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BY ANDREW BOND APRIL 12, 2012 WASHINGTON, DC--On Thursday March 29, Iraq hosted its first Arab League summit since 1990 which became famous for the plate-throwing incident between the Iraqis and Kuwaitis. Held in a former…

  By Ben Evansky Published March 30, 2012 | FoxNews.com   There was a moment at the State Department's daily briefing Wednesday when spokeswoman Victoria Nuland referred to the "Friends of Syria" group as "Friends of the Syrian People."…

BY ANDREW BOND March 7, 2012 WASHINGTON DC-- Last Thursday’s small fire near the Abqaiq-Ras Tanura pipeline network in Qatif, Eastern Province of Saudi Arabia, showcases the vulnerabilities of the world oil system.  This incident is…

By Joshua Jacobs Washington DC. March 6, 2012 Royal Pains The riskiness of having an aging pool of candidates, long a concern about Saudi Arabia, finally appears to be catching up to the al-Saud. More and more, it appears as though the…

By Kevin Bishop U.S. government praised the recent election of Abd Rabbuh Mansur Hadi to the presidency of Yemen, and saw it as promising for democratic reform in Yemen’s future. President Obama claimed that “Yemen has the potential…

By Maren EnghThe United States recently pulled all their remaining diplomats from the embassy in Syria after violence continued throughout the country. While safety is, and should remain, the number one concern for the United States…

By Jessica Koontz More than 600 people have died in Syrian uprisings in the past weeks as the international community steps forth to try to end massacres within the country. More died in Homs, just after Russian Foreign Minister…

By Jessica Koontz At first glance it would appear as though the economic noose is beginning to tighten around Iran. In a rare example of cohesion, the U.S. has successfully pushed for sweeping Western sanctions against the Islamic…

By Alexandre Hawath The tiny, conservative gulf emirate Qatar, surrounded by the Iranian and Saudi giants, offered little promise of regional or world leadership even 20 years ago. Since then, however, Qatar has effectively…

November 1, 2011 Washington DC - CNN’s the Situation Room interviewed IGA director Ali Ahmed on the occasion of the appointment of the new Saudi Crown Prince Naif Bin Abdulaziz following the death of his older brother Sultan form…