Arab League suspends mission in Syria

cnn 28-JAN-12

19:06 EU 'agrees' Iran crude embargo

irishtimes 04-JAN-12

Multiple Iraq blasts kill dozens

bbc 22-DEC-11

US Iraq withdrawal: America finally pulls out as last 4k soldiers will go by end of year

dailymail 16-DEC-11

Obama hails end of US war in Iraq

bbc 14-DEC-11

2 colonels to face court martial over gun handling

CBC 03-DEC-11

Syrian Official: Damascus Planting Landmines

ABCnews 01-NOV-11

Baghdad bombings toll rises to 36

bbc 28-OCT-11

Gunmen ambush, kill German tourist in Afghanistan (AP)

news 24-SEP-11

Obama honours Afghan crash dead

bbc 09-AUG-11

6 dead in Afghan attack

cnn 24-JUN-11

Petraeus vows to keep civilian deaths to minimum (AP)

news 02-JUN-11

Libyan rebels wrest control of Tunisian border crossing

cnn 21-APR-11

Thousands protest in Morocco

telegraph 20-MAR-11

Saudis say they far exceeded oil output quota in February

latimes 10-MAR-11

Afghan forces 'to take over up to four provinces from July' (AFP)

news 10-MAR-11

Libya crisis: Gaddafi isolated but son defiant, more clashes

channel4news 26-FEB-11

Egypt unrest: Army calls on protesters to go home

phantis 02-FEB-11

Mubarak keeps grip on power, but says he won't stand again

euronews 01-FEB-11

Premier meets with Israeli FM

mpa 13-JAN-11

Pakistan party says ministers to resign from the federal cabinet

cnn 28-DEC-10

US to begin 'responsible reduction' of forces in Afghanistan

telegraph 16-DEC-10

Leaked war papers spur calls for probes

cnn 24-OCT-10

Leaked documents show 'truth' on Iraq

RTERadio 23-OCT-10

Another strike on NATO convoy in Pakistan; vehicles set ablaze

cnn 06-OCT-10

US pushes $60bn Saudi arms deal

aljazeera 13-SEP-10

U.S. transfers command in Iraq

cnn 01-SEP-10

Washington hopes new Israeli-Palestinian talks will last

euronews 21-AUG-10

Pakistanis begin Ramadan with misery of floods

cnn 11-AUG-10

Documents leak leaves White House on defensive about Afghanistan policy

latimes 27-JUL-10

Barack Obama says Israel wants peace talks with Palestinians

telegraph 06-JUL-10

New US chief to brief Nato allies

bbc 01-JUL-10

Karzai backs new U.S. commander

cnn 26-JUN-10

General goes

bbc 25-JUN-10

Obama fires US Afghan commander

bbc 23-JUN-10

Spain calls for end to Gaza blockade

euronews 12-JUN-10

Bomb kills 5 U.S. soldiers in Afghanistan

CBC 08-JUN-10

Post-Election Unrest May Test Iraq Forces’ Loyalty

IHT 14-APR-10

Iran Says Muslims Must Act Over Jerusalem

bignewsnetwork 26-MAR-10

Clinton upbeat on Israel ties

latimes 20-MAR-10

Early voting begins in Iraq poll

bbc 04-MAR-10

Binyamin Netanyahu must decide whether to strike Iran’s nuclear facilities

thetimes 13-DEC-09

NATO members to add 7,000 troops in Afghanistan

latimes 05-DEC-09

Pakistani denial highlights Obama’s challenge

ft 03-DEC-09

Obama to send 30,000 troops to Afghanistan

RTERadio 02-DEC-09

US President Obama to Set out Afghan Troop Strategy

geotimes 01-DEC-09

23 Taliban killed in Afghanistan: police

NewsJang 22-NOV-09

Afghan suicide attack kills 17

irishtimes 20-NOV-09

Sir Jock Stirrup: British will be fighting Taliban for five more years

telegraph 09-NOV-09

Iraqi elections facing possible delay

cnn 30-OCT-09

US dismisses Afghan surge report

bbc 15-OCT-09

Taliban bomber hits Indian embassy

independent 09-OCT-09

Car bomb targets India embassy in Kabul

ft 08-OCT-09

