WASHINGTON — The U.S. intelligence community has determined that President Bashar Assad ordered his military to use chemical weapons to end a stalemate with Sunni rebels around Damascus. If (more…)
ANKARA — Turkish Prime Minister Recep Erdogan, deemed the closest ally of President Barack Obama, has been moving away from the United States. Erdogan has become increasingly critical of (more…)
WASHINGTON — U.S. prosecutors, aided by Saudi Arabia, have determined that Americans were assisting an Al Qaida militia in Syria. Federal prosecutors have indicted two people on charges of (more…)
WASHINGTON — Egypt’s new military ruler envisions his country as an Islamist dictatorship, a report said. A leading U.S. analyst said Defense Minister Abdul Fatah Sisi, contrary to his (more…)
WASHINGTON — Egypt’s military, despite a year of Muslim Brotherhood rule, has retained its economic empire, a report said. The Middle East Media and Research Institute determined that Egypt’s (more…)
LONDON — Jordan, long regarded as one of the most stable regimes in the Middle East, has lost control over much of its territory. Western intelligence sources asserted that (more…)
TEL AVIV — Israel, forced to make massive budget cuts, envisions a streamlined military based on unmanned and standoff capabilities. Officials said the military would be transformed into a (more…)
ANKARA — Prime Minister Recep Erdogan, alarmed by the military coup in Egypt, was said to fear a similar scenario in Turkey. Diplomatic sources said Erdogan was the only (more…)
TEL AVIV — The government of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has been torn over a power struggle regarding responsibility for Israel’s strategic affairs. Israeli sources said the struggle has (more…)
