Tag: Syria

The White House said Tuesday that Barack Obama will visit Israel for the first time since traveling there as a presidential candidate in 2008. March 20th has been reported as the tentative date for the trip. After Benjamin Netanyahu won the

This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com Neo-Nazis in Greece and Germany establish mutual links Japan blanketed by suffocating smog from China Israel considers a 10-mile buffer zone within Syria Conspiracy theory alleges link between Jews and Muslim Brotherhood Neo-Nazis in

Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu is considering establishing a buffer between Israel and Syria. The buffer zone would reach “up to 10 miles inside Syria” and remain in place for a number of years. Although a security fence is being “erected

This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com Polish is second most spoken language in England Israel’s air strike into Syria raises regional tensions Thousands of migrants in Athens Greece apply to return home France protects uranium mines in Niger Polish is

Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu is questioning Syrian President Bashar al-Assad over the lack of response to Israel’s Tuesday attacks on that country. Asked Davutoglu: “Why didn’t Assad even through a pebble when Israeli jets were flying over his palace

The story regarding Israel’s Tuesday strike on a Syrian arms shipment has been updated somewhat to include Syrian weapon manufacturing centers. Reports now indicate that Israel struck multiple points within Syria on Tuesday night, and that the U.S. was in full

Israel’s Tuesday strike on a Syrian arms convoy may prove to be the first shot in a new front combating terrorism in the region. Israeli leadership has assessed the dangers posed by an unchecked Syria–including the fact that Syrian President

(AP) – The suicide bomber who struck the U.S. Embassy in Ankara spent several years in prison on terrorism charges but was released on probation after being diagnosed with a hunger strike-related brain disorder, officials said Saturday. The bomber, identified

By GEIR MOULSON and DAVID RISINGAssociated PressMUNICHThe United States is prepared to hold direct talks with Iran in the standoff over its nuclear ambitions, Vice President Joe Biden said Saturday _ but he insisted that Tehran must show it is

Syria’s main opposition group was to meet Thursday in Cairo, a day after a surprise statement from its chief that he was willing to hold talks with regime officials, a Syrian National Coalition member said. The original agenda was to

This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com: North Koreans fight starvation by turning to cannibalism Israel’s warplanes strike target in Syria Syria’s refugee crisis overwhelms Jordan Egypt’s Port Said’s curfew is reduced as anger increases Port Said residents increasingly contemptuous of

This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com Britain reverses direction, will send hundreds of troops to Mali Malians in Timbuktu cheer French troops but seek ethnic revenge U.N. warns that Mali’s jihadists threaten Libya’s stability Egypt’s army chief warns that widespread

In his second inaugural address, President Barack Obama spoke of “peace in our time” as a foreign policy goal. The next steps toward pursuing that lofty–if ill-starred–ambition will unfold at the Senate Foreign Relations Committee today, where Sen. John Kerry

Even as President Obama continues to proclaim that his administration forwards liberty around the globe, democracy apparently declined across the globe for the seventh consecutive year, according to the international watchdog Freedom House. Obama said in his second inaugural address that

Although largely unreported in the West (with a few exceptions), Arab language dailies and internet sites have been a buzz about multiple arrests conducted by the United Arab Emirates (U.A.E)’ security forces, targeting Muslim Brotherhood cells, which they claim are

This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com Britain’s Prince Harry acknowledges that he killed Taliban insurgents Coordinated suicide attack in Kabul, Afghanistan, part of increasing violence Massive espionage malware targeting governments undetected for 5 years Russia sends planes to Lebanon to

Four batteries of Patriot missiles arrived in Turkey on Monday as part of a NATO mission to protect the Turkish border from any spillover of the conflict in neighboring Syria, a NATO source told AFP. A ship carrying two German

Israelis across the spectrum are coalescing behind the recognition that they don’t have a partner for peace; finally even those on the Left are seeing the grim reality of Arab intransigence. Just as Arab countries across the Middle East have

Syrian Foreign Minister Walid Muallem has rejected the idea that President Bashar al-Assad will be ousted, telling state television that those who demand his removal want only bloodshed in the country. Muallem said late on Saturday that the United States

This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com: David Cameron postpones a critical speech on Britain’s EU membership Algeria ends hostage siege violence, embroiling self in Mali war Questions arise of France’s sudden military actions in Africa Greece concerned about outbreak of

This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com: Syria: Missile strike kills 80 students taking exams at University of Aleppo Report: State Dept. believes Syria used chemical weapons New Kashmir clash kills Pakistani soldier Syria: Missile strike kills 80 students taking exams

After all the big talk about a red line for Syria concerning chemical weapons–talk which came from Sec. of State Hillary Clinton and President Obama–it appears the U.S. response to Basher al-Assad’s use of chemical weapons is inaction.  More than

This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com Pakistan: Hundreds of casualties in multiple suicide bombings Pakistan’s commitment to fighting terrorism is in question Syria accuses U.N. envoy Lakhdar Brahimi of ‘flagrant bias’ Putin postpones Russia’s US-adoption ban until 2014 U.N. Security