Syria™s solidarity with Islamists ends at home

US weighs tough choice over aid for Lebanon

Cinders of Lebanon

Hariri tribunal takes Lebanon closer to crisis

Iraqi cleric meets with PM candidate in Syria

Syria bans face veils at universities

Syria slammed on human rights

Syria – School ban on all-covering veil raises nary a peep among activists in the Middle East

Somalia’s al-Shabab wants to join terror’s big league

Bolivia’s triborder zone a haven for terror funding

Six detainees would rather stay at Guantanamo Bay than be returned to Algeria

Islamist preacher warns France against banning the burka

Syria courts Latin America for oil, trade, and expats

Somali pirate cook saves hostages, then disappears

US deploys tech firms to win Syrian allies

Saudi Arabia gives Israel clear skies to attack Iranian nuclear sites

Mideast – Aid ship had ‘two terrorists aboard’

A new Middle East triangle?

Al-Jazeera presenters quit over ‘modesty’ dress comments

North Korea ‘is exporting nuclear technology’

Syria accused of arming Hezbollah from secret bases

Hezbollah entrenched in Lebanon years after Israel left

Syria defies Western pressure over Hezbollah

The US and Israel’s defense secretaries accused Syria of arming Hezbollah with advanced missiles that can strike deep into Israel. But Israel’s defense minister said his country does not “intend to provoke any kind of major collision in Lebanon, or vis-a-vis Syria….”

Manaf Abdulrehim al Rawi had been appointed the emir of the Iraqi capital in 2008 by the recently slain leader of the Islamic State of Iraq. Rawi’s detention several weeks ago helped lead to the deaths of al Qaeda’s top two leaders in Iraq, Abu Ayyub al Masri and Abu Omar al Baghdadi.

Israel warns Syria over Hezbollah attacks

Syria: a new level of threat

Burma – The next nuclear nightmare

Syria gave Scuds to Hezbollah, US says
