“Middle East” on The Daily Caller

Syrian opposition groups are stepping up calls for the Arab League to seek foreign intervention in Syria, since critics say the League’s observer mission failed to curb violent outbreaks there. (more)

Saudi Arabia and the smaller Gulf monarchies are buying huge amounts of advanced arms from the United States and Europe. The weaponry is clearly aimed to counter the growing threat they see coming from Iran. (more)

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is taking on a new role — patching fractures in President Barack Obama’