Nobel Peace Prize winner Tawakkol Karman of Yemen says her country could be pushed into a civil war unless the West stops supporting the current transition and takes strong legal and financial action against President Ali Abdullah Saleh. Karman met with Britain’s foreign secretary and other senior officials on Thursday. Karman says she told Foreign [...]
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December 16, 2011
December 14, 2011
Panetta in Afghanistan, Calls 2011 a ‘Turning Point’
U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta is on a surprise visit to Afghanistan, where he says 2011 will mark a turning point in the 10-year-old war. U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta arrived in Kabul for a visit with troops and a first-hand assessment from the man who commands them, General John Allen. Speaking on his [...]
December 7, 2011
Syria’s Assad Disclaims Responsibility for Protest Deaths
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has denied responsibility for the killing of thousands of anti-government protesters, telling a U.S. journalist he does not control the forces implementing his country’s brutal crackdown. In a rare interview to air Wednesday, President Assad tells ABC News that although he is president he does not “own the country, so they’re [...]