Last night's foreign policy debate between President Barack Obama and Gov. Mitt Romney focused on numerous Middle East foreign policy issues, including Libya, Syria, Israel, Iran, and the U.S. approach to the Arab Spring. Both contenders agreed ...

U.N. Peace Envoy Lakhdar Brahimi is currently in Beirut seeking a truce over the Islamic holiday of Eid al-Adha to "allow a political process to develop. Syrian government spokesman Jihad al-Makdisi reportedly told the BBC that the government would consider an initiative to ...

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton accepted responsibility for the attack in Benghazi that killed four State Department employees, including Ambassador Chris Stevens. "I'm in charge of the State Department's 60,000-plus people all over the world (at) 275 posts." Clinton defended Vice President Joe Biden's ...

The Obama campaign responded to Mitt Romney’s Virginia Military Institute speech, citing it as lacking “meaningful specifics or outline” and “full of platitudes.” The website quoted James Lindsay of the Council on Foreign Relations, who argued that the ...

Rep. Kay Granger (R-TX), chairwoman of the congressional subcommittee administering foreign aid, blocked $450 million in emergency aid for Egypt, part of a larger debate that has been brewing in the Congress about U.S. aid for the Middle East. ...

The White House confirmed that four Americans, including U.S. Ambassador to Libya John Christopher Stevens, have been killed at the American consulate during an assault in the eastern city of Benghazi Tuesday evening. The attack by came amid an ...

Ty McCormick writing in Foreign Policy recently delved into Republican Vice Presidential candidate Paul Ryan's foreign policy record, arguing that the while the congressman's record is "remarkably short," the indicators that do exist point to an outlook aligning with ...

Hundreds of former officials and leading public figures urged Jordan's King Abdullah to delay the upcoming parliamentary elections, warning that holding the polls amid a nationwide boycott may tip the country into a deep political crisis. According to the ...

The Algerian National Independent Commission of Legislative Election Surveillance (CNISEL) released  disappointment in the gap between official promises of election neutrality and the traditional voter manipulation that took place. The Commission lacks the power, however, to nullify the ...

The coalition of Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika emerged victorious in last week's parliament elections.  The elections resulted (French) in the nomination of 145 women to Parliament that hosts 462 representative, increasing their representation from 7% to 31%. The U.S. and the European Union praised Algeria for holding elections ...

The party of President Abdelaziz Bouteflika strengthened its presence in the government after yesterday's parliamentary elections.  The National Liberation Front (FLN) won 220 out of the 462 seats in the national assembly. The second party of the ruling coalition, the ...

According to reports, Algeria's parliamentary elections for its lower house are being billed as the fairest in decades, but Algerians appeared to be showing little interest in the vote. Forty-four political parties are vying for 462 seats while approximately ...

The campaign for the Algerian parliamentary elections scheduled (French) for Thursday has come to a close. During the campaign period, 41 parties revealed the platforms of their 25,800 candidates who are competing for 389 seats. However, the campaign elicited little response ...

On Sunday, a young unemployed Algerian set himself fire (French) sparking violent riots in the neighborhood of Villa Moussa in Alger. The young man set himself fire after policemen confiscated packets of cigarettes that he was selling. Inhabitants rebelled against the security forces, erected barricades, attacked the local ...