saying Iran should be our ally in the region” on Friday’s “Special Report” on the Fox News Channel. “This is the president’s mendacity continuing to a degree that is really quite remarkable.
by Ian Hanchett21 Mar 2015, 12:20 PM PST0

Talk radio host and author of “The Liberty Amendments,” Mark Levin declared “America is the new France under this president” on Friday. “I think our foreign policy now is really France’s foreign policy, I think America is the new France
by Ian Hanchett21 Mar 2015, 11:40 AM PST0

Yemen suicide bombings bring sectarian civil war closer; Benjamin Netanyahu’s ‘no Palestinian state’ scandal exposes political fantasies
by John J. Xenakis21 Mar 2015, 8:00 AM PST0

HBO’s “Real Time” host Bill Maher wondered “when are we going to admit that our ally is Iran?” On Friday. “Let me ask you this, especially our Republican friends. I don’t know if you noticed, but the Iraqi military in
by Ian Hanchett20 Mar 2015, 8:38 PM PST0

Iranian officers arrested numerous fans of Saudi Arabia’s Al-Hilal soccer team after they used the match to protest against the regime.
by Mary Chastain20 Mar 2015, 7:52 PM PST0

The Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL) is in the process transforming their self-proclaimed Iraqi capital Mosul into a moated city by digging trenches and constructing other forms of fortifications around it.
by Edwin Mora20 Mar 2015, 5:19 PM PST0

President Obama sent out his annual Nowruz (Persian New Year) message on Thursday, hoping to “speak directly” to the “leaders” of Iran in a highly politicized message meant to garner support for an upcoming nuclear deal with the Islamic Republic.
by Jordan Schachtel20 Mar 2015, 1:00 PM PST0

Spring is in the air, and President Obama is marking the Iranian Spring holiday Of Nowruz, using the occasion to promote a peaceful nuclear deal with their leaders, calling it the “the best opportunity in decades to pursue a different future between our countries.”
by Charlie Spiering20 Mar 2015, 6:09 AM PST0

Senator Lindsey Graham (R-SC) threatened to cut off funding to the United Nations if President Obama uses it to bypass Congress on Iran sanctions on Thursday’s “On the Record” on the Fox News Channel. “Here’s what the president needs to
by Ian Hanchett19 Mar 2015, 5:25 PM PST0

WASHINGTON, DC — A draft of a nuclear pact has not yet been worked out between Iran and the P5+1, the State Department told reporters today.
by Edwin Mora19 Mar 2015, 2:55 PM PST0

Iran has established 80-plus “cultural centers” across Latin America and the Caribbean to promote Shiite Islam, counter U.S. influence in the region, and increase its own, according to the U.S. Southern Command’s 2015 posture statement submitted to Congress.
by Edwin Mora19 Mar 2015, 11:24 AM PST0

Former officials in the government of Venezuelan dictator Hugo Chávez claim that the late leader granted temporary asylum to Bushra al Assad, sister of Syrian President Bashar al Assad, and her five nephews, before they were able to escape to Dubai.
by Frances Martel19 Mar 2015, 7:35 AM PST0

Senator Tom Cotton (R-AR) said that “rather than focus on how Republican Senators feel, I wish President Obama would share our focus [on] stopping Iran from getting a nuclear bomb” on Wednesday’s “Hannity” on the Fox News Channel. “Rather than
by Ian Hanchett18 Mar 2015, 8:15 PM PST0

American liberals won’t like it. But Netanyahu’s win shows Israeli voters are still concerned about the cold realities of national security, while Obama’s crew is busy gambling billions of dollars and millions of lives on elaborate theories about how appeasement can turn terrorists into statesmen.
by John Hayward18 Mar 2015, 10:20 AM PST0

At press time, President Obama has not yet congratulated the new Prime Minister of Israel, Benjamin Netanyahu.
by Dr. Phyllis Chesler18 Mar 2015, 10:12 AM PST0

White House spokesman Josh Earnest said on Tuesday that the chances of securing a nuclear deal with Iran are currently 50/50 “at best,” as the P5+1 negotiators have until March 31 to agree to a basic framework, and then July 1 to sign off on a complete deal.
by Jordan Schachtel18 Mar 2015, 10:04 AM PST0

The United States has spent millions of taxpayer dollars over more than a decade to build top-secret replicas of Iran nuclear sites at a secret location in the U.S., reports the Los Angeles Times.
by Edwin Mora18 Mar 2015, 9:08 AM PST0

The Left appears increasingly flustered over events in the Middle East, and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his Likud party’s declaration of victory in Tuesday’s elections isn’t likely to help matters much.
by Dan Riehl17 Mar 2015, 9:02 PM PST0

Fmr. Senator and potential 2016 presidential candidate Jim Webb (D-VA) said that international agreements cannot be negotiated without the consent of Congress and that Republicans are “correct” that the Iran deal is an executive agreement on Tuesday’s broadcast of CNN’s
by Ian Hanchett17 Mar 2015, 2:32 PM PST0

Iran-backed Houthi rebels, who have successfully overtaken much of the Yemeni capital Sanaa, have freed Prime Minister Khaled Bahah and his cabinet ministers after they were kept on house arrest for almost two months.
by Jordan Schachtel17 Mar 2015, 1:03 PM PST0

Executions are rising sharply in Iran, reaching a 12-year high in 2014, according to the United Nations’s Human Rights Council. The UN called this “deeply troubling” and further criticized Iran for not living up to promises that it would protect ethnic and religious minorities, according to a report at Voice of America News.
by John Hayward16 Mar 2015, 8:12 PM PST0

Benjamin Netanyahu, the incumbent Prime Minister of Israel, told NRG news that there is no place for a Palestinian state in the world under current conditions, given its present leadership—making his position on the “peace process” crystal-clear just hours before Israelis are set to vote for the leadership of their next government.
by Jordan Schachtel16 Mar 2015, 6:54 PM PST0