Syria is showing "contempt" towards the UN atomic watchdog by refusing to cooperate over a suspected undeclared reactor destroyed by Israel in 2007, the U.S. envoy to the agency said Friday. President Bashar al-Assad's government "is using its brutal repression of the Syrian people as an excuse for not cooperating with the agency's investigation,"
Britain is reportedly "poised' to evacuate its diplomats from the Middle East as mob violence against western targets continues, with an independent anti-Muslim film made in the U.S. serving as pretext for the rioting. According to the Mail Online, "Emergency plans are in place to evacuate UK diplomats and their families." Security has been
The United States consulate in Libya where an ambassador and three others were killed was poorly guarded, according to reports in British media. The building lacked bulletproof glass, reinforced doors, and other features normally used to secure diplomatic staff. The Benghazi consulate was not guarded by the usual contingent of U.S. Marines. Instead, protection
A group of Arab protesters in the northern Israeli city of Akko had one message for the world on Friday, Channel 2 News reported. “Only a large and strong Muslim state can calm the rage,” the report quoted several dozen Arab demonstrators in the city as having said. The Arabs were part of
A group of Arab protesters in the northern Israeli city of Akko had one message for the world on Friday, Channel 2 News reported. “Only a large and strong Muslim state can calm the rage,” the report quoted several dozen Arab demonstrators in the city as having said. The Arabs were part of
President Barack Obama rejected, during his phone conversation with Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu on Tuesday, an appeal by Netanyahu to spell out a specific “red line” that Iran could not cross in its nuclear program, a senior administration official has told The New York Times. The official said this deepens the divide between the
At least three people were hurt on Friday as dozens of armed terrorists, affiliated with the Salafi movement of Islam, stormed the international peacekeeping force base in the Sinai Peninsula, near the Gaza-Israel border. They were protesting the controversial film mocking the prophet Mohammed which has resulted in protests throughout the Arab world. Channel
New York attorney Mark Langfan, a staunch supporter of Israel and a regular op-ed contributor to Arutz Sheva, challenged a U.S. Senator this week after she sent an angry letter to Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu. He received no response. On Wednesday, Senator Barbara Boxer (D-CA), a senior member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee,
The White House had to do some damage control on Thursday, after President Obama hinted that the U.S. no longer considers the Egyptian government an ally. Obama, who spoke during an interview with the Spanish-language network Telemundo, added that at the same time “we don’t consider them an enemy.” The interview was held
Yemeni police Thursday shot dead four protesters and wounded 34 others when they opened fire on a crowd attempting to storm the US embassy in Sana'a to protest a film mocking Islam, a security official said. The White House, meanwhile, said it was doing everything it could to protect its diplomats in Yemen, where
