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Deadly Iraq violence spills into fourth day

Sat, 18 May 2013 00:00:00 -0700

aljazeera.com - May. 18 (News Report) - Deadly violence in Iraq has spilled into a fourth day, with reports that seven more people have been killed and three more injured, amid fears over a new round of sectarian bloodshed. Two police officers were killed on Saturday after an improvised device

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Pressure of War Is Causing Syria to Break Apart

Fri, 17 May 2013 00:00:00 -0700

New York Times - By By BEN HUBBARD - May. 17 (News Report) - Syrians tried to remove concrete with the help of a tractor last month to free those trapped under the rubble after an airstrike by government forces in Aleppo.

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How Baghdad Fuels Iraq's Sectarian Fire

Wed, 15 May 2013 00:00:00 -0700

New York Times - By By SARAH LEAH WHITSON - May. 15 (Opinion) - Op-Ed Contributor: How Baghdad Fuels Iraq's Sectarian Fire

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Palestinians chose a new president -- on reality TV

Fri, 10 May 2013 00:00:00 -0700

Associated Press - By Mohammed Daraghmeh - May. 10 () - The Palestinians haven't elected a president since 2005, but now they are finally getting a chance to do so — virtually — thanks to a hit reality TV show.

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Israeli airstrike in Syria brings Iran onstage, raising risk of proxy war

Tue, 07 May 2013 00:00:00 -0700

Christian Science Monitor - May. 07 (News Analysis) - Iran dismissed Israeli claims that yesterday's airstrike in Syria targeted Iranian weapons destined for Hezbollah, accusing Israel of looking for an excuse to hammer the 'Axis of Resistance.' ...

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Israel: Syria air strikes not intended to further destabilise Assad government

Mon, 06 May 2013 00:00:00 -0700

The Guardian - By Harriet Sherwood - May. 06 (News Analysis) - Israel sought to avoid a direct confrontation with the Syrian regime on Monday by stressing that air strikes across its northern border at the weekend were intended to prevent weapons reaching Hezbollah in Lebanon rather than further destabilise the government of President Bashar al-Assad.

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Israel Bombs Syria as the U.S. Weighs Its Own Options

Sat, 04 May 2013 00:00:00 -0700

New York Times - By Michael R. Gordon, Eric Schmitt, David E. Sanger - May. 04 (News Report) - Israel Bombs Syria as the U.S. Weighs Its Own Options

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Israel launches second airstrike in Syria, targeting weapons shipment

Sat, 04 May 2013 00:00:00 -0700

Washington Post - By Liz Sly, Suzan Haidamous - May. 04 (News Report) - JERUSALEM — Israeli forces have carried out an airstrike against a shipment of sophisticated missiles bound for the Lebanese political and military organization Hezbollah, officials in Washington and Israel told reporters Saturday. ...

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Israel planes 'strike inside Syria'

Sat, 04 May 2013 00:00:00 -0700

BBC News - May. 04 (News Report) - US media reports say Israel has conducted an air strike inside Syria, as President Obama makes clear he does not foresee sending US troops there.

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UN investigating Syria chemical weapons use

Sat, 27 Apr 2013 00:00:00 -0700

aljazeera.com - Apr. 27 (News Report) - A UN spokesman has said that investigators from the world body have started collecting evidence outside Syria on the suspected use of chemical weapons. Ban Ki-moon has written to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad with a new request for access.

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Iraq PM: Regional strife stoking sectarianism

Sat, 27 Apr 2013 00:00:00 -0700

aljazeera.com - Apr. 27 (News Report) - More than 215 people have been killed in five days of bloody violence that began with clashes between security forces and protesters in the north on Tuesday and have sent tensions soaring. Speaking on Saturday, Maliki said: "Sectarianism is evil, and the wind of sectarianism does not need a licence to cross from a country to another, because if it begins in a place, it will move to another place. "Strife is knocking on the doors of everyone, and no one will survive if it enters, because there is a wind behind it, and money, and plans."

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Goodbye to All That

Wed, 24 Apr 2013 00:00:00 -0700

New York Times - By By THOMAS L. FRIEDMAN - Apr. 24 (Opinion) - On April 13, Prime Minister Salam Fayyad of the Palestinian Authority resigned. It was an easy development to miss, but not one to be ignored. It was very bad news, because Salam Fayyad was the “Arab Spring” before there was an Arab Spring.

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The Kilburn Manifesto: our challenge to the neoliberal victory

Wed, 24 Apr 2013 00:00:00 -0700

The Guardian - By Stuart Hall - Apr. 24 (Opinion) - Elites are using the crisis of global capital to reassert power. But this is no time for retreat. Our manifesto outlines the alternative The crisis in the global economic system triggered by the banking collapse of 2006-08 has precipitated a new moment in the evolution of global capitalism. But its novelty is not generally understood. Some previous crises, most famously the great crash and depression of the 1930s, produced radical social change: the welfare state and New Deal , as well as the rise of fascism. In the past five years protest groups such as Occupy have appeared, and resistance to austerity has grown. Yet there has been no rupture in the system or its governing ideology. Indeed, elites have used the crisis in Europe and north America to advance the neoliberal project, as unrelenting attacks on living standards, the NHS and the welfare state in Britain show. The disintegration of the British postwar settlement was the central project of one of the new right's most politically ...

