This is a guest post from Beirut by Marc J. Sirois, a writer and the former managing editor of the Daily Star newspaper in the Lebanese capital. The run-up to Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s recent visit to Lebanon called forth… Continue Reading
For the first time, the Obama administration has issued an Executive Order sanctioning a list of individual Iranians on the basis of their alleged participation in Iranian human rights violations. There are eight people who perform various duties for the… Continue Reading
Guest Post by Marsha B. Cohen In an article posted on the website of the Israeli newspaper Haaretz early this morning, Dennis Ross reportedly revealed that he had been abruptly “reassigned”. Since late February, Ross’ position in the Obama administration… Continue Reading