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Commentary: Piece of cake? Washington (UPI) Nov 19, 2009 
"It will be just like Syria," said the strategic scholar just back from Israel and speculating about the much-debated question of whether Israel will eventually bomb Iran's nuclear installations. It was a private conversation, and the erudite Middle Eastern expert was referring to Israel's Sept. 6, 2007, bombing of a suspected nuclear site in Syria that had been secretly erected in a ... read moreIran sends warships to Yemeni waters 
Sanaa, Yemen (UPI) Nov 18, 2009 Iran has sent warships to the Gulf of Aden, ostensibly to combat Somali pirates preying on major shipping lanes. But the deployment, announced Saturday in Tehran, could bring closer the prospect of a confrontation with Saudi Arabia, its regional rival, amid rising tension in the Gulf and Red Sea regions, both vital oil arteries. The Iranian move coincides with a Saudi naval block ... more
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Yemen's prided jambia hits tough times
Sanaa (AFP) Nov 17, 2009With rhinoceros horns under a world preservation order, increased use of plastic from China and lack of interest from young men, Yemen's prided "jambia" curved dagger is under threat. "It will soon be the end of the jambia," bemoans Khaled al-Saikal, an antiques dealer in the souk of the Old City in Sanaa whose windows are brimming with precious and less precious examples. ... more Israel jails two soldiers for opposing settler evacuation 
Jerusalem (AFP) Nov 16, 2009Two Israeli soldiers were sentenced to 30 days in jail on Monday for refusing to take part in the evacuation of a wildcat Jewish settlement in the occupied West Bank, a military spokesman said. The two soldiers of the Naschshon battalion held up a sign opposing the operation and "refused to follow orders" at the outpost near the Palestinian city of Hebron, he said. They were "tried by ... more Coup fears led to crisis: Sri Lanka's top general 
Colombo (AFP) Nov 13, 2009Sri Lanka's government sidelined top general Sarath Fonseka because of fears he would launch a coup, he wrote in a bitter resignation letter ahead of an expected election battle with the president. The letter, seen by AFP on Friday, criticises the government for a host of failings, including its inability to "win the peace" after the end of a 37-year separatist war here in May. It gives ... more Myanmar junta leader 'thrilled' to be in Sri Lanka 
Kandy (AFP) Nov 12, 2009Myanmar's junta leader General Than Shwe said he was "thrilled" to be in Sri Lanka, where he was given a 21-gun salute and an elaborate red-carpet welcome at the start of his four-day state visit Thursday. "Sri Lanka and Myanmar have a history of close Buddhist ties," he said during a meeting with Sri Lanka's foreign minister Rohitha Bogollagama in the central Buddhist pilgrim city of Kandy. ... more |
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Thailand-Cambodia relations sink further
Bangkok (UPI) Nov 11, 2009 Thailand moved a step closer to breaking off relations with Cambodia after Phnom Penh officially refused to extradite former Thai premier and fugitive Thaksin Shinawatra. Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva said all relations with Cambodia are now being reviewed, a report in the Bangkok Post said. In an effort to allay fears of military confrontation, he said Thailand had no in ... more Saudi to bomb Yemen rebels until pullout 
Al-Khubah, Saudi Arabia (AFP) Nov 10, 2009Saudi Arabia said on Tuesday it will keep up air strikes against Yemeni rebels until they pull back from its borders, as Iran warned against regional intervention in the conflict. "We are not going to stop the bombing until the Huthis retreat tens of kilometres (miles) inside their border," Deputy Defence Minister Prince Khaled bin Sultan said on a visit to troops in the southwestern ... more Riyadh ups the ante by joining Yemen war 
Sanaa, Yemen (UPI) Nov 9, 2009 Saudi Arabia's entry into Yemen's war against northern Shiite rebels has dramatically increased the stakes in a smoldering powder keg of conflicts in the Red Sea and Horn of Africa region, a key oil artery. iyadh's Nov. 4 commitment of ground and air forces along the border with Yemen's Saada province, the storm center in the five-year-old conflict between President Ali Abdullah Saleh ... more Yemen rebels say Saudi jets using phosphorus bombs 
Sanaa (AFP) Nov 9, 2009Shiite rebels in northern Yemen caught between a deadly government onslaught and air raids from across the border on Monday alleged Saudi warplanes were using phosphorus bombs against them. "The Saudi air raids resumed this morning. Saudi combat fighter jets launched intense raids against border areas inside Yemeni territory on Sunday night," rebel spokesman Mohammad Abdessalam told AFP by ... more |
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