In his first public appearance since 2008, Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah vowed to stand by Bashar al-Assad, saying "From the very beginning, we have made it clear that we stand by the (Syrian) regime, a regime of resistance." Nasrallah also ...

At an event sponsored by the Project on Middle East Democracy and the School of Advanced International Studies, Senator Ron Wyden (D-OR) gave a speech addressing the role of the United States in relation to ongoing unrest in ...

Josh Rogin has reported that Secretary of State Hillary Clinton will host a meeting of a "panel made up of outside experts that will advise Clinton ... on the top priorities facing the State Department." Brookings Institution President Strobe Talbott will chair the ...

Violence has escalated in Syria ahead of another Arab League deadline, leaving 35 people dead. The Arab League threatened further sanctions if Syria did not accept international human rights observers into the country, and gave Syria until Sunday ...

Yemen's prime minister-designate, Mohammed Basindawa is expected to announce the formation of a national unity government, as it "will be formed within the next couple of days, and if they do it today it is even better," Michele Cervone d'Urso, ...

Abdelilah Benkirane, Morocco's new PM, has stated, "There will be no change to the kingdom's long-standing alliances with Western powers." The prime minister iterated that it is "unthinkable" to reconsider Morocco's historic alliances with the West, which are based on ...

Jordan's new Prime Minister Awn Khasawneh won a vote of confidence from parliament Thursday following days of discussion regarding his government and policies. The vote tallied "89-25, with three abstentions and two MPs absent from the 120-seat lower ...

As Egyptians flocked to the polls on Tuesday, the Freedom and Justice Party, the Muslim Brotherhood's affiliate, claimed the lead in the first stage of parliamentary elections. State television reported that the peaceful polls had a high voter turnout, ...

Today Turkey's Foreign Minister announced that Turkey would "suspend all financial dealings with Syria and freeze the assets of Bashar al-Assad's government as part of sanctions against its former ally." The sanctions are designed to target the Syrian leadership ...

Herman Cain has released his "Vision for Foreign Policy and National Security," detailing his assessment of "key country relations" throughout the globe. He comments on several Middle Eastern countries, including Libya, Iraq, Iran, Israel, Egypt, ...

Lebanon's Prime Minsiter Najib Mikati said he transferred funding to the U.N. backed court investigating the assisnation of former PM Rafik Hariri. The $36 million of required funding for the Netherlands-based court was made on Wednesday, as Mikati stated  “it ...

After the resignation of Kuwaiti Prime Minister Sheikh Nasser Al Mohammad Al-Sabah, it has been reported that outgoing Defense Minister Sheikh Jaber Al-Mubarak Al-Sabah is likely to assume the position. There was speculation that ...

U.S. Vice President Joe Biden arrived in Iraq on Tuesday to mark the end of the Iraq War a month from now. The White House noted in a statement that the purpose of his trip is to deepen ...

According to Radio Zamaneh, prison authorities have agreed to keep political prisoners in a separate ward after a six-day hunger strike. Four of the prisoners, including Mohammad Moradi, Vali Doroodi, Ali Salehi and Omar Emami, are suspected to have participated in a Kurdish political party and ...

Libya's new leaders admitted on Tuesday that some prisoners held by the revolutionary forces were subjected to abuse, but they insisted that it was not pervasive. This comes as the U.N. released a report detailing mistreatment of ...

A Bahraini court has postponed the trial of 61 athletes and sports officials charged with illegal assembly and inciting hatred against Bahrain’s monarchy. Defense attorney Mohsen al-Alawi said the hearing was rescheduled for January4 because most of ...

As violence escalates in Syria with reports documenting mass atrocities, international pressure has mounted on Syria to end its violent crackdown on demonstrators. The U.S. and E.U. called on the Syrian government to  “end violence immediately" and to ...

U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon commended "the peaceful staging of legislative elections in Morocco," while calling for the incoming government to respond to the aspirations of all Moroccans. He lauded the conduct of the polls and encouraged the new government to ...

Writing in The Guardian, Hayder al-Khoei asserts that recent violence in Saudi Arabia's eastern city of Qatif  have "been overlooked by major western media outlets such as the BBC and CNN," as well as major Arab news outlets, and ...