Vivvo CMS 4.0 http://www.pri.org/ 2008 Public Radio International http://www.pri.org/files.php?file=rss_682409203.gif http://www.pri.org/ http://www.pri.org/world/middle-east/iraq-us-security-deal.html http://www.pri.org/world/middle-east/iraq-us-security-deal.html Middle East Sun, 16 Nov 2008 21:40:00 -0500 The Iraqi cabinet has approved a security pact with the U.S. that could mean American troops could leave Iraq by the end of 2011. http://www.pri.org/world/middle-east/syria-protests-against-us.html http://www.pri.org/world/middle-east/syria-protests-against-us.html Middle East Mon, 27 Oct 2008 16:25:00 -0400 Syria has accused the U.S. of an act of "criminal and terrorist aggression" over what it says was a helicopter raid on its territory. http://www.pri.org/world/middle-east/us-iraq-troop-agreement.html http://www.pri.org/world/middle-east/us-iraq-troop-agreement.html Middle East Thu, 16 Oct 2008 04:46:00 -0400 The U.S. and Iraqi governments have reached a draft agreement that includes a timetable for withdrawing American troops in the next 4 years. http://www.pri.org/world/middle-east/children-of-the-revolution.html http://www.pri.org/world/middle-east/children-of-the-revolution.html Middle East Tue, 07 Oct 2008 00:22:00 -0400 The population in Iran is 68 million, with nearly 70 percent aged 30 or younger -- these are the Children of the Revolution. http://www.pri.org/world/middle-east/how-wars-end-iraq.html http://www.pri.org/world/middle-east/how-wars-end-iraq.html Middle East Sun, 05 Oct 2008 08:32:00 -0400 "Tell me how this ends," General David Petraeus said famously early on in the Iraqi conflict -- how the war in Iraq has played out. http://www.pri.org/world/middle-east/us-pakistan-al-qaeda.html http://www.pri.org/world/middle-east/us-pakistan-al-qaeda.html Middle East Fri, 12 Sep 2008 06:24:00 -0400 The Bush Administration steps up hunt for extremists -- including Osama bin Laden -- inside Pakistan's tribal areas. http://www.pri.org/world/middle-east/petraeus-on-iraq-afghanistan.html http://www.pri.org/world/middle-east/petraeus-on-iraq-afghanistan.html Middle East Fri, 12 Sep 2008 17:15:00 -0400 "Victory" might be on the lips of politicians, but it's not exactly what's going on in Iraq, according to General Petraeus. http://www.pri.org/world/middle-east/iraq-surge-ends-afghanistan-uncertain.html http://www.pri.org/world/middle-east/iraq-surge-ends-afghanistan-uncertain.html Middle East Sat, 13 Sep 2008 02:35:00 -0400 A possible endgame in Iraq, but the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs says we might not be winning in Afghanistan. http://www.pri.org/world/middle-east/battleground-lebanon.html http://www.pri.org/world/middle-east/battleground-lebanon.html Middle East Thu, 04 Sep 2008 10:51:00 -0400 Lebanon has been a political and religious powder keg for decades, but it's also a nation known for its intellectual and cultural capital. http://www.pri.org/world/middle-east/syria-peace-proposal.html http://www.pri.org/world/middle-east/syria-peace-proposal.html Middle East Sat, 06 Sep 2008 07:33:00 -0400 Syria in talks with France, Qatar and Turkey to advance peace with its neighbors Israel and Lebanon. http://www.pri.org/world/middle-east/alqaeda-internal-debate.html http://www.pri.org/world/middle-east/alqaeda-internal-debate.html Middle East Wed, 27 Aug 2008 11:56:00 -0400 Former allies of Bin Laden are working to turn Islamist sentiment against al-Qaeda -- a look at the war of ideas within the Jihadi movement. http://www.pri.org/world/middle-east/anbar-goes-back-iraq.html http://www.pri.org/world/middle-east/anbar-goes-back-iraq.html Middle East Sun, 31 Aug 2008 22:44:00 -0400 The U.S. military has handed Anbar province, once the center of Iraq's Sunni insurgency, back to Iraqi control. http://www.pri.org/world/middle-east/regional-implications-musharraf-resignation.html http://www.pri.org/world/middle-east/regional-implications-musharraf-resignation.html Middle East Mon, 18 Aug 2008 03:10:00 -0400 Reaction to the resignation of President Pervez Musharraf from Pakistan, India, Afghanistan and Washington DC. http://www.pri.org/world/middle-east/afghanistan-opium-trade.html http://www.pri.org/world/middle-east/afghanistan-opium-trade.html Middle East Tue, 29 Jul 2008 21:43:00 -0400 How Afghanistan’s 100-million-dollar opium trade helps fund the Taliban and threatens the stability of the country. http://www.pri.org/world/middle-east/us-pakistan-relations.html http://www.pri.org/world/middle-east/us-pakistan-relations.html Middle East Mon, 28 Jul 2008 02:03:00 -0400 The Bush Administration wants Pakistan to do more to crack down on Taliban and al Qaeda forces staging cross-border attacks in Afghanistan. http://www.pri.org/world/middle-east/isreal-reaction-iranian-missles.html http://www.pri.org/world/middle-east/isreal-reaction-iranian-missles.html Middle East Tue, 08 Jul 2008 11:11:00 -0400 Israel said today that it does not seek hostilities with Iran, but is gravely concerned about the Iranian missile tests. http://www.pri.org/world/middle-east/iran-role-afghanistan.html http://www.pri.org/world/middle-east/iran-role-afghanistan.html Middle East Mon, 07 Jul 2008 22:44:00 -0400 Iran says it wants to help Afghanistan, but the US government says Iran is also trying to increase its influence there, and supplying weapons to the Taliban. http://www.pri.org/world/middle-east/quil-lawrence.html http://www.pri.org/world/middle-east/quil-lawrence.html Middle East Wed, 07 May 2008 22:09:00 -0400 Quil Lawrence, Middle East correspondent for the 'The World' and the BBC spent 10 years reporting in Kurdistan -- his new book looks at the history of Iraqi Kurds. http://www.pri.org/world/middle-east/iraq-war-world.html http://www.pri.org/world/middle-east/iraq-war-world.html Middle East Mon, 03 Mar 2008 05:48:00 -0500 From the BBC, an in-depth look at how the war has changed Iraq five years after the US-led invasion. http://www.pri.org/world/middle-east/iran-looming-confrontation.html http://www.pri.org/world/middle-east/iran-looming-confrontation.html Middle East Sun, 08 Jul 2007 00:15:00 -0400 An in-depth look at the looming confrontation between the U.S. and Iran that has intensified since the Iraq War. http://www.pri.org/world/middle-east/kids-ran-iraq.html http://www.pri.org/world/middle-east/kids-ran-iraq.html Middle East Tue, 18 Mar 2008 21:58:00 -0400 The BBC takes a look at the young recruits enlisted to administer the rebuilding of Iraq after the 2003 invasion. http://www.pri.org/world/middle-east/petrodollars-jihad.html http://www.pri.org/world/middle-east/petrodollars-jihad.html Middle East Mon, 14 Jan 2008 12:23:00 -0500 The alleged connection between petrodollars and Jihad -- why some believe Saudi charities fund Al-Qaeda. 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