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Palestinian researchers have concluded that US policy in the Middle East has faded in importance under Barack Obama due to the "heavy and unbearable" burden he inherited from his...

The US Secretary of Defence has given approval for Patriot missiles and F-16 fighter aircraft to be sent to Jordan to take part in military exercises. A source in...

Officials in Jordan have expressed their concerns about Iran's response to any attack on Syria which might be launched from the kingdom's territory. They believe that if Jordan is...

The government in Tehran has warned the United States that an attack on Syria would have "dire" consequences. Analysts expect the US to make some sort of attack on...

Israeli radio has reported Avigdor Lieberman, head of the Committee on Foreign and Security in the Israeli Knesset, saying that Israel "may have no choice" but to get involved...

Jordanian soil will not be used as a launch pad for attacks on Syria, a government spokesman said on Wednesday. The kingdom will remain neutral on Arab issues, as...

Gulf stock markets have suffered sharp declines due to fears of an impending military intervention in Syria. Dubai's share price declined by 7.01 per cent, while Saudi Arabia's share...

Syria's Deputy Foreign Minister Faisal Mekdad threatened to "attack Jordan and Turkey in the event they took part in any American-led military action against Syria." Mekdad said in an...

Iran's new foreign minister has warned that the United States and Western powers will set the Middle East "on fire" if they go ahead with an attack on Syria....

American unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) attacks, purported to be targeting Al-Qaeda operatives, have killed dozens of civilians in Yemen, Human Rights Watch (HRW) revealed on Tuesday. In a detailed...

The Yemeni parliament voted on Sunday evening on a bill that prohibits the use of drone attacks in the country. The vote was taken following an incident on Thursday...

The adviser of the Tunisian government, Nouriddin Al-Bohairi, denied early on Thursday information about the government's intention to give the US permission to build a military base in the...

In response to the Obama Administration's announcement last week that it will be restructuring US military aid to Egypt in light of the ongoing military crackdown, officials in Cairo...

The US will cut five per cent from its annual military aid package to Israel as part of budgetary spending cuts, the Israeli daily Maariv reported on Friday. Prime...

The US House of Representatives Armed Services Committee approved on Monday to grant Israel a $488 million increase in military aid. The additional amount is for the development of...

According to a poll conducted by Gallup research institute, the majority of Americans are against their country's military involvement in Syria. The poll's results, which were published last Friday,...

"Our town was no battlefield. We had no warning – our local police were never asked to make any arrest. My young nephew Waleed was a policeman, before the...

The American Israeli Public Affairs Committee, AIPAC, expressed its full support for U.S. President Barack Obama's decisions on Syria. The committee demanded in a statement, that members of the...

US Secretary of State John Kerry has revealed that three countries in the Middle East have already offered the use of their military bases for military action against Syria....

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...

US Secretary of State John Kerry said on Wednesday that at least ten countries had approved their participation in the proposed American military strike on the Syrian regime. At...

The US Senate Foreign Relations Committee has agreed a draft resolution which authorises President Barack Obama to use military force in Syria. The resolution bars the involvement of ground...

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...

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...

A senior official in the US Department of Defence has predicted that a strong response to Syria's use of chemical weapons will help to deter North Korea from using...

White House officials have conducted secret direct talks with Israel over the claim by Iran's President Hassan Rouhani that his country would never develop nuclear weapons under any circumstances....

The United States said on Tuesday that an Arab lobby to single out Israel over its nuclear arsenal would harm diplomatic efforts to ban weapons of mass destruction (WMD)...

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...