Syrian President Bashar Assad said Tuesday that the U.S. plan for a “new Middle East” has collapsed following Hizbullah’s victory against Israel.

Taliban fighters shot down a NATO aircraft in Karam Khail area of Nowbahar district in Zabul province on afternoon, August 14. The  NATO aircraft was shot down with a rocket, killing all the troops onboard.

White House denies as ‘flat wrong’ a US role in Hizbullah conflict, with an eye toward Iran. A special report in The New Yorker says the Bush administration was closely involved in the planning of