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e delivery of S-300 anti-aircraft missiles to the Syrian regime. Israel/Palestine: After four trips to Israel and Palestine, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry is telling the Israelis and Palestinians to focus on the possibility of the resumption of serious peace talks. He met separately with Palestinian A

eli would be in favor of a peace plan based on the Arab Peace Initiative if it received backing from Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. In addition, Kerry is also supporting investment as a way to support peace, inspired by recent efforts with former British Prime Minister Tony Blair and members of the

remains a definitive part of the conflict. The violence is the worst Iraq has seen in five years and represents a major challenge to Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki. Iran: The presidential candidacy of Ali Akbar Hashem Rafsanjani, a former President and co-founder of the Iranian Revolution and Esfandiar Rahim M

ry well known and respected by peers and foreign leaders. But they lack the stage presence of their immediate predecessors. Obama's list centers on John Kerry, chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee; U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Susan Rice; and National Security Adviser Thomas Donilon

Committee; U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Susan Rice; and National Security Adviser Thomas Donilon. According to insiders, Obama is thinking Kerry would travel a lot and successfully, and interfere least with policymaking. Susan Rice's blend of soft and hard line sits well in the Oval Office.

ruption and their own dwindling perks. Only in Iraq, untouched by the Arab Spring, does the strongman of yesteryear in the person of Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki seem to live on, though in a much more constrained form. So what are the consequences of an Arab world bereft of powerful authoritarians? Four sta

set by a Sunni-al Qaeda insurgency, has been told, in effect, to seek succor from his Shiite co-religionists in Iran. Meanwhile, Secretary of State John Kerry amazingly urges America's only real friends in the area, the Iraqi Kurds, not to abandon the ill-mannered Mr. Maliki in favor of greater independen

ists in Iran. Meanwhile, Secretary of State John Kerry amazingly urges America's only real friends in th

ir less experienced allies, who are now decamping for home. Since late December, Shia militiamen have returned to Iraq to defend the government of Nouri al-Maliki against the ISIS-led insurgency in the country's west. Given the lightening-speed advance of ISIS this month, threats to destroy Shia holy sites, a

Sy=ia David Rohde <http://rendezvous.blogs.nytimes.com/author/david-=ohdeh May 11, 2013 -- Moscow — Afte= marathon meetings with Secretary of State John Kerry here this week, the =ussian foreign minister, Sergey Lavrov, hinted that Moscow might finally pressure President Bashir al-Assad of Syria to l=ave

ce <httpl=www.state.gov/secretary/remarks/2013/05/209117.htm> on Tuesday. "We are interested in the fate=of the Syrian people." Mr. Lavrov and Mr. Kerry announced th=t they would host an international conference where Syrian government officials and rebels will be given a chance to name an i=terim go

l against an Alawite minority, has been a boon t= the Sunnis of Iraq. The Sunnis have bottomless grievances against the gov=rnment of Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki. To them, Maliki, who spent a qua=ter-century exiled in Syria and Iran, is an agent of the Iranian theocracy. So even though the regime in S=ria di

ke Syria after its use of chemi=al weapons was popular in the Pentagon and with the public, but clearly went against advice from Secretary of Sta=e John Kerry. 10 EFTA_R1_02111348 EFTA02708701 In June 2013 the ad=inistration announ=ed the provision of some ai= to the rebels, but from all evidence littl

went against advice from Secretary of Sta=e John Kerry. 10 EFTA_R1_02111348 EFTA02708701 In June 20

http://topics.wsj.com/person/O/Obama/4328> administration. The U.S. is weighing more direct military assis=ance to the government of Iraqi President Nouri al-Maliki, the White House said Thursday, and officials hinted that =id might include airstrikes on militants who have edged to within a half-h=ur's drive of