CAIRO — The Muslim Brotherhood has raised its political profile in Egypt. The Brotherhood, banned by Egypt for nearly 60 years, said it would openly campaign for parliament in (more…)
BACKGROUNDER U.S. intel: Evidence at bin Laden compound points to contacts by ISI Gates warns against drastic military cuts as in ‘1970s and the 1990s’ Embassy cable from Pakistan (more…)
TEL AVIV — Israel’s military has warned that a strategic change has taken place in the Middle East. The military has assessed that Israel has come under greater threat (more…)
BACKGROUNDER Bin Laden hit linked to 2010 capture of Ahmad Siddiqui in Afghanistan More Obama defense cuts seen with shuffle of national security chiefs Cable: U.S. worried Iran would (more…)
TEL AVIV — The Israeli intelligence community has determined that Hamas is divided over the revolt in Syria. A report by an Israeli intelligence agency asserted that Hamas has (more…)
BACKGROUNDER Moscow seeks shared operations of missile defense, plans new ICBM Cable warned of sabotage by Islamist employees in Saudis’ Aramco New legislation would require cyber threats to be (more…)
WASHINGTON — Crown Prince Sultan, reported to suffer from Alzheimer’s disease, has been thrust into another attempt to become the next king of Saudi Arabia. Western diplomats and analysts (more…)
Security sources said the Salafists appeared immediately after the ouster of Mubarak in early February and have been increasingly strident in their demands for an Islamic state. The rise (more…)