Edited by Jessica Boesl :Time Is On Iran’s Side

watchingamerica 06-OCT-09

Iran takes nuclear programme off table

ft 29-SEP-09

Iran tests short-range missiles

bbc 27-SEP-09

Afghan report stirs Pakistan debate

aljazeera 26-SEP-09

Bombs kill Canadian, US troops in Afghanistan

TheFrontierPost 19-SEP-09

Three Killed in Afghanistan Rocket Attack

geotimes 07-SEP-09

Suicide bomber strikes western Iraq

aljazeera 07-SEP-09

Afghanistan toll rises as British soldier killed

thetimes 03-SEP-09

Editorial Comment: McChrystal’s call

ft 01-SEP-09

Gen. McChrystal: New Strategy Needed in Afghanistan

ABCnews 31-AUG-09

Karzai's lead widens in ongoing vote count

washtimes 27-AUG-09

Afghan rivals claim election fraud

aljazeera 23-AUG-09

Voting begins in tense Afghan elections

euronews 20-AUG-09

Afghan president leads in pre-election poll

ft 14-AUG-09

Canada cools to foreign investors in Nortel

ft 14-AUG-09

US general warns that Taliban is expanding aggressively in Afghanistan

telegraph 10-AUG-09

UK soldier killed in Afghanistan

bbc 09-AUG-09

Brilliant insights that led us astray in Iraq

ft 05-AUG-09

We're in Afghanistan to topple al-Qaeda, says Armed Forces Minister

thetimes 04-AUG-09

Roadside bomb kills at least 12 in Afghanistan

dailymail 03-AUG-09

British soldier protests Afghan war

TheFrontierPost 30-JUL-09

'Ten dead' in latest Iran clashes

channel4news 21-JUN-09

Iran bans Facebook ahead of election

telegraph 24-MAY-09

Collision course?

bbc 19-MAY-09

Israel gives out mixed messages on Palestinian state, ahead of crucial talks with Obama

dailymail 18-MAY-09

Changing course in Afghanistan

cnn 12-MAY-09

Investors eye opportunity in Iraq

ft 03-MAY-09

Britain ends combat mission in Iraq

latimes 01-MAY-09

Obama to send 4,000 more troops to Aghanistan, officials say

cnn 27-MAR-09

Barack Obama says US needs Afghanistan exit strategy

telegraph 23-MAR-09

New Iraq hostage video released

telegraph 21-MAR-09

US to extend hand to Syria in first step to reshaping Middle East

thetimes 06-MAR-09

Democrats voice concern on Obama's Iraq plan

cnn 27-FEB-09

Obama OKs more troops for Afghanistan

cnn 18-FEB-09

Five children shot in Afghanistan

bbc 13-FEB-09

Diplomat arrested in Iran on car sex charge

cnn 06-FEB-09

Drive to create effective Afghan police corps

ft 01-FEB-09

British soldier is killed in action in Afghanistan

dailymail 31-JAN-09

Gaza fighting continues as diplomacy efforts ramp up

cnn 14-JAN-09

Bush evokes passion, sometimes anger

cnn 13-JAN-09

Israel: "Close to achieving aims in Gaza"

euronews 11-JAN-09

Eradicating the 'Little Satan'

palestinepost 09-JAN-09

Gaza conflict: Diplomatic pressure increases on Israel to halt attacks

telegraph 31-DEC-08

Roula Khalaf: Iraq’s new dawn needs Arab help

ft 24-DEC-08

U.S., NATO seek less dependence on supply routes (Reuters)

news 11-DEC-08

Bush defends Middle East record

bbc 06-DEC-08

Obama eyes 'strong opinions' for security team

cnn 02-DEC-08

U.S. eyes "surge" of over 20,000 for Afghanistan (Reuters)

news 22-NOV-08

Obama must knock on 'other doors' for Afghanistan: MacKay

CBC 21-NOV-08

Iran test-fires new long-range Seijil missile

sundaytimes 12-NOV-08

Thousands of Syrians protest at US raid

RTERadio 30-OCT-08

U.S. claim Al Qaeda arms smuggler died in Syria raid - but Damascus calls helicopter attack 'terrorist aggression'

