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A series of intertwined political crises that began with accusations that Iraq’s prime minister was consolidating power have escalated into calls to unseat him, and paralysed the country’s government. The trouble began in earnest in mid-December, when the secular Sunni-backed

(AP) Activists: Gunmen kill 11 state workers in SyriaBy BASSEM MROUEAssociated PressBEIRUTGunmen killed 11 workers at a state-owned fertilizer factory in a volatile central Syrian province, activists said Friday, the second execution-style shooting reported in Syria in less than a

(AP) UN observers in Syria discover 13 bound corpsesBy BASSEM MROUEAssociated PressBEIRUTU.N. observers have discovered 13 bound corpses in eastern Syria, many of them apparently shot execution-style, the monitoring mission said Wednesday. The announcement comes days after a massacre in

Female booth attendants at an international trade fair and shops selling men’s ties have become targets in a strict crackdown by Tehran police on clothing deemed un-Islamic, Iranian media reported on Wednesday. Women “not properly observing the hijab,” or the

This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com. Ten nations expel Syria’s diplomats over Houla massacre U.S. says that military intervention in Syria would lead to ‘chaos and carnage’ Syria’s instability continues to spread into Lebanon Turkey to boycott Europe when Greek

Does political posturing pass as an indictment in Turkey’s judicial system these days? Is Turkish President Recep Tayipp Erdogan using a page from the old Arab League, post-Shah Iranian playbook again? Will Turkey’s poorly-written sequel about an “aid” ship with

(AP) Dozens of children killed in new Syria attackBy BEN HUBBARDAssociated PressBEIRUTGruesome video Saturday showed rows of dead Syrian children lying in a mosque in bloody shorts and T-shirts with gaping head wounds, haunting images of what activists called one

US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Friday expressed concern that interminable unrest in Syria is “contributing to instability” in neighboring Lebanon. Armed clashes between supporters and opponents of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s regime have taken place in recent weeks

(AP) US poised to vet possible arms for Syrian rebelsBy MATTHEW LEEAssociated PressWASHINGTONAs one diplomatic effort after another fails to end more than a year of brutal violence in Syria, the Obama administration is preparing a plan that would essentially

Today’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com. France’s power couple: François Hollande and Valérie Trierweiler Azerbaijan conducts high-powered military exercises in the Caspian Sea China imposes a 2 1/2 month fishing ban in the South China Sea Vietnam’s fishermen defy China’s fishing

(AP) UN team in Syria evacuated from tense townBy BASSEM MROUEAssociated PressBEIRUTA team of international observers was evacuated from a tense town in northern Syria on Wednesday, one day after a roadside bomb hit their convoy and left them stranded

(AP) Assad says Syrians support his reform effortsBEIRUTSyrian President Bashar Assad has told a Russian state news channel that his country supports his reform agenda. He says recent parliamentary elections in the country show that Syrians “up to this time

When the NATO Summit takes place in Chicago on May 20-21, the president of Pakistan will be there because he was invited. But no Israeli representative will be there because the Islamists in NATO, especially Turkey, said “no way.” Think

Turkey’s Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan said here on Monday that Syria’s regime cannot not continue in power for long and urged the international community to stop a humanitarian crisis. Turkey is “opposed to the regime in Syria… nobody should

This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com. Election leaves Greece in political instability Merkel appears to lose regional election, invites Hollande to Berlin Israel to hold parliamentary elections in September Turkey’s Erdogan claims that victory of Syria’s rebels is close Election

Israel’s defense minister, Ehud Barak, said on Thursday that if Iran is allowed to go nuclear, Egypt, Turkey and Saudi Arabia would go nuclear even faster. Barak was quoted at a reception celebrating Israel’s Independence Day, at which senior security

Two groups on the left’s most hated list are Israelis and Christians. Yet when sympathy for one of these groups can paint an even worse picture of the other, members of the left, like Bob Simon of “60 Minutes,” will

TEHRAN, IranFour troops from Iran’s powerful Revolutionary Guards have been killed in clashes with Kurdish rebels in western Iran, the semi-official Mehr news agency reported Wednesday. Eight others were wounded. The fighting erupted outside Paveh, a town near the Iraqi

Turkey has blocked Israel from participating in a NATO summit meeting scheduled for May 20-21 in Chicago.  The block was made last week in Brussels by Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu. The Turks claim that the move was made in

On October 2, 2008 Barack Obama wrote that “the Armenian Genocide” of 1915 was “a widely documented fact.” But on April 24, 2012, he would only go so far as to call it an atrocity. As a matter of fact,

Thousands of Armenians staged a procession to a hilltop memorial above the capital on Tuesday to mark the 97th anniversary of the genocide of their kin by Ottoman Turks during World War I. From early morning, crowds of people joined

The United Nations Security Council (UNSC) on Saturday voted unanimously to authorize up to 300 unarmed military observers to travel to Syria and try to bring about compliance with the peace plan proposed by former U.N. Secretary General Kofi Annan,

By DESMOND BUTLERAssociated PressWASHINGTONMajor delays, cost overruns and critical technological problems are plaguing a missile defense system designed to protect the United States and Europe from an Iranian attack, Pentagon advisers and government investigators say about one of President Barack