Secretary of State John Kerry will brief Senators tomorrow on the administration’s efforts to secure an interim agreement with Iran regarding Tehran’s nuclear program, which this weekend floundered after Iran reportedly refused to yield on demands that global powers recognize its “right” to enrich uranium. Senators have indicated that they will...

The Syrian Opposition Coalition – the main opposition group backed by the West in the now almost three year old conflict – agreed yesterday to join troubled and oft-delayed peace talks to be held in Geneva. They just have a couple of conditions: Although the Syrian Opposition Coalition’s announcement was...

The Christian Science Monitor reports on efforts being made across the Middle East in general – and Egypt in particular – to push back against Islamist violence targeting them and their communities. A recent massacre during a Coptic wedding refocused attention on the subject, but southern Egypt had in fact...

The Associated Press reported over the weekend that widespread power outages throughout the Hamas-controlled Gaza Strip were the result of “political infighting” between rival Palestinian groups, which had in turn led to a fuel shortage, which had in turn negatively impacted the territory’s only power plant. A Hamas spokesman echoed...

Four Hezbollah members were recently killed in Syria “while carrying out their sacred Jihadist duty,” according to claims posted Saturday to a website aligned with the Iran-backed terror group.The declarations come amid reports that Hezbollah is taking the lead in organizing what is expected to be a massive campaign on...

The BBC yesterday posted quotes from Iranian Foreign Minister Mohamed Javad Zarif describing sectarian strife between Sunnis and Shiites as – per the outlet – “probably the most serious threat to world security.” Zarif’s assessments come a week after the BBC posted footage captured from an Iranian cameraman who had...

The United States Commission on International Religious Freedom had already last May identified Iran a as “tier 1 country of particular concern,” citing among other things the case of American pastor Saeed Abedini, a Christian leader who had already been imprisoned over 200 days. News began to emerge over the...

Bloomberg reported this morning that there is renewed bipartisan momentum in the Senate to increase pressure on Iran, after the Islamic republic on Saturday refused to accept an interim agreement on its nuclear program because the deal didn’t include a Western statement recognizing that Iran has a “right” to enrich...

Observers and scientists spent a second day mocking media coverage – including headlines and copy printed in some of the world’s top outlets – suggesting that there is even a possibility that Swiss scientists had detected evidence of polonium-210 poisoning by studying the remains of former Palestinian President Yasser Arafat. This week...

Egyptian Foreign Minister Nabil Fahmy announced on Friday that the Freedom and Justice Party, the political wing of the Muslim Brotherhood, would be allowed to take part in upcoming parliamentary elections in the country. The announcement comes less than a year Egypt’s Brotherhood-lined former president Mohammed Morsi was removed from power by...