Middle East
Robert Ford, the U.S. ambassador to Syria, has been pulled from the Middle Eastern nation following "credible threats" made against his life. Western diplomats told Reuters that Ford left the country over the weekend. Tensions ...
Syria is one country that has fallen off the media radar in recent weeks – largely thanks to a string of more domestic events such as the Casey Anthony trial and the debt ceiling limit. ...
Since the beginning of the year, protesters in a number of Middle Eastern countries have challenged the traditional government in place, often struggling for radical changes against regimes that try to silence the opposition. Egypt ...
The uprisings in Yemen against the government recently took a turn for the worse when an armed crowd loyal to President Ali Abdullah Saleh, who has ruled the country for 32 years, surrounded an embassy ...
Yesterday, President Obama announced that he endorsed a two-state solution for Israel, encouraging the 1967 border agreement that has long been touted as a viable solution to the constant unrest in the region. Today, he ...
Libya has been in an upheaval for the past few weeks as rebels have attempted to overthrow the dictator Muammar Gaddafi, who has ruled the country for more than 40 years after a military coup. ...
Egypt's Jasmine Revolution recently sparked a series of similar protests throughout the Middle East and Africa. Some of the most violent have occurred in the north African country of Libya, where dictator Muammar Gaddafi remains ...
