Position Title: Program Manager The Program Manager (PM) is responsible for the overall coordination and management of a program to reduce sources of communal tension and violence in Iraq. The PM will work with AIC’s existing field office in Basrah, but will be solely responsible for: meeting the program’s objectives; managing program deliverables; maintaining good…
Read MoreBEIRUT—Syrian President Bashar al-Assad threw cold water on hopes for meaningful peace talks next month by dismissing any possibility that he would step down early or decide not to run again next year—a key demand for most rebels and opposition groups who have been battling his regime for more than two years.
Read MoreThe Foreign Policy Initiative’s annual forum is today in Washington, D.C. “The full lineup and link to RSVP is here and below. Forum is free, on-the-record and open to the public. To follow the Forum, folks should use #FPIForum. We are also taking questions via Twitter,” says FPI in an email.
Read More$10,000 in prizes for young American and Middle Eastern writers Winners from previous years featured in critically acclaimed book: Arab Spring Dreams WASHINGTON, October 22, 2013 – The American Islamic Congress (AIC) announces its eighth annual The contest, which annually awards $10,000 in prizes, is open to young thinkers and writers from the Middle East…
Read MoreThe number of Syrian refugees in Turkeyhas exceeded 600,000 and more than 400,000 of them are living outside refugee camps, the Turkish disaster management agency said on Monday.
Read Moreby Anna Borshchevskaya This week marks not one but two dictators mentioned in the context of the Nobel peace prize. Syria’s Bashar al-Assad jokingly mentioned, as reported by the Lebanese Al-Akhbar, that he deserved a Nobel Peace Prize after it was awarded on October 11 to the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW)…
Read MoreBEIRUT — A senior Syrian intelligence chief has been killed by rebel forces in the eastern province of Deir al-Zour, the opposition and Syrian state media said Thursday, as the rebels claimed new gains in the region.
Read MoreThe October 5 takedown of Nazih Abdul Hamed al Ruqai – an alleged perpetrator of the 1998 bombings of the U.S. embassies in Tanzania and Kenya, a long-standing occupant of the FBI’s “Most Wanted” list, and alleged one-time member of Osama bin Laden’s security team – surprised many.
Read MoreAs runners raced down Boston streets April 15, two bombs housed in pressure cookers exploded. The blast killed three people and maimed hundreds more. The bombing quickly brought domestic jihadist terrorism back into the public eye. Counterterrorism analysts are now concerned that the United States may soon face an increase in deadly, smaller scale attacks.
Read MoreBEIRUT — For much of Syria’s civil war, President Bashar Assad has been a man in retreat. Rebels control vast stretches of his country. A little more than a month ago, he faced the prospect of U.S. military strikes that might have finally tipped the military balance.
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