Signalling it has no intention of letting up pressure on Tehran, Washington puts sanctions on four individuals and five entities for censorship; Dennis Ross: We will see a significant diplomatic initiative by Obama.
Israeli officials weigh in on Obama's election win; Barak says Obama's policy is based on support for Israeli security; Peres: Obama will do everything for Mideast peace; Lapid, Molla slam PM for ruining relationship with US.
Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan dashed hopes for a normalisation of his country’s relations with Israel, on his return to Ankara from a state visit to Berlin Friday, after German Chancellor Angela Merkel directly appealed to him to reopen dialogue with the Jewish State.
French President Francois Hollande made a stopover in Lebanon Sunday, in his first venture into the Middle East since his election earlier this year, as he warned all those looking to “destabilise” Lebanon that “France will oppose them with all its might”.
EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton embarked on a tour of Morocco and Algeria Monday as she professed herself “encouraged” by democratic progress in the two North African states and committed the EU’s continued “strong support to the reform progress”.
Channel 2 investigative report shows spat between former prime minister Olmert, defense minister Barak as they struggled to cope with growing Iranian, Syrian nuclear activity.
After severe blow to Syrian President Assad's military, troops launch air strike on Idlib, killing 20 rebel fighters; Russian FM Lavrov admits country still supplying arms to Syria under Soviet-era commitments.
Ehud Barak's office says senior defense official Amos Gilad's comments reflect neither the defense establishment nor Gilad; statement comes after Gilad describes Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood rule as ''terrible dictatorship.''
