Track-It Iraq

The Obama administration, which has firmly rejected calls to arm the Syrian opposition, appeared at least to allow for the possibility Tuesday by emphasizing that “additional measures” might have to be considered if President Bashar al-Assad...

Cleveland area businessman Graham Veysey, the newcomer in the race for the 9th Congressional District, campaigned in one of Toledo’s most impoverished neighborhoods to make the point that his opponents haven’t done enough to break the...

Medal of Honor winner Salvatore Giunta mingled with people after his speech today to the Master Builders of Iowa in Des Moines/Register photo by Bryon Houlgrave Medal of Honor recipient Salvatore Giunta, describing himself as a spitter and a...

After Al Qaeda-affiliated fighters left Iraq to join the Syrian rebellion, violence has dropped in Iraq, in some areas by as much as 50 percent in just a few months.

It may appear to the unobservant that an attack on Iran has faded somewhat into the background but the level of back-and-forth threats, PR maneuvering and back-channel messaging continues to intensify on a fast and furious track with fears of a...

US and Israeli leaders are talking themselves into a disastrous conflict that will make Iranian nuclear weapons a certaintyAfter a decade of calamitous western wars in the wider Middle East, the signs are becoming ever more ominous that we're...

Jury selection is underway for trial of Rutgers University student Dahrun Ravi.

BEIRUT — Family, friends and a wider community of those he had inspired gathered Tuesday to remember the award-winning journalist Anthony Shadid, who died last week at 43 in Syria. Read full article >>

Intelligence agencies say young extremists are travelling to training camps in Somalia as they once did in AfghanistanAt a court hearing on Monday in the port city of Mombasa, a young British man in a black T-shirt stood in front of a judge and...

Today Netroots For The Troops® is kicking off a week-long campaign to raise money to send care packages to our troops. I am honored to be part of the effort. What follows is adapted from my earlier diary for the Military Community Members of...