dailymail 28-OCT-08

Taliban 'split with al Qaeda, seek peace'

cnn 06-OCT-08

US urges allies to fund Afghan army growth

ft 18-SEP-08

U.S.: Iraqi who recruited female suicide bombers killed in raid

cnn 12-SEP-08

Officials: Bush OK'd US raids in Pakistan (AP)

news 11-SEP-08

George Bush announces plan to move US troops from Iraq to Afghanistan

telegraph 09-SEP-08

:American Withdrawal -Iraq’s Greatest Obstacle

watchingamerica 08-SEP-08

How Fast Should Iraq Re-Arm? (Time.com)

news 07-SEP-08

US-led coalition: 12 militants dead in Afghanistan

washtimes 29-AUG-08

Pakistan falls to new lows as markets sink

ft 26-AUG-08

Sharif withdraws party from Pakistan ruling coalition

cnn 25-AUG-08

Afghans demand 'new troops deal'

bbc 25-AUG-08

Afghan protests erupt after US jets 'kill 76 civilians'

dailymail 24-AUG-08

Deal would have U.S. troops out of Iraq in 2011

cnn 22-AUG-08

U.S. troops may leave by 2011, Iraqi officials say

cnn 08-AUG-08

Condoleezza Rice says Iran is stalling about its nuclear position

latimes 21-JUL-08

Obama arrives in Afghanistan

thesun 19-JUL-08

Prove your friendship: Kabul tells Islamabad

TheFrontierPost 16-JUL-08

Pakistan has rejected the baseless allegations leveled against its intelligence agencies and armed forces by President Hamid

ptvworldnews 15-JUL-08

Obama, McCain trade jabs on war

cnn 15-JUL-08

'Al-Qaeda' members killed in Iraq

bbc 20-JUN-08

US Iraq deaths 'at four-year low'

bbc 01-JUN-08

Iraqi, American death tolls down in May

cnn 31-MAY-08

Iraq, Sadrists strike deal to end Baghdad fighting (AFP)

news 10-MAY-08

Israel focus for Erdogan in Syria

bbc 26-APR-08

Afghan bomb kills 5 in same family

cnn 26-FEB-08

Mahdi Army ceasefire ruling awaited

aljazeera 22-FEB-08

Iraq official: Three suicide bombers at large in Anbar province

cnn 21-JAN-08

US hopefuls jostle for war dividend

ft 15-JAN-08

Israel 'deviating from road map'

independent 05-JAN-08

Israel 'deviating from road map'

independent 05-JAN-08

Palestinian militants strike deeper into Israel (The Christian Science Monitor)

news 04-JAN-08

[-said]: While everybody talks about 10 years, if the American economy recovers, if there's a new threat, if technology changes, so does everything in the defense budget,

cnn 28-JAN-12

[-said]: In Libya there were no meaningful military forces,

jpost 28-JAN-12

[ said]: Conventionally it makes perfect sense to avoid fighting worst-case wars,

IHT 06-JAN-12

[-concluded]: The navy and IRGC cannot close the Gulf for an extended period, but they could severely restrict shipping through the Gulf for five to 10 days,

AHN 04-JAN-12

[-says]: You have a world in which there is political turmoil in many countries. You have the worst American economic situation in recent memory,

npr 31-DEC-11

[-said]: Closing the Strait of Hormuz is really an exercise in rhetoric,

jpost 29-DEC-11

[ said]: These acts have been essentially acts to provoke another round of sectarian fighting between Sunni and Shi'ite,

voanews 29-DEC-11

[ said]: If they are going to do something to us, it makes a lot more sense to raise the level of tension without getting into a fight,

usaToday 29-DEC-11

[-said]: They don't have to win,

usaToday 29-DEC-11

[ said]: This deal sends an important message,

ABCnews 29-DEC-11

[ wrote]: The United States must succeed in limiting and countering Iranian influence in Iraq and in creating Iraqi forces that can defend the country,

economictimes 16-DEC-11

[ said]: The Obama administration cannot be blamed for most of the failures that led to the insurgency in Iraq and the problems Iraq now faces,

watchingamerica 16-DEC-11

[ wrote]: The Obama administration can ... be held accountable for the fact that the Iraq war has no meaningful end-state and no one can as yet predict its strategic aftermath,

