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Analysts surprised by alleged Al Qaeda in Iran tie in Canada plot
Police in Canada said Monday that two men suspected of plotting to derail a passenger train were guided by Al Qaeda elements in Iran, but the statement surprised many experts who study terrorism in the Middle East and Iran. “It frankly doesn&...
Tags: Pakistan, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Terrorism, Iran, U.S. Department of the Treasury
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Kerry to host Afghan, Pakistani leaders for talks
BRUSSELS -- Secretary of State John F. Kerry is to host a meeting of top Afghan and Pakistani leaders here this week in hopes of breathing new life into flagging Afghan peace efforts. The meeting set for Wednesday is to bring together Afghan President...
Tags: John Kerry, Pakistan, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Kabul (Afghanistan), Hamid Karzai
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Hagel vows solidarity with Israel at start of Mideast trip
JERUSALEM -- Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel arrived in Israel on Sunday to begin a weeklong tour of the Middle East as the region grapples with the worsening civil war in Syria and the stubborn nuclear threat from Iran. Making his first visit to the...
Tags: Manufacturing and Engineering, Judaism, U.S. Congress, Chuck Hagel, Saudi Arabia
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The Week Ahead: Baiting Iran, briefing Brussels, a call to Brunei
Azerbaijan taunting Iran with Azerbaijani confab, Israel visit Through Tuesday, April 23 — Azerbaijan has sent its foreign minister to Israel this week for the first time since the former Soviet republic re-embraced its Islamic heritage 22 years...
Tags: Baku (Azerbaijan), China, White House, Imperial and Royal Matters, Brunei
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Syria rebel coalition slams backers for failing to stop attacks
ISTANBUL, Turkey — Divisions between Syrian rebels and their foreign supporters came into focus Saturday as a leading opposition group demanded international military action — including drone strikes — to halt missile attacks and alleged...
Tags: John Kerry, Military Equipment, United Nations, Wars and Interventions, Weaponry
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Step toward possible military intervention in Syria
WASHINGTON — The Pentagon is sending about 200 troops to Jordan, the vanguard of a potential U.S. military force of 20,000 or more that could be deployed if the Obama administration decides to intervene in Syria to secure chemical weapons arsenals...
Tags: Hillary Clinton, U.S. Congress, White House, Chuck Hagel, Saudi Arabia
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Britain and France suggest possible chemical weapons use by Syria
WASHINGTON -- The British and French governments have asked the United Nations to investigate what they believe is credible evidence that the Syrian regime has used small amounts of chemical weapons in recent months, officials said. The evidence,...
Tags: Biological and Chemical Weapons, Pakistan, Armed Forces, Unrest, Conflicts and War, France
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Britain, France press for U.N. inquiry on Syria chemical arms use
WASHINGTON — The British and French governments have asked the United Nations to investigate what they believe is credible evidence that the Syrian regime has used small amounts of chemical weapons in recent months, officials said Thursday. The...Tags: United Kingdom, United Nations, Wars and Interventions, Politics, Chuck Hagel
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Syria's Bashar Assad warns 'terrorism' will come back to West
BEIRUT — Syrian President Bashar Assad warned in a television interview Wednesday that the war against his government risked spreading to neighboring Jordan and predicted that rebel fighters, whom he described as Islamic extremists, would later take...
Tags: Religious Conflicts, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Terrorism, Wars and Interventions, Al-Qaeda
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Syria amnesty could free up to 7,000 inmates
BEIRUT — Syrian President Bashar Assad issued an order Tuesday freeing up to 7,000 prison inmates, but it was not clear whether the decree would apply to any of those jailed for participation in the rebellion that is seeking to overthrow his regime....
Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Wars and Interventions, Politics, Criminal Laws, Unrest, Conflicts and War
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Syrian opposition begins rewriting history in textbooks
ANTAKYA, Turkey — In newly printed textbooks at dozens of Syrian refugee schools, a small piece of Middle East geography has been amended. Seventy-five years ago, Turkey annexed the northern Syrian territory of Hatay against the will of Syria, but...
Tags: Jihad, Culture, Wars and Interventions, Politics, Sociology
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COLUMN: Inching closer to entanglement in Syria
The White House finally made it official last week: Yes, the civil war in Syria is a slippery slope, and yes, we’re on it. Nobody in the Obama administration actually used those words, of course. But if you paid attention to what officials said,...Tags: Jay Carney, Wars and Interventions, John McCain, White House, Saudi Arabia
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