U.S. President Obama met on Saturday with top national security advisers following widespread reports about the Syrian government using chemical weapons on civilians. The president will continue to gather facts before deciding on a course of action, the White House said, according to Fox News. The reports of thousands killed or stricken by
At the end of the day, Netanyahu, Gronis and Mandelblit have some questions to answer. We lost the latest round of the war on terror. It was on Independence Day that we first learned of the tunnel being dug underneath the prison walls, ready for the escape of 120 terrorists. President Peres, during
Amid speculations that U.S. President Barack Obama may decide on some form of military action in Syria in response to a deadly chemical attack last week, Syria on Saturday warned the U.S. against taking such a move. Syria's Information Minister Omran al-Zoubi dismissed the possibility of an American attack, warning that such a move
Four hundred tons of arms have been sent into Syria from Turkey to boost insurgent capabilities against Syrian government forces, opposition sources said, after a suspected chemical weapons strike on rebellious suburbs of Damascus. The source said the Gulf-financed shipment, which crossed from the Turkish province of Hatay in the past 24
Senior commanders in the rebel forces in Syria published a videotaped announcement Thursday in which they expressed their intent to respond to the chemical gas attack by President Bashar al-Assad's forces last week, by hitting back with all the means at their disposal and no “red lines.” The rebel commanders announced
The Middle East can come up with just about anything, but here's one of the most outlandish: Hosni Mubarak, the former Egyptian dictator, ousted in February 2011 in a massive popular uprising after thirty years in power, could be set free within the week. So say his lawyers, who filed a petition for his immediate
The Pentagon could be moving forces into place ahead of possible military action against Syria, U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel suggested on Friday, following mounting international concern over alleged chemical warfare in the crisis-torn country. En route to Malaysia, Hagel told reporters the U.S. was positioning naval forces and assets in anticipation of
A UK judge told a Muslim woman in court on Friday who refused to reveal her face that she must remove her burkha before submitting a plea. The judge told the court that the principle of open justice outweighed the women’s religious beliefs, stating that there was a danger that a different person
U.S. President Barack Obama, who is under pressure to act on reports that the Syrian government staged a chemical attack on civilians, said on Friday that the time is nearing for a potentially definitive U.S. response to the alleged Syrian government atrocities. The U.S. remains "one indispensable nation" in the volatile Middle East
A member of Hamas was arrested by the Palestinian Authority security services for selling a perfume named in honor of Egypt's ousted president Mohammed Morsi, family members told AFP on Thursday. 36-year-old Islambuli Badir was arrested during a raid on his perfume shop in the town of Tulkarem, his brother Abdel Fattah Badir told
