Posts Tagged: iraq
Iraqi Lawmaker Calls on Kurds to ‘Explain Nature of Their Relationship With Israel’
An angry Iraqi lawmaker demanded answers from members of the restive northern province over Israel's public support for the creation of an independent Kurdistan. "The Kurds...
When the Only Winners are the Benchwarmers
The battle of Mohammed's heirs is being fought anew in the Middle East. Tired of jostling for isonomy in Iraq and dismayed at the malversation...
Israeli “‹FM Lieberman Says International Community Unable to Respond Effectively to Terror, Proposes Middle East-Africa Terror Intel Exchange
Israeli Minister of Foreign Affairs Avigdor Lieberman on Wednesday met Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta, in Nairoibi, where he said that the international community had proven...
In UN Speech, Israeli Ambassador Challenges Middle East Countries on Rule of Law
Ron Prosor, Israel's Ambassador to the United Nations, on Wednesday addressed the UN Security Council on the "Rule of Law," challenging Israel's Middle Eastern neighbors to...
Iran Arrests Network of ‘Homosexuals and Satanists’
The website of Iran's Revolutionary Guards reported the arrest of "a network of homosexuals and satanists" in the western Iranian city of Kermanshah, close...
Biden at J Street Conference: Regional Unrest Offers Opportunity to Reach Peace Agreement
JTA - Instability in the Middle East presents an incentive to advance Israeli-Palestinian peace, Vice President Joe Biden told J Street's annual conference. After...
The Israel-Arab Conflict Should be the Last Item on John Kerry’s To-Do-List
This week the Turkish Deputy Prime Minister blamed mass protests in his country on the 'Jewish Diaspora.' Millions of Egyptians took to the streets demanding...
Pro-US Iraqi Kurds Reach Deal with PM al-Maliki
Times of Israel - Just six months ago, Erbil, the capital of Iraq's autonomous Kurdish region, was buzzing. Walking through the streets of...
Chuck Hagel Joins the Palestine Firsters
Chuck Hagel established himself as a Palestine Firster on October 27, 2009, speaking at J Street's first national conference: "The Israeli-Palestinian conflict is central, not...
Exclusive: Iraqi Ally of Israel Dispossessed of his Home, he Says by Iraqi PM Maliki
Former Iraqi Parliamentarian Mithal al-Alusi, who in a series of recent interviews with The Algemeiner has spoken of Iran's alleged bribery of numerous Iraqi officials,...
Democracy Takes Time, Even in the Middle East
Last week's Wall Street Journal ran a sobering piece by Bret Stephens about the disappointing results of democratic elections in Egypt the previous weekend. It's...
Exclusive: Former Iraqi Parliamentarian Says Nouri al-Maliki is a Tool of Iran
Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki, who met recently with Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, is being used as a "tool of Iran," and Iran is using...
Exclusive: Iraqi Ally of Israel Survives Assassination Attempt
Human rights advocate and former Iraqi Parliamentarian Mithal al Alusi contacted me by phone today to say he survived an assassination attempt last night by...
Russia’s Self-Marginalization
Russia's foreign policy doctrine appears to be based on rejecting every policy initiative that the United States and the European Union take and ...
