“Even as the Obama administration defends the NATO-led air war in Libya, the latest violent clashes in Syria and Jordan are raising new alarm among senior officials who view those countries, in the heartland of the Arab world, as far more vital to American interests. Deepening chaos in Syria, in particular, could dash any remaining [...]
“The Yemen-based branch of Al-Qaeda could be close to launching an attack, according to US spy agencies which said the group may be seeking to capitalize on unrest roiling the Middle Eastern country, The Washington Post said Saturday. Citing unnamed US officials, the newspaper said agencies have gathered only ‘fragmentary information’ on a possible plot [...]
“Trouble continued to flare late into the night as hundreds of people attempted to hijack yesterday’s massive anti government cuts demonstration in central London. Riot police fought activists in Trafalgar Square as violent protesters threatened to overshadow the TUC rally in Hyde Park which had earlier passed off peacefully.” (The battle of Trafalgar Square: Police [...]
“Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh told an Arab television network that he is ‘ready to step down with respect and dignity, even within a two hours’ notice.’ But Saleh, speaking to Al Arabiya television on Saturday, also warned that some leadership factions in the opposition have a ‘foreign agenda.’ “ (Yemen president says he is [...]
“Ivory Coast is dangerously close to falling into civil war, the chairperson of the African Union, Jean Ping, warned on Thursday. ‘We tried to get an agreement,’ said Ping, speaking to reporters in Paris. ‘We continue to try but the civil war is almost there.’ “ Source: Ping: Ivory Coast close to civil war – [...]