D-Day for Damascus?
Call for regime change signals Libya replay Dees Illustration Justin Raimondo AntiWar Amid the outcry over the Syrian government’s crackdown on protesters, and now President…
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Obama to demand Assad step down: US officials
President Bashar al-Assad speaks at committee meeting August 17 © AFP/HO/SANA AFP WASHINGTON (AFP) – President Barack Obama will call Thursday on Syrian President Bashar…
US poised to call for Syria’s Assad to go
Syria’s President Bashar al-Assad © AFP/File SERGEI SUPINSKY AFP WASHINGTON (AFP) – The United States, after weeks of hesitation, has finally decided to call explicitly…
A great step forward: Israel’s Supreme Court orders the dismantling of illegal West Bank settlement
Madison Ruppert, Contributing Writer Activist Post I find myself criticizing Israel constantly, but today I have to commend the Supreme Court of Israel for actually…
US voices commitment to Israel in defense talks
Defense Minister Ehud Barak, pictured in March 2011, held talks with top leaders in Washington © AFP/POOL/File Charles Dharapak AFP WASHINGTON (AFP) – The United…
Israel, US to hold massive missile drill
Israel and the United States are going to carry out massive joint missile drills in the Negev desert next year as the allies up their…
US sour on Arab UN bid for Palestinian statehood
Arab League’s Secretary General Nabil al-Arabi © AFP/SANA/File AFP WASHINGTON (AFP) – The United States said that it disagreed with the Arab League after it…
Choking off Internet won’t stop Arab Spring: US official
A journalist works at his office in Damascus in 2010 © AFP/File Louai Beshara AFP WASHINGTON (AFP) – Regimes that choke off citizens’ access to…
Arab world’s ratings of Obama, US plummet: poll
A young Egyptian protester waves his national flag in Cairo’s Tahrir Square © AFP Mohamed Hossam AFP WASHINGTON (AFP) – Two years after US President…
Obama blasts Syria’s Assad after embassy attacks
Pro-government protesters plant the image of President Bashar al-Assad on a damaged vehicle outside the French Embassy © AFP Louai Beshara AFP DAMASCUS (AFP) –…
US House to warn Palestinians on statehood bid
Palestinian youth throw stones at an Israeli military jeep © AFP Jaafar Ashtiyeh AFP WASHINGTON (AFP) – The US House of Representatives closed ranks Wednesday…
“After you Brother!” Qadaffi stays and Obama leaves?
Dees Illustration Franklin Lamb LLM, PhD Activist Post Tripoli, Libya — The 6/27/11 International Criminal Courts (ICC) arrest warrants issued for Muammar Gadhafi, his son Seif…
Democracy Now: US Aid Ship Hopes to Sail With Gaza Flotilla (Video)
Democracy Now Up to 50 Americans are set to sail from a Greek port on a U.S.-flagged ship that is part of an international flotilla…
US hopes to avoid repeat of 2010 flotilla debacle
Activists hold a banner reading ‘to Gaza with love’ after their press conference in Athens © AFP Louisa Gouliamaki AFP WASHINGTON (AFP) – The Obama…