WASHINGTON — US Senate defense hawks for the second time in four weeks — after years of warning about Pentagon budget instability — last week entered the ornate chamber and voted against legislation to give the military just that.
Read MoreMONTREUX, Switzerland — Friction and acrimony broke out almost immediately on Wednesday with the start of a long-delayed peace conference on Syria, punctuated by a testy exchange between the Syrian foreign minister and the leader of the United Nations, casting doubt on the prospects for easing hostilities or even opening up emergency aid corridors to…
Read MoreCAIRO — One is setting a standard for dialogue and democracy that is the envy of the Arab world. The other has become a study in the risks of revolution, on a violent path that seems to lead only in circles.
Read MoreWASHINGTON — A massive US government spending bill introduced Monday evening would ramp up war spending for the first time in four years, and it includes billions for new weapon systems.
Read MoreCAIRO — Egyptians began voting on Tuesday in a two-day referendum on a revised constitution which the country’s top military officer has cast as a potential precursor to a bid for the presidency.
Read MoreCAIRO — Egypt’s top military officer on Saturday offered the clearest indication yet that he sees this week’s referendum on a revised Constitution as a prelude to a bid for the presidency, moving to consolidate his power after his ouster of President Mohamed Morsi of the Muslim Brotherhood.
Read Moreby Alex McCarthy Author Matthew Levitt’s lunchtime talk at the American Islamic Congress’s D.C. Center this week started out on the subject of his recent book on Hezbollah, but he quickly tied it in with a more-current topic dominating the news: Syria. “It’s difficult to discuss Hezbollah without starting or ending with Syria,” Dr. Levitt…
Read MoreWASHINGTON — The Obama administration is considering the resumption of nonlethal military aid to Syria’s moderate opposition, senior administration officials said on Thursday, even if some of it ends up going to the Islamist groups that are allied with the moderates.
Read MoreBEIRUT — Just a week ago, al-Qaeda-linked rebels in Syria enjoyed an arc of dominance across the country’s north and east, ruling with brutality.
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