trust 14-DEC-11

[ wrote]: crippled both the qualitative development of Iraq's forces and its ability to implement its own development plan,

news 14-DEC-11

[ says]: It is nice for President Obama and Prime Minister Maliki to join in thanking US forces for their accomplishments and sacrifices,

news 13-DEC-11

[ said]: If you're going to do this, you're clearly violating Pakistani airspace and, if you're going to do it, you may have to rely much more on stealth. International law is clear. You can't, in theory, send an intelligence aircraft over somebody's airspace. Period. The fact that people do it all the time doesn't make it legal. If you go beyond that, and the vehicle or airplane shoots something, that's an act of war,

irishsun 06-DEC-11

[ notes]: any stealth technology is remarkably sophisticated in design,

csmonitor 05-DEC-11

[-said]: In the process, however, the US will face even less prospect that Pakistan will really crack down on insurgent groups in the border area, or stop seeing Afghanistan as an area where it competes with India and which is useful for strategic depth in some future war with India,

indiatimes 03-DEC-11

[-said]: We need to see if we can find a better relationship and one that will do a better job of containing Iran and trying to bring political and security stability to the country.

news 01-DEC-11

[-said]: We can say in a way that the war has ended, but our relationship with Iraq hasn't,

news 01-DEC-11

[ said]: The timing is not so much dictated by the fact we're going to leave at the end of the year, but the fact that we do not have anything like the civil or military relationship we'd hoped to build a year ago,

news 01-DEC-11

[-said]: In the process, however, the U.S. will face even less prospect that Pakistan will really crack down on insurgent groups in the border area, or stop seeing Afghanistan as an area where it competes with India and which is useful for strategic depth in some future war with India,

newschannel5 29-NOV-11

[-said]: We don't have an easy substitute for the Pakistani supply route. You can move through the north, but it is not adequate to meet the needs,

npr 28-NOV-11

[-said]: We're in there through at least 2024, in terms of advice and really substantial amounts of money and military assistance of one sort or another,

npr 28-NOV-11

[-says]: That effort has reached the point where they have probably already handled the basic warhead design and the booster design,

globalsecurity 16-NOV-11

[-says]: It is one thing to attack Iran's nuclear weapons effort. It is one thing to try to do damage to its missile development effort,

globalsecurity 16-NOV-11

[ said]: a game in which it plays every card it can in every country it can,

usaToday 14-NOV-11

[-said]: It has to believe that its current exercises and tests would actually allow it to hit Iran's key facilities, to destroy the underground and sheltered facilities, to locate all of the enriched material, to stop the centrifuge effort long enough to have real meaning,

voanews 08-NOV-11

[-says]: As Iran gets closer to having a nuclear device, your options are use military means … or deploy an improved defense,

usaToday 08-NOV-11

[ says]: With each time we have used sanctions they've had more impact, but ultimately if Iran wants to pay the cost it can get nuclear weapons,

usaToday 08-NOV-11

[-said]: We're in Afghanistan because of 2001, not because this is a vital American interest,

thestar 03-NOV-11

[ said]: A nuclear weapon would give Syria at least a kind of parity with Israel and some status within the region,

telegraph 01-NOV-11

[said:]: There also is little doubt that the withdrawal of all combat forces from Iraq by the end of 2011 will increase the risk of failure.

iol 28-OCT-11

[ said]: It may be ingenuous or false to present it as a success, but the reality is that it’s not clear any administration could have negotiated the kind of outcome we wanted,

voanews 22-OCT-11

[ said]: Now we’re going to have zero, which means there won’t be forces to help maintain checkpoints between Kurds and Arabs. There are not going to be specialized forces to help the Iraqis deal with the kinds of terrorism and insurgent groups they have. We’re not going to have any clear contingency basing structure that will allow us to rapidly deploy if Iraq faced a threat from Iran,

voanews 22-OCT-11

[-said]: He left Libya with a unique set of problems,

AP 21-OCT-11

[ said]: Nobody is in charge,

news 21-OCT-11

[ said]: It's quite apparent that this is not a conditions-based withdrawal, and as a result the troops may not be there,

trust 20-OCT-11

[-asked]: That may force us to leave the south too weak, and not go into the east as we would like. So exactly what is it we're trying to do in RC-East?

