The much anticipated US military strike against Syria is overwhelming American political and media rhetoric in an unprecedented way, perhaps even surpassing the frenzied atmosphere during the lead up...

President Barack Obama's decision to delay the US offensive against Syria opened the window for negotiating a non-military solution to the issue of chemical weapons, a step that worried...

Britain's Stop the War Coalition held a demonstration in Central London on Saturday attended by thousands of people from across the country. A spokesperson said that the effectiveness of...

Israeli security services are suggesting that Barack Obama could initiate a strike against Syria to punish the regime for its use of chemical weapons against civilians in Ghoutah last...

Former US envoy to the Middle East Dennis Ross wrote in an opinion article published by the Washington Post on 9 September that the price of cancelling the military...

According to US President Barack Obama, the US is training Syrian opposition fighters in Jordan. In the past, the Jordanian government has refuted several media reports which suggested the...

Israeli officials are expecting that US President Barack Obama will get Congressional approval for a military strike on Syria next week when the Congress reconvenes. Israeli media reports said...

UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon said, on Tuesday, that the use of force was illegal unless it was for self-defence or authorised by the UN Security Council. Analysts said...

Egyptian Foreign Minister Nabil Fahmy has described US President Barack Obama's remarks to the UN General Assembly about Egypt as "positive" and reflective of "an objective treatment of the...

The US administration has announced that President Barack Obama is planning to meet Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas on Tuesday. Spokesman Ben Rhodes said that the meeting will be...

Barack Obama has revealed that he has exchanged letters with the new Iranian president, Hassan Rouhani. The US president told ABC news that the diplomatic efforts to resolve the...

The American news network CNN said on Tuesday that the White House is planning to cut military aid to Egypt soon because of civil rights violations in the country....

Deputy spokesperson of the US Department of State Marie Harf said on Wednesday that US military aid to Israel might be affected if closures of federal institutions continue. "The...

A New York Times editorial has criticised Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's speech before the UN General Assembly and the threats of war he made against Iran. The newspaper...

VIDEO The Obama administration's recent decision to suspend selected US military aid to Egypt after the Egyptian army's brutal crackdown against peaceful anti-coup protesters has raised the ire of...

The Obama administration has expressed regrets over Israel's decision to accelerate settlement construction in East Jerusalem, stating that it has never condoned Israeli settlement activity. According to spokesperson Jen...

Iraq's Prime Minister is in Washington for meetings with the administration about the crisis in Syria and other issues. Having met Vice President Joe Biden and Defence Secretary Chuck...

US lawmakers acknowledged on Tuesday that they were unlikely to impose new sanctions on Iran after yet another appeal by US President Barack Obama to postpone the vote on...

A number of senior members of the US Congress have expressed their anger at the Obama Administration's strong pleas to postpone imposing new sanctions on Iran, highlighting how tough...

Lawmakers in the US Congress reached an agreement on Monday in both the House and the Senate on the proposed federal budget for 2014, which would allocate $520.5 billion...

Chief Palestinian negotiator Saeb Erekat revealed on Friday that the US president Barack Obama considers the Palestinian Authority's (PA) application to the UN for non-member state as crossing all...

A US newspaper has said that the American president Barack Obama has called for the Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to stop candidly rebuking the temporary deal over Iran's...

Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu, who is currently in the southeastern province of Kahramanmaras to hold a series of talks, replied to questions of reporters on the latest news...

Turkey's Foreign Minister, Ahmet Davutoglu, has stated that the apology made by Israel's Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, to his Turkish counterpart, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, over Israel's attack on the...

British and French officials have told the UN Secretary-General they have reliable evidence the Syrian regime used chemical weapons in several cities in Syria. The Washington Post reported that...

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Monday that Russia and Syria are calling for the US to concentrate its efforts on holding a peace conference, urging the US...

Iran and the world powers have reached a deal in Geneva on Tehran's nuclear program; Iran's Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif confirmed. A senior US official said according to...

Historically the US political and media mainstream has often dismissed those who are critical of Israeli policies as anti-Semitic, making it difficult for solidarity activists, including Jewish Americans, to...

When Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu came to Washington two years ago, the US Congress gave him 29 standing ovations, four more than they had given to President Obama...

This year marks the 100th anniversary of the founding of the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) and to celebrate the organisation has been holding a series of high profile events across...

Ever since the 3 July military coup that ousted Egypt's first democratically elected government, the world has stood back to witness the Egyptian authorities' brazen attempt to cleanse an...

Of all the stupid justifications given for the American plan to bomb Syria, this week I read the stupidest one yet in a Guardian column. Probably the most common...