(AFP) – Syria’s main opposition group called Saturday for the immediate release of an Italian Jesuit priest who went to negotiate with jihadists and who is feared to have been taken prisoner. The National Coalition said it “expresses its deep
(AP) Panama finds munitions aboard N. Korea-bound shipBy JUAN ZAMORANOAssociated PressPANAMA CITYCrews unloading a North Korean-flagged ship detained in the Panama Canal for carrying undeclared arms from Cuba have found live munitions on board, a Panamanian official said Friday. Explosive-sniffing
This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com Russia considers selling arms to Iran as Snowden gets asylum In financial crisis, Hamas considers asking Iran for support again Russia considers selling arms to Iran as Snowden gets asylum On July 9, 2010,
On Wednesday, the State Department ripped into Syrian President Bashar Assad’s Instagram account, calling it “nothing more than a despicable PR stunt.” The Instagram account features Assad meeting reveling Syrians, including children. Assad’s wife, Asma, shows up in the photos
The UN made me do it. That’s how Obama officials are explaining Secretary Kerry’s intense efforts to move Israel onto the front burner and shove over the bloody turmoil immediately affecting millions of Israel’s neighbors and the imminent catastrophe of
The Congressional Black Caucus has suggested that Barack Obama replace the outgoing Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security, Janet Napolitano, with a woman who may be the least qualified person ever to be suggested for a nationally important post:
(AP) Syria: At least 10 killed in Homs mortar attackBy ALBERT AJI and BARBARA SURKAssociated PressDAMASCUS, SyriaA late-night mortar attack killed at least 10 people in a government-held district in the embattled central city of Homs, an official and opposition
Hamas, Hizballah and Iran held secret talks last month in Lebanon in an effort to smooth over strained relations stemming from their rival stances on Syria, according to the London-based Asharq al-Awsat. Hamas has supported Syrian rebels trying to overthrow Bashar
Kevin Spacey looks at the media landscape, furrows his Oscar-approved brow, and wonders why President Barack Obama isn’t getting more credit for his work in the Oval Office. Never mind the anemic economy, the still roiling Middle East, the troubles in
A Pittsburgh man may be the latest American killed as part of the global Muslim jihad against Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. The man, identified as Amir Farouk Ibrahim, 32, was reportedly killed July 22 in fighting between Syrian Kurdish forces and those
The media are aglow with reports that Israeli-Palestinian talks are resuming, thanks to the determined efforts of President Barack Obama and Secretary of State John Kerry. Palestinians did not want to return to talks, so the Obama administration forced Israel
More than a thousand bearded men, muffled in scarves and accompanied by veiled women, stand under the hot sun, waving black and white flags and chanting “Allahu Akbar!” (God is Greatest). This is not a scene from the Middle East
(AP) Syria says agreement reached on UN chemical probeBy BARBARA SURKAssociated PressBEIRUTTalks between the Syrian government and a U.N. delegation tasked with investigating chemical weapons allegations in the nation’s civil war have “resulted in an agreement on ways of moving
This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com Morsi facing treason charge as millions demonstrate in Egypt Ousting Morsi may have saved Egypt from austerity, for a while Eastern Mediterranean becomes the next Persian Gulf Morsi facing treason charge as millions demonstrate
When the European Union (EU) designated Hizballah’s military wing as a terrorist group earlier this week, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu described it as a half measure. All of Hizballah – its political and military wings – should be blacklisted. “As far as the
Bill Gertz of the Washington Free Beacon reports that Israeli officials are quietly fuming at U.S. officials who participated in leaking information about a July 5 attack in which an Israeli Dolphin-class submarine launched missiles against Russian anti-ship missiles that
Rep. Justin Amash successfully fought to get an amendment attached to the Defense spending bill that “would prevent money from going to the [NSA] agency’s blanket collection of telephone call records.” The vote is expected today. Score one for
(AP) UN chemical weapons team arrives in SyriaBy ALBERT AJIAssociated PressDAMASCUS, SyriaA U.N. delegation tasked with investigating the reported use of chemical weapons in the Syrian conflict arrived in Damascus on Wednesday to discuss terms of a possible probe into
This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com Over 500 al-Qaeda militants escape from Iraq’s Abu Ghraib prison U.S. approves sending arms to opposition fighters in Syria IRS continues constructing massive Obamacare database Over 500 al-Qaeda militants escape from Iraq’s Abu Ghraib
The House is considering the Defense Appropriations bill and conservatives in the House are insisting on votes dealing with National Security Agency (NSA) spying, aid to the military government in Egypt, and aid to Syrian opposition groups. According to Politico, Rep.
This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com EU nations decide unanimously on sham condemnation of Hezbollah Hamas commemorates the death of Helen Thomas Howdy Doody may be for sale EU nations decide unanimously on sham condemnation of Hezbollah Hezbollah army saluting
Russia is pressing on with efforts to hold a peace conference in Geneva to end the bloodshed in Syria as soon as possible but the opposition is so far not showing readiness to take part, Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said
(AP) EU declares Hezbollah’s military wing terror groupBy RAF CASERTAssociated PressBRUSSELSThe European Union has declared the military wing of Lebanese party Hezbollah a terrorist group. A French diplomat says that the Monday decision by the EU’s 28 foreign ministers was
This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com Australia to send ‘boat people’ to Papua New Guinea EU’s threat to Syria’s Assad was an empty bluff Australia to send ‘boat people’ to Papua New Guinea Australian ad warning boat people to stay
On July 18, Senator John McCain (R-AZ) made it clear he intends to block the nomination of General Martin E. Dempsey to another two-year term as Chairman of the Joints Chiefs of Staff. McCain and Dempsey differ in their views
