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The American foreign policy elite should learn something from the recent humiliating evacuation of the U.S. embassy in Tripoli, Libya—amid the chaos of tribal civil war in that country—but probably won’t. Since World War II, this bipartisan elite has thumbed its nose at the traditional U.S. foreign policy of strategic independence and military restraint overseas, […]
The United States confirmed it had restocked Israel’s supplies of ammunition, hours after finally sharpening its tone to condemn an attack on a United Nations school in Gaza that killed 16 people sheltering there. Israeli airstrikes and shelling continued overnight and into the morning leaving 27 Gazans dead and dozens injured, bringing the 24-day death […]
By Hassan al-Obaidi After unilaterally declaring a “caliphate,” the “Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant” (ISIL) began systematically assassinating the leaders and fighters of its former allies who had initially fought alongside the group in Mosul but later refused to merge with ISIL or to pledge allegiance to its self-appointed caliph, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, […]
A senior Iranian nuclear negotiator has dismissed allegations of Iran’s consent to scale down its uranium enrichment program. “Any agreement about Arak or Fordow nuclear facilities is denied. No agreement has so far been reached about the issues under discussion [with six world powers], including these two sites, and the differences still remain,” Abbas Araqchi, […]
Yemen has repatriated eight Saudis wanted for suspected links with Al-Qaeda in the second handover of its kind since February, said Interior Ministry spokesman Mansour Al-Turki on Thursday. “The Kingdom has received eight Saudis wanted for joining Al-Qaeda in Yemen,” he said. “The move comes as part of joint security operations between the two countries […]
By Mawassi Lahcen After failing to attract al-Qaeda in Islamic Maghreb (AQIM), the group formerly known as the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) is now trying to gain the support of Libya’s Ansar al-Sharia. An ISIS supporter recently endorsed the terror group on a global jihadist forum. On July 23rd, the militant urged […]
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