Secretary of State calls for overhaul of Syria's opposition leadership, signaling a more active stance by the U.S. in attempts to form a credible political opposition to Assad.
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A shell fired from inside Syria landed on a home in a Turkish village, killing a woman, her three daughters and another woman, and wounding at least 10 others.
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Obama administration has demanded the group, Mujahedeen-e-Khalq, leave its paramilitary base in Iraq in return for its removal from list of foreign terrorist organizations.
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Federal agents look into possible probation violation by California man while making anti-Islam video.
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This week, as the divisiveness among Israel's top leaders was revealed in full, the squabbling between Prime Minister Netanyahu and the U.S. administration - which he hopes will not remain in the White House after November - also reached new levels.
by Yossi Verter 16 comments
Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood calls for demonstrations after Friday prayers, as do authorities in Iran and the Gaza Strip.
by The Associated Press 1 commentsThe time has come, Clinton made it clear, for Israel to internalize the fact that the United States also has an independent policy, its own interests and timetable, which, amazingly, are not decided in Jerusalem.
by Zvi Bar'el 2 comments
Secretary of state says that while Washington shares Jerusalem's concern over Islamic Republic's nuclear program, the Obama administration still believes 'negotiations are by far the best approach.'
by Barak Ravid and Reuters 51 comments
Obama administration hopes to increase pressure on Assad at the upcoming United Nations General Assembly session, but previous resolutions were blocked by Russia and China.
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Secretary of State Clinton welcomed the appointment.
by Natasha Mozgovaya and Reuters 0 comments
Clinton: 'We can begin planning for the day after the Assad regime falls.'
by Natasha Mozgovaya and DPA 3 comments
Earlier this week, Syrian Prime Minister Riad Hijab defected to Jordan.
by Eli Ashkenazi, Avi Issacharoff and Natasha Mozgovaya 0 comments
Families of Munich massacre victims raise ante in fight for minute of silence.
by Uzi Dann 2 comments
Al-Tel fell into rebel hands last week along with several districts in the capital and on its outskirts after a bomb killed four of President Bashar Assad's top lieutenants.
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Speaking at Washington conference, U.S. secretary of state says that world must reject Holocaust glorification, make clear that violence, bigotry 'will not be tolerated.'
by Natasha Mozgovaya 4 comments
