A coordinated attack by an Al-Qaida-linked group and Tuareg rebels was the most serious on Mali's Russian-backed military junta in years. After years of dominance, this puts Moscow on the back foot.
[caption id="attachment_55248097" align="alignnone" width="620"] A picture taken on January 20, 2014 in Montreux shows the place of the Iranian representative in the Syria peace conference (PHILIPPE…
[caption id="attachment_55248056" align="alignnone" width="620"] Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan leaves a debate with Israeli President Shimon Peres called "Gaza: The Case for Middle East…
[caption id="attachment_55248059" align="alignnone" width="620"] Committee ranking member Senator Bob Corker (R-TN) and chairman Senator Robert Menendez (Democrat, New Jersey) listen during a hearing…
[caption id="attachment_55248037" align="alignnone" width="618"] An Egyptian street vendor sells the country's national flag and masks of Egypt's Defense Minister, General Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi, as…
[caption id="attachment_55248008" align="alignnone" width="620"] Yemen's President Abd Rabbuh Mansour Hadi (R) speaks during the closing session of the national dialogue in the Yemeni capital, Sana'a…
[caption id="attachment_55248019" align="alignnone" width="620"] A rebel fighter walks in a street of the northern Syrian city of Aleppo on January 10, 2014. (MOHAMMED WESAM/AFP/Getty Images)[…
[caption id="attachment_55247981" align="alignnone" width="620"] People visit the scene of the attack on the Yemeni defense ministry that took place on December 5, following the funeral of victims of…
[caption id="attachment_55247978" align="alignnone" width="620"] US President Barack Obama speaks before the UN General Assembly to defend his threat of force against Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad…
[caption id="attachment_55247931" align="alignnone" width="620"] An employee works at the Tawke oil field near the town of Zacho, in Iraqi Kurdistan's Dohuk governorate, in this May 2009 file photo. …
[caption id="attachment_55247947" align="alignnone" width="620"] Iranian pedestrians wait to cross the road on December 24, 2013 in Iran. Due to strong air pollution in Tehran odd-even licence plate…
The standoff in the Hormuz is not simply a question of whether Tehran can survive economic pressure, but whether Washington can sustain the pressure at an acceptable cost.
The Strait of Hormuz is now poised to become the primary arena of confrontation, with Iran relying on speedboat-driven guerrilla warfare to confront the US navy.
Former regime soldiers are stuck in limbo, as their undocumented status prevents them from working, travelling, and curbs family members' access to education, healthcare and social services