US to overtake Saudi Arabia in oil production
It is official. The US will overtake Saudi Arabia to become the world’s top oil producer by 2017. The International Energy Agency (IEA) said in its world outlook for 2012 this morning that the...
Category: The Middle East
Israel hit by fresh volley of rockets from Gaza
A fresh volley of rockets from Gaza have hit Israel amid some of the most intense cross-border fighting in weeks. Israel says 11 rockets landed, one of which fell next to a house in...
Israeli tank scored a “direct hit” Monday on a Syrian armored vehicle
JERUSALEM – An Israeli tank scored a “direct hit” Monday on a Syrian armored vehicle after a mortar shell landed on Israeli-held territory, the military said, in the first direct confrontation between the countries...
Mending fences with Obama: Israel says it follows U.S. lead on Iran
Israel is signaling a major change in tone toward U.S. President Barack Obama now that he has won reelection. In an interview with CNN’s Christiane Amanpour on Thursday, Israel’s Deputy Foreign Minister, Danny Ayalon,...
Iran issues warning after targeting U.S. drone
(Reuters) – Iran said it would deal decisively with any foreign encroachment into its airspace, an apparent warning to the United States after one of its surveillance drones was targeted by Iranian warplanes last week. On...
Palestinians prepare U.N. upgrade despite U.S., Israel warnings
(Reuters) – The Palestinian Authority circulated a draft resolution to U.N. member states on Wednesday that calls for upgrading its U.N. status to that of an “observer state” despite U.S. and Israeli suggestions that...
Iran fired at unarmed US drone, Pentagon says
Iran fired on an unarmed U.S. drone last week as it was hovering in international airspace, the Pentagon announced Thursday. Spokesman George Little said the incident occurred Nov. 1 at 4:50 a.m. ET. He...
Iran claims it will hold ‘massive’ air defense drills over weekend
TEHRAN, Iran – Iran’s official news agency says the country’s military will hold “massive” air defense maneuvers in the east, starting this weekend. Gen. Farzad Esmaili, head of Iran’s air defense headquarters, says the...
Muslim Brotherhood: Obama Needs To ‘Accept The Will Of The Arab People’
WASHINGTON (CBSDC/AP) — Islamists in the Middle East are speaking out following President Barack Obama’s re-election Tuesday night. The Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood feels that the only foreign policy change Obama can bring is by “accepting...
Obama victory spells trouble for Israel’s Netanyahu
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu faces an even more awkward time with Washington and re-energized critics at home who accused him on Wednesday of backing the loser in the U.S. presidential election. With Iran topping...
