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Obama’s hesitation in Syria: The red line that never was

Robert Ford, the US ambassador to Syria under Obama, gives a behind-the-scenes account of the run-up and aftermath of the former US president's infamous red line over chemical weapons attacks in Syria

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A supporter hands out signs ahead of Democratic candidate for Governor and Pennsylvania Attorney General Josh Shapiro's "Big Fights Bus Tour" stop, in Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania, U.S., November 4, 2022. REUTERS/Hannah Beier

Biden, Trump, Obama Barnstorm Pennsylvania in Final Midterms Dash

The biggest names in Democratic and Republican politics -- Joe Biden, Barack Obama and Donald Trump -- head to Pennsylvania on Saturday hoping to tip the balance in a closely contested midterm race…

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U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken with his Israeli and Emirati counterparts, Washington D.C., October 2021

US Is Not Withdrawing from Middle East

The administration of U.S. President Joe Biden has made no secret of its desire to extricate the United States from the Middle East. Secretary of State Antony Blinken, in an interview before taking…

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US Secretary of State Antony Blinken (R) listens as Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry speaks during a US-Egypt strategic dialogue at the State Department in Washington, DC on November 8, 2021. (Photo by Alex Brandon / POOL / AFP)

US-Egypt Affairs Beyond the Strategic Dialogue

Time and experience have proven that Egypt is, by far, the most important strategic partner for the United States in the most complicated and misunderstood region of the Middle East. Although it took…

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The U.S. Debt Crisis

Debt hysteria is the best terminology that can be used to describe what’s going on. It feels like the world will end when you hear headlines saying the USA is going to run out of money by the end of…

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A Pakistani man reads a newspaper with the front page displaying news of the death of Osama bin Laden at a stall in Lahore on May 3, 2011. (Getty)

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