trust 20-OCT-11

[-wrote]: We may be winning tactically, but insurgents may be winning a battle of political attrition that will ultimately be strategically decisive,

khaleejtimes 24-SEP-11

[ said]: Are we going to see any nuclear change? No. Are we going to see any movement toward reform in Iran? No,

voanews 20-SEP-11

[ said]: We have to remember this is not a tactical war. It's essentially a war of political attrition,

cnn 14-SEP-11

[-says]: It is a war of perceptions and it is a war of how people see -- in Afghanistan and outside it -- these attacks.

cnn 14-SEP-11

[ said]: Among other things, they had to freeze manpower [and] they couldn’t improve forces,

voanews 08-SEP-11

[-said]: Until you see a real opposition develop in Syria, some kind of movement that has some credible reason to be backed, you can't simply out of context attack Assad's regime because it's repressive,

nowlebanon 24-AUG-11

[ said]: does reinforce the reality that European powers are spending less on defense than in the past,

wsj 23-AUG-11

[-said]: There will always be incidents where we take casualties,

usaToday 09-AUG-11

[-said]: We should not overreact to worst-case incidents or exaggerate their tactical and strategic importance,

AP 08-AUG-11

[-says]: When you let something fester this long and you have an extremely weak rebel force, Gadhafi's forces have time to adapt,

npr 26-JUL-11

[-said]: You can achieve short-term gains but the basic structure of the Iranian efforts would remain and such a strike would do more to catalyze support of the program in Iran than undermine it,

jpost 24-JUN-11

[ wrote]: It is all too clear that they are also in a race -- a race against time, against resources, and the enemy -- that they simply may not win,

thestar 24-JUN-11

[ wrote]: It is all too clear that they are also in a race a race against time, against resources, and the enemy that they simply may not win,

khaleejtimes 24-JUN-11

[-says]: If you're sitting in the executive branch and looking at this, you've got one list of uncertainties after another,

usaToday 20-JUN-11

[ says]: One has to be careful about saying budgetary considerations are the only factor here,

npr 17-JUN-11

[ says]: Again and again, you try to find some credible way to at least request that the executive branch honors the War Powers Act,

npr 16-JUN-11

[-said]: It just happens enough to be a serious source of concern,

defensenews 15-JUN-11

[-said]: You may really find that a new and non-nuclear long-range capability to be one of those ways to give the United States a strategic edge in the future,

defensenews 15-JUN-11

[ said]: It's absolutely necessary, because the cost of energy has become a critical aspect of military operations,

wsj 15-JUN-11

[ said]: You think there will be a populist Yemeni government that's going to focus on development?

latimes 12-JUN-11

[-said]: Most of the equipment that Bahrain and other Mideast nations buy to deal with internal dissent is bought overseas because of US restraints on its own exports,

aljazeera 11-JUN-11

[-said]: Most of the equipment that Bahrain and other Mideast nations buy to deal with internal dissent is bought overseas because of U.S. restraints on its own exports,

washtimes 11-JUN-11

[ said]: If you're sitting in the executive branch and looking at this you've got one list of uncertainties after another,

usaToday 09-JUN-11

[-said]: I don't think there's any consensus within the White House or anywhere else,

usaToday 09-JUN-11

[ said]: I don't think it is neo-isolationist to question what is happening there (in Libya) -- whether it really is serving the objective, whether there is a strategic purpose that will achieve decisive results,

trust 09-JUN-11

[states:]: The end result is not to control the message, but to fail to provide one. It is hardly surprising that a great deal of media coverage is questioning or negative or that public opinion polls reflect a steady drop in support for the war.

smh 20-MAY-11

[ said]: People are demanding the equivalent of a movie, they want to know scene by scene the most trivial details. You're in the middle of a combat operation,

AP 04-MAY-11

[ said]: There is a large number of younger leaders much more proven in combat and much more capable of organizing a threat,

irishsun 03-MAY-11

[ writes]: whether the Afghan War is really the most effective way of defeating a mix of terrorist groups and threats that is nearly global in scope,

npr 03-MAY-11

[said:]: it will take weeks and possibly months

news 02-MAY-11

[-said]: raise new questions about whether the Afghan war can really put an end to al Qaida and other terrorist sanctuaries and lead some of those who oppose the war to state that the U.S. and its allies should now withdraw.

