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Overview of Middle East Crackdowns and the (Varying) US Responses to Each
February 23 by Pro Publicaby Marian Wang ProPublica As protests—and crackdowns—have been rippling through the Middle East, the U.S. response has varied by country. For instance, while the Obama admin...
US State Department evacuates American citizens in Egypt
February 02 by US Department of StateAs Assistant Secretary of State for Consular Affairs, I want to take this opportunity to provide an update on actions the State Department is taking to ensure the welfare and safety of U.S. citizens...
Muslim Brotherhood: Radical Islamists Or Reluctant Democrats?
February 01 by Radio Free Europe Radio LibertyBy Robert Tait For more than 30 years, the specter of the Iranian Revolution, with the overthrow of a strategically vital and friendly government by fundamentalist Islamists, has stalked Western...
US State Department calls for Egpyt to control violence
January 31 by US Department of StateInterview Hillary Rodham Clinton Secretary of State Washington, DC January 30, 2011 QUESTION: Perhaps no one is watching this situation more closely than Secretary of State Hillary Clin...
Success in Tunisian Unity Government Talks
January 18 by Laurent RathbornAfter a tense 48-hour period over the weekend which saw Tunisia go through three successive heads of state, an agreement has been reached to form an interim government of national unity. In such a c...
US troops forced to help out Iraqis in Baghdad firefight
September 06 by Defence IQPublished: 10:22AM BST 06 Sep 2010 Days after the US officially ended combat operations and touted Iraq's ability to defend itself, American troops found themselves battling heavily armed mili...