KIRKUK, Iraq (AFP) - The governor of the disputed Iraqi oil province of Kirkuk said on Wednesday it was important for US forces to extend their year-end pullout deadline because of renewed fears of sectarian violence.
Nejmeddine Karim's remarks constituted a rare public show of support for the US military presence in Iraq, which is due to conclude at end of the year, although Americ [...]
JERUSALEM (AFP) - A US-Israeli citizen being held in Egypt on espionage charges is not a spy, Israel's foreign minister Avigdor Lieberman told Israeli military radio on Tuesday.
"I can say categorically that this student, who may have behaved bizarrely and irresponsibly, has no ties with Israeli, American or even lunar intelligence services," Lieberman said.
"This is a mistake or b [...]
LONDON (AFP) - A US student based in Scotland apologised on Monday for writing the fake "Gay Girl in Damascus" blog, saying he feared the hoax could harm the efforts of real-life opponents of the Syrian regime.
Tom MacMaster, a bearded 40-year-old Edinburgh University masters student and Middle East activist, confessed that he was "Amina Abdallah Arraf", supposedly a Syrian lesbian [...]
BAGHDAD (AFP) - Iraqi authorities have asked for a US congressman to leave the country after he called for Baghdad to repay part of the money spent by Washington since the 2003 invasion, a spokesman said on Saturday.
Republican representative Dana Rohrabacher's remarks at a news conference in Baghdad stood in stark contrast to those by senior American officials, who have pressed Ira [...]
DAMASCUS (AFP) - Harrowing eyewitness accounts mounted on Saturday after Syrian forces backed by helicopter gunships killed at least 25 protesters, prompting the US to toughen its stance on President Bashar al-Assad.
As the turmoil neared the three-month mark, the international outcry grew over Assad's use of deadly force against his own people, with protests planned in more than a [...]
BAGHDAD (AFP) - A Shiite militant group that Washington alleges is sponsored by neighbouring Iran claimed responsibility Friday for this week's rocket attack that killed five American soldiers in Iraq.
Ketaib Hezbollah said in a statement posted on its website said it was behind Monday's bombing in the Baladiyat district in eastern Baghdad.
"The occupiers are still staining our soi [...]
BAGHDAD (AFP) - A US congressman called on Friday for Iraq to repay a portion of the "mega-dollars" that Washington has spent since the overthrow of Saddam Hussein in 2003, at a news conference in Baghdad.
Republican representative Dana Rohrabacher's remarks stand in stark contrast to those by senior American officials, including most recently CIA chief Leon Panetta, who has said th [...]
DAMASCUS (AFP) - Syrian security forces launched a long-feared crackdown in a flashpoint town on Friday and killed at least 22 pro-democracy demonstrators nationwide, as Turkey accused the regime of atrocities and the US slammed the "slaughter of innocent lives."
"Army units have started their mission to control Jisr al-Shughur and neighbouring villages and arrest the armed gangs," [...]
WASHINGTON (AFP) - Iraq's leaders are likely to ask US forces to remain past a December 31 deadline for withdrawal and the United States should seriously consider the request, CIA chief Leon Panetta said Thursday.
"I have every confidence that a request like that is something that I think will be forthcoming at some point," said Panetta, President Barack Obama's nominee to succeed o [...]
NEW YORK (AFP) - The United States has stepped up its attacks on militant suspects in Yemen with armed drones and fighter jets, according to a US media report, amid a perilous power vacuum in the troubled country.
The accelerated attacks have been taking place over the past few weeks, The New York Times reported late Wednesday, citing US officials, and come as the government in Sana [...]
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