[caption id="attachment_55233558" align="alignleft" width="620"] A US Marine watches as an Osprey carrying US Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta arrives March 14, 2012 at Forward Operating Base…

[caption id="attachment_55233544" align="aligncenter" width="620"] Egyptian Prime Minister Hisham Qandil gestures as he gives a press conference on August 08, 2012 in Cairo[/caption]Not much is known…

[caption id="attachment_55233506" align="aligncenter" width="620"] George W. Bush (R) and Hosni Mubarak shake hands at Bush's Texas ranch, 12 April 2004[/caption]If history is indeed written by the…

[caption id="attachment_55233497" align="aligncenter" width="620"] A Kurdish man holds up a flag of the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK)[/caption]Half way up the main staircase in the governor’s office…

[caption id="attachment_55233384" align="aligncenter" width="620"] Israeli soldiers inspect a burnt armored vehicle near the Kerem Shalom border crossing after unidentified gunmen crossed into Israel…

[caption id="attachment_55233377" align="aligncenter" width="620"] Marines from Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron 165 arrive home from a seven month deployment December 17, 2010 at Miramar Marine…

[caption id="attachment_55233340" align="aligncenter" width="620"] Syrian Kurds hold their rifles, as they flash the sign for victory, in the Kurdish town of Jinderes, near the northern Syrian city…

[caption id="attachment_55233327" align="aligncenter" width="620"] Secular Turks as well as conservatives have been critical of Erdogan's plans for a mosque overlooking Istanbul[/caption]When the…

[caption id="attachment_55233302" align="alignnone" width="567"] Riad Kahwajie [/caption] Following Iran’s downing of a US spy drone in December 2011, the danger of a ‘drone war’ between Iran and the…

[caption id="attachment_55233295" align="alignnone" width="620"] Sharron Ward [/caption] The detainment last week of New Zealand filmmaker, Sharon Ward, by Libyan security personnel is one example of…