German FM urges US to engage in nuclear dialogue with Iran
German Foreign Minister Sigmar Gabriel has called on the United States to engage in dialogue with Iran over its nuclear program amid growing concerns about…
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Turkey accuses US of hypocrisy as it joins Russia for further military action in Syria
Recep Tayyip Erdogan said his nation was ready with Russia to send more troops because it was the only way to defeat Isis and Kurdish…
Netanyahu versus Israel
A quiet war is being waged in Israel. No firearms are employed, even though the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) are involved. And none of Israel’s…
Trump to weigh more aggressive US strategy on Iran, sources say
President Donald Trump is weighing a strategy that calls for more aggressive U.S. responses to Iran’s forces, its Shi’ite Muslim proxies in Iraq and Syria, and its support for militant groups, according to five…
Iranian military vessel ‘confronts US warship in the Gulf’ as tensions rise
An Iranian military ship has reportedly confronted an American warship in the Gulf, warning it off Iranian territory following increased tensions between the two nations….
The Art of Renegotiating the Iran Nuclear Deal
Since Donald Trump assumed the presidency, European allies have worried he will fulfill his campaign promise and pull the U.S. out of the Iran nuclear…
Israel Has a Playbook for Dealing With North Korea
Israel and North Korea are on opposite sides of the Asian landmass, separated by 5,000 miles as the ICBM flies. But Israelis feels close to…
Iran, and a diplomacy deficit
The multipronged tensions in the Middle East have disturbing echoes of the immediate post 9/11 period. After the attacks that day in New York and…
Iran rejects US demand for UN inspectors to visit military bases
Iran has dismissed a U.S. demand for United Nations nuclear inspectors to visit its military bases as “merely a dream”. It also said the International…
From Kabul to Baghdad, My Bird’s-Eye View
I just spent eight days traveling with the Air Force to all of its key forward bases in Afghanistan, Iraq, Kuwait, Qatar and the United…