Category: Blogs

Bodies of missing Turkish pilots found deep in the Mediterranean

By Today's Zaman

From Today’s Zaman:  The bodies of two pilots, who had been reported missing after Syrian forces downed a Turkish military jet on June 22, have been found in the Mediterranean Sea, the General Staff has said.

NATO Secretary General welcomes Pakistani announcement on supply lines

By Anders Fogh Rasmussen, NATO

From Anders Fogh Rasmussen, NATO:  I welcome Pakistan’s announcement that the ground supply lines to Afghanistan are now opening.

Syria vs. NATO: A Breakdown Of Forces

By Yifei Zhang, the International Business Times

Estonia convicts former official of treason and espionage

By ERR

From ERR:  Former National Security Agency official Aleksei Dressen has been convicted of treason and divulging internal information and sentenced to 16 years in prison.

Clinton announces NATO supply lines through Pakistan are open again

By Hillary Clinton, the Department of State

Al-Assad: I wish the Turkish jet shootdown didn’t happen

By CNN

From CNN:  Syria’s besieged leader says he regrets his soldiers shot down a Turkish jet last month but insisted they reasoned the plane belonged to Israel.

Afghanistan: Don’t Turn Off the Lights

By Abigail Friedman

After more than a decade of fighting in Afghanistan, Americans are ready for this war– or at least our involvement in this war – to end. If history is any guide, the roar of engines from the planes bringing our soldiers home will drown out any conversation over what happens next in Afghanistan. The whiff […]

Top News: Executive Vacuum: Still No Vice Presidents, Prime Minister or Cabinet

By Tarek Radwan

The Freedom and Justice Party, the Muslim Brotherhood’s political wing and President Mohamed Morsi’s party, has denied it sent the president a memo with recommendations regarding his next cabinet. Independent daily Al-Shorouk reported the FJP memo recommended that caretaker Prime Minister Kamal Al-Ganzouri and Planning and International Cooperation Minister Faiza Aboul Naga not be reinstated, […]

The Islamic Spring? Why Some Analysts Have Missed the Mark

By Karim Maged

In recent days, we have continued to hear the repeated mantra that the Middle East is experiencing an Islamic Spring. This has been substantiated by the election of President Morsi in Egypt and the Nahda Party in Tunisia. Based on that assessment, a number of DC-based think tanks have recommended that the US should work […]