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Hagel: Israel, U.S. see 'exactly same' Iran threat

Sun, 21 Apr 2013 00:00:00 -0700

Yahoo! News - Apr. 21 (News Report) - U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel said Sunday the United States and Israel see "exactly the same" threat from Iran, but differ on when it may reach the point of requiring U.S. or Israeli military action. ...

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Iran's Khamenei condemns Boston Marathon attacks, but takes jab at US policies

Thu, 18 Apr 2013 00:00:00 -0700

Christian Science Monitor - Apr. 18 (News Report) - Iran's supreme leader was emphatic in his condemnation of the Boston Marathon attacks, but criticized the US for decrying attacks on its own civilians while carrying out drone strikes elsewhere. ...

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John Kerry to Congress: Middle East peace effort is urgent

Thu, 18 Apr 2013 00:00:00 -0700

Christian Science Monitor - Apr. 18 (News Analysis) - In his first congressional hearing as secretary of State, John Kerry tells lawmakers that, after the Benghazi attacks, the US must fortify security for diplomats, press for a two-state solution in the Middle East. ...

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Iran struck by magnitude 7.8 quake

Tue, 16 Apr 2013 00:00:00 -0700

BBC News - Apr. 16 (News Report) - An earthquake of magnitude 7.8 has struck south-east Iran, near the Pakistani border, with tremors felt across the region.

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Booting up Arab access to Israeli high-tech jobs

Fri, 12 Apr 2013 00:00:00 -0700

Christian Science Monitor - By Ben Lynfield - Apr. 12 (News Report) - Arabs make up 20 percent of the Israeli population, but only 1.4 percent of Israel's high-tech industry. One NGO is closing the gap by helping Israeli Arabs through the job search process. ...

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The Bombing of al-Bara | Syria Behind the Lines |

Tue, 09 Apr 2013 00:00:00 -0700

Frontline - By Azmat Khan, Olly Lambert - Apr. 09 (News) - Though the first blast knocked him to the ground, Lambert kept his camera rolling. He spent the next hour documenting the impacts of the Oct. 28, 2012 bombing of al-Bara, a village in Idlib province an hour south of Aleppo. The result is a rare, immersive portrait of the immediate aftermath of Syrian government air strikes on a civilian population. FRONTLINE has condensed the footage into this 36-minute digital feature, vividly narrated by Lambert

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Hackers target Israeli government websites

Sun, 07 Apr 2013 00:00:00 -0700

aljazeera.com - Apr. 07 (News Report) - A weekend cyberattack campaign has targeted Israeli government websites but failed to cause serious disruption, officials say. Yitzhak Ben Yisrael, of the government's National Cyber Bureau, said on Sunday that hackers had mostly failed to shut down key sites.

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Five die in Christian-Muslim clashes in Egypt

Sun, 07 Apr 2013 00:00:00 -0700

Reuters - By Asmaa Waguih, Ulf Laessing - Apr. 07 (News Report) - Five Egyptians were killed and eight wounded in clashes between Christians and Muslims in a town near Cairo, security sources said on Saturday, in some of the worst sectarian violence in Egypt for months. Christian-Muslim confrontations have increased in Muslim-majority Egypt since the overthrow of former president Hosni Mubarak in 2011 gave freer rein to hardline Islamists repressed under his rule. ...

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A Turkey-Israel Opening

Mon, 01 Apr 2013 00:00:00 -0700

New York Times - By Charles Kupchan, Soli Ozel - Apr. 01 (Opinion) - Turning back the clock is impossible. Instead, a new partnership must be built on pillars of cooperation.

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Arab League welcomes Syrian opposition

Tue, 26 Mar 2013 00:00:00 -0700

aljazeera.com - Mar. 26 (News Report) - Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani, Qatar's emir, opens summit by offering support for "political solution" to the Syria crisis.

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Intel committee chairman says 'red line' crossed in Syria, urges US action

Sun, 24 Mar 2013 00:00:00 -0700

Fox News - Mar. 24 (News Analysis) - The chairman of the House Intelligence Committee said Sunday that Syria's Assad regime has "absolutely" crossed the so-called "red line" by moving and using at least a small amount of chemical weapons, pressuring the Obama administration to get more involved in the conflict to prevent further bloodshed.

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Obama Hearts Israel (and Bibi)

Fri, 22 Mar 2013 00:00:00 -0700

Consortium News - By Paul R. Pillar - Mar. 22 (Opinion) - Watching President Obama’s three-day love-fest toward Israel left critics and even some supporters cringing at his excessive embrace of Prime Minister Bibi Netanyahu and everything Israel has ever done. But Obama’s “game-change” metaphor on Syria may be the most troubling,

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