Why time is running out for the old guard of the Middle East war
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The intifada has raged for five years but achieved nothing, while evictions threaten Israelâs very existence. Now forces are gathering to remove Arafat and Sharon.
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Without Yasser Arafat, the individual who has dominated Palestinian politics for the past 36 years, the Middle East may be entering the political equivalent of the &quot;perfect storm.
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In the history of U.S. foreign policy, there's been nothing like it: a panel outside government trying to bail the United States out of a prolonged and messy war.
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One of the latest tools being deployed in the war in Iraq and Afghanistan seems to be old-fashioned. Think weather balloons or blimps.
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Viewpoint: The Bush Administration appears unable to play Washington's traditional crisis-management role in the Middle East. That may be because it doesn't talk to Israel's enemies
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British Prime Minister Tony Blair is attempting to win back political support by recalibrating his policy in the Middle East, but it is likely to prove too late to save his job.
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Concerns are growing that high-precision equipment in Iraq that could be used to make nuclear weapons has been &quot;systematically&quot; disappearing
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Time is running out for rival Lebanese factions to resolve their worst political dispute since Lebanon's 1975-1990 civil war, Arab League Secretary General Amr Moussa said on Wednesday.
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Analysis: Past U.N. plans to pacify the country haven't worked. Why it's  unlikely the latest ceasefire resolution can do it either
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Don't expect one, says Robert Baer. Tehran's Revolutionary Guard Corps is too secretive to be tied directly to Iraq
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Israel&#39;s Prime Minister Ariel Sharon&#39;s recent decisions rather than advancing the peace process will probably contribute to stall it even further.
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B y the time Sen. Johnny Isakson (R-Ga.) took his turn early yesterday afternoon, Gen. David H. Petraeus and Ambassador Ryan C. Crocker had been seated at the witness table for well over three hours. Most members of the Foreign Relations Committee had already left for lunch. Even the war protesters...
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The fall of one of the Palestinian territoryâs top security installations is more than just symbolic. What it means for Fatah, Israel and the United States.
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[India News]: New Delhi, Dec 6 : Palestine&#39;s envoy to India Monday warned the world community that time was running out in the Middle East crisis and a solution has to be found at the earliest.
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ADELPHI, Md. - It will take three to five years before Iraq's government is stable enough to operate on its own, according to the former commander of US forces in the Middle East, who said the surge of American forces has not solved the country's broader problems.
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he mystery is not that newspapers, television and news agencies want to look into George W. Bush&#39;s National Guard record--but rather why they have not done much more about it earlier.
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It is now nearly 60 years since Britain shed the thankless burden of ruling the Holy Land - and rarely since then have hopes been so high that the former mandatory power can do something useful to help to bring Arabs and Jews closer to peace.