Middle Orient News

A 54-year-old former paratrooper with an honours degree in diplomacy has taken over the toughest job in the US military, assuming control of the coalition in Iraq at a ceremony in one of Saddam Hussein’s former palaces.

A war against Iran will further exasperate the instability of the region and compromise the security of the United States, at home and abroad. It might also be the end of American military adventurism in the region for some time, but at a price so heavy, so unbearable, says Ramzy …

Demand for assault rifles rises as Lebanese seek personal protection amid fears of new civil war.

Report: Tehran supplying deadly type of roadside bomb to Shiite groups to attack US troops in Iraq.

Abbas’ top advisers call on UN chief after meeting Rice, US wants to study Palestinian accord on unity govt.

On March 27, 2003, Paul Wolfowitz, then deputy secretary of defense, predicted that Iraq’s oil revenue would “finance” its reconstruction and do so “relatively soon.” With wise investment and management, Wolfowitz might have been right.

KUALA LUMPUR: Lawmakers representing more than 40 Muslim countries will gather next week to discuss how to help resolve the conflicts in Iraq and Palestinian territories, the meeting’s host Malaysia said Friday.

After nearly four years of fruitless negotiations between the EU-3 (France, Germany, and the United Kingdom) and Iran over the nuclear issue, the U.N. Security Council on December 23 passed Resolution 1737.

BAGHDAD, Iraq — The new top U.S. commander in Iraq said Saturday that the stakes are high but the situation is “not hopeless” as American and Iraqi forces move to end the sectarian violence threatening to tear apart the country.

Serial numbers and markings on explosives used in Iraq provide “pretty good” evidence that Iran is providing either weapons or technology for militants there, US defence secretary Robert Gates said today.