Global concern is spiking as evidence emerges that Syria has loaded sarin gas materials into chemical warheads. Once prepared and loaded the weapons have 60 days before they expire, raising fears that the Bashar al-Assad regime intends to use them imminently against rebel forces seeking its overthrow. The Syrian war,...

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U.S. lawmakers are preparing responses to last week’s U.N. diplomatic gambit by the Palestinian Authority, which saw the organization defy President Obama and undermine U.S. diplomacy by unilaterally seeking a declaration of non-member statehood via the U.N. and outside of bilateral negotiations with Israel. The Senate is preparing legislation that...

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Iranian-American Manssor Arbabsiar pled guilty yesterday to attempting to murder the Saudi ambassador to the United States. The plot, which would have constituted a “significant terrorist attack in the United States” was, according to Arbabsiar “directed by high-ranking” Iranian officials. The United States has linked the plot to a larger...

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The United States and Israel will conduct their largest joint military exercise ever, dubbed Austere Challenge, later this month. More than 3,500 Americans and 1,000 Israelis will participate in a three-week drill tackling threat scenarios and focusing in part on the two allies’ coordinated air defense systems. In addition to...

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A recent Palestinian move to use the United Nations to bolster claims to statehood “threatens United States and Israeli interests” and “undermines all internationally accepted frameworks for peace,” according to a Heritage Foundation report authored by Brett D. Schaefer and James Phillips. The report insists that “firm action is necessary”...

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