As the so-called Arab Spring enters its sixth month, it appears to have run into seriously wintry headwinds. While some observers in Washington have blamed Saudi Arabia and its neighboring Sunni-led sheikhdoms as a major source of the icy winds that are blasting...
CAIRO - Rights groups have condemned the indiscriminate attacks on residential areas in Misrata, that have worsened an already dire situation. Libya’s third-largest city Misrata has been a major battleground between pro and anti-Gadhafi forces to secure control over...
Even though the Iraqi government has been insisting, clearly, that it no longer needs U.S. troops in Iraq, the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Admiral Michael Mullen, warned the country's leaders that they must soon decide if U.S. troops will remain after the...
CAIRO - In mid-March, Egypt's transitional government formally dissolved the hated State Security Investigations (SSI) apparatus, meeting a longstanding demand of the opposition. But in the month since, authorities have remained tight- lipped about the SSI's planned...
