Topic: Middle East

US shows doubt over monitoring in Syria

The Obama administration expressed doubt Monday that Syria was genuine in its promise to allow Arab observers to monitor a deal to end a nine-month protest crackdown that has killed over 5,000 people."A signature on a piece of paper from a regime ...

Romney sees long, bitter nominating fight ahead

Mitt Romney geared up Monday for a long and bitter fight for the Republican presidential nomination even as he attacked current frontrunner Newt Gingrich as "unreliable" and "zany."With the first Republican nominating contest a little over two weeks away in Iowa, Romney ...

Obama, pushing back at Republicans, defends Israel

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama assured Jewish voters on Friday he remains committed to Israel's security and a two-state solution with the Palestinians as he defended himself against attacks on his policy from Republican presidential challengers.Obama, who has been criticized by ...

Obama, pushing back at Republicans, vows support for Israel

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama assured Jewish voters on Friday he remains committed to Israel's security and a two-state solution with the Palestinians as he defended himself against attacks on his policy from Republican presidential challengers.Obama, who has been criticized by ...

Veterans to tout Obama's record as military leader

CHICAGO (Reuters) - As the war in Iraq draws to a close, U.S. President Barack Obama's re-election campaign has quietly enlisted an army of veterans to urge other military men and women to vote for him in November.The Obama campaign has built ...

House votes sanctions on Iran, North Korea, Syria

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. House of Representatives passed legislation on Wednesday that would expand sanctions on Iran, cracking down on a wider range of energy issues and closing some loopholes in existing energy and financial sanctions.Some senators in both parties are ...

House passes bill to expand sanctions on Iran

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. House of Representatives passed legislation on Wednesday that would expand sanctions on Iran, cracking down on a wider range of energy issues and closing some loopholes in existing energy and financial sanctions.Some senators in both parties are ...

Senate pushes to hurry up Afghanistan pullout

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Senate voted on Wednesday to require President Barack Obama to devise a plan for expediting the pullout of U.S. troops from Afghanistan, signaling growing impatience in Congress.Obama in June called for about a third of U.S. forces, or ...

Iran daily closed over Ahmadinejad aide interview

TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iranian authorities shut down a reformist newspaper on Sunday after it published a scathing attack by an aide to Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on the president's rival conservatives, the latest sign of a split in the highest echelons of the Islamic ...

White House repeats Syria's Assad has lost legitimacy

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The White House repeated on Thursday that Syrian President Bashar al-Assad had lost his legitimacy to rule.President Barack Obama said earlier that Muammar Gaddafi's death showed that "the rule of an iron fist inevitably comes to an end."Asked whether ...
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