Obama's Middle East policy Is a Failure
Last September, when President Obama invited Israeli Prime Minster Benjamin Netanyahu and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas to the White House to launch a new round of peace tal…
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Back in the USSR?
The NATO summit in Lisbon on 20th November could see the Alliance and Russia deepening cooperation on Afghanistan. Moscow and Brussels are apparently close to finalizing a deal wh…
Hostages killed in Baghdad church raid
BAGHDAD, IRAQ - The Islamic State of Iraq (ISI) has claimed responsibility for an attack on a Catholic church in Baghdad which claimed the lives of at least 52 civilians.
Gunfire across Korean border
DMZ, 38th Parallel - An exchange of fire has taken place across the Korean border, the first military clash on land since 2007.
Counterpoint: can President Obama bring peace to the Middle East?
Acclaimed religious scholar and author Reza Aslan goes head-to-head with Professor Abdallah Schleifer on the prospects for a two-state solution to the Israel-Palestine conflict.
Israeli-Palestinian Peace Talks: Not Dead, but Certainly on Hold
It is difficult now to remember how emotionally overwhelmed I was by a sudden wave of acute optimism as I, on assignment for Aljazeera.net/English, watched President Obama reach o…
The UAE Welcomes Global Interest While Struggling with Internal Censorship
Earlier this year the United Arab Emirates' only credible online discussion forum – www.uaehewar.net – was blocked without explanation. Worse still, the authorities began hunt…
Wiki Leaking Should be Plugged
Wikileaks is at it again. Founder Julian Assange has posted more secret documents on his website. This time they are not about operations in Afghanistan, they are about those in I…
Man arrested over DC Metro plot
WASHINGTON DC, USA - A man has been arrested over a plot to bomb subway stations in the US capital.
Karzai admits Iranian funding
AFGHANISTAN - Afghan President Hamid Karzai has acknowledged that his office has received millions of dollars in cash donations from the government of Iran.
US military braced for Wikileaks Iraq disclosures
WASHINGTON DC - Wikileaks is preparing to publish 400,000 US military documents relating to the Iraq war.
Jean-Yves Camus
Jean-Yves Camus is a political analyst and a research fellow at IRIS. He frequently comments on European perceptions of Israel.