Not all that long ago, Barack Obama seemed to have big plans for the Middle East. Back in June of 2009, the president traveled to Egypt to unveil what he promised would be a “new beginning” between America and the Muslim world. In a major address at Cairo’s famed Al-Azhar University, he proposed a new, more harmonious U.S. approach toward a region that had been roiled by nearly a decade of conflict in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Freed Taliban to Qatar;
Bombing in Yemen ends ceasefire;
Libya turmoil continues;
Russia opposes UN aid to Syria without Assad's consent;
Iraq: May bloodiest month in 2014
Jihad from Crimea?;
In Ukraine, new leadership - and new momentum toward the West
Syrian elections: Intimidation on all fronts;
Prime Minister attacked in latest violence in Libya;
Turkish-Israeli reconciliation at risk;
Syrian refugees enter Morocco;
Sisi wins in a landslide but low voter turnout
China mulls contingencies for DPRK collapse;
China may be abandoning rason