WASHINGTON — Despite a nearly decade-long presence, the United States has been hampered by a lack of intelligence in Iraq. Leading analysts said the U.S. intelligence community has neglected (more…)
JERUSALEM — Al Qaida’s Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant has become a leading instrument by Iran to control the Levant, a report said. The Jerusalem Center for (more…)
WASHINGTON — Iran has retained a major influence on Bahrain, despite the failure of the Shi’ite revolt there, a report said. The American Enterprise Institute reported that Iran has (more…)
After two rounds of historic warm-up talks in March and June — in China and Sweden, respectively — Japan and North Korea have agreed conduct official direct talks on (more…)
CAIRO — Turkey has launched naval cooperation with Sudan, under international sanctions. Officials said Sudan and Turkey have agreed on naval cooperation that would include training and joint exercises. (more…)
TEL AVIV — Israel has unveiled a new variant of what was termed a suicide unmanned aerial vehicle. The state-owned Israel Aerospace Industries has launched marketing of the Harop (more…)
NICOSIA — Iran said it reached an agreement with Russia to build two nuclear power reactors in the Middle East country. The Iranian Atomic Energy Organization said Moscow would (more…)
NICOSIA — Iran and Oman have sustained naval cooperation. On June 16, the Royal Navy of Oman sent a task force to Iran. At least three Omani ships docked (more…)
CAIRO — Libya’s military has concluded that Qatar and Turkey were supporting Al Qaida-aligned militias. Rogue Gen. Khalifa Hafter, who controls much of Libya’s military, has given Qatar and (more…)
