The future path of U.S.-led nuclear negotiations with Iran, which have now reached a crucial stage, may be foreshadowed in the U.S. agreement with Syria to dismantle its chemical weapons program. Any U.S.-Iranian deal-making that follows the Syrian model, however, would prove nothing more than a pyrrhic victory, leaving the Middle East more dangerous and, ultimately, the United States less secure.
Iran leads in misery;
An addicted government?;
A looming water crisis;
Food supplies, stuck in transit;
Iranian drones on the Syrian battlefield
Major attack in Urumqi, Xinjiang;
People’
s Daily laments influx of English words in Chinese language
Crimea as casus belli;
Moscow steps up activity in the Pacific
Cairo eliminates El-Sissi's opposition in upcoming elections;
Libya parliament elects 5th transitional Prime Minister;
Egypt sentences top MB leader to death;
U.S. recognizes Syria opposition offices as 'foreign mission';
Hamas frees six Fatah prisoners as part of unity pact;
Qatar expels Muslim Brotherhood members