news 02-MAY-11

[ said]: We need to be very cautious ... in assuming it will now damage al Qaida and other Islamist extremist networks, or that we can predict the political and strategic consequences,

news 02-MAY-11

[-said]: He's coming in to the job when he faces at least two years of partisan debate over the entire federal budget, which is tied closely to political ambition and the 2012 election, and he can't separate himself from that,

defensenews 29-APR-11

[-said]: The reality is that he had the opportunity early on to try reform. Instead things dragged on and on, and then the violence got very serious,

cnn 26-APR-11

[-said]: Like every case of instability in the region, all you are certain of is that it has no experience of governing and no experience of running the politics of a country,

cnn 26-APR-11

[-said]: This system [an armed Predator] can loiter for hours and strike without warning,

latimes 25-APR-11

[ said]: There’s still a significant gap between desire and capacity,

usaToday 21-APR-11

[ said]: Kadafi's forces had more cohesiveness and adaptability than the French, British, and U.S. planners and policy figures that led NATO into the fighting calculated,

latimes 11-APR-11

[-said]: Interest flags, support flags and you don't get the military backing,

latimes 07-APR-11

[ said]: The truth is, time isn't on anybody's side yet,

latimes 07-APR-11

[ writes]: From a Libyan viewpoint, dragging the country into a long political and economic crisis, and an extended low-level conflict that devastates populated areas, the net humanitarian cost will be higher than fully backing the rebels, with air power and covert arms and training,

news 07-APR-11

[ said]: The U.S. is exercising de facto command because it has the special intelligence, targeting, and command and control assets needed to coordinate the effort,

newschannel5 25-MAR-11

[ said]: the U.S. is exercising de facto command because it has the special intelligence, targeting and command and control assets needed to coordinate the effort,

newschannel5 25-MAR-11

[ says]: What we have, basically, are rebels that have a great deal of enthusiasm and who are willing to risk their lives but don't have discipline or structure,

time 24-MAR-11

[ said]: This is an important shift in U.S. foreign policy. But if anyone expects instant success to build up international institutions to deal with worst cases they are going to be deeply disappointed,

thestar 24-MAR-11

[-says]: Since we're really talking about political cohesion -- much more than classic measures of military strength -- knowing whether the rebels can hold together, knowing what would trigger disloyalty or the collapse of the Gaddafi force, knowing whether we are really seeking to create rebel-held zones in a divided country -- these are issues to which we really don't have any answers, and it's obvious to the extent there is a coalition, there's no unity in the coalition that is enforcing the no-fly zone,

time 23-MAR-11

[-said]: If we want to basically get rid of the regime, then we have to go much further and attack Gadhafi's centers of power and land targets,

kyivpost 23-MAR-11

[ said]: The fact is, day by day, we're going to confront the reality that a no-fly zone is probably a misnomer,

kyivpost 23-MAR-11

[-says]: In the case of Libya, `no-fly' is an awkward synonym for half-pregnant.

time 23-MAR-11

[-says]: So what we have, basically, are rebels that have a great deal of enthusiasm and who are willing to risk their lives, but don't have discipline or structure,

time 23-MAR-11

[ says]: In Algeria , you have a military junta with the president as the front, but the fact is, it is a very successful repressive military junta,

washtimes 20-MAR-11

[-said]: A no-fly zone is one way to deal with that: to wait and see, or wait and escalate,

thestar 19-MAR-11

[ said]: That puts the administration in the position, for all of its superior intelligence assets, of really not having good options,

thestar 19-MAR-11

[ says]: would disrupt Libyan capabilities very quickly,

csmonitor 18-MAR-11

[ says]: In military terms it’s never been clear that a no-fly zone would deprive Qaddafi of most of his forces,

csmonitor 18-MAR-11

[-said]: didn't suddenly just throw money at the problem. They reinforced a decade of massive expenditure on the social level, and they are creating jobs, industry,

EgyptianGazette 10-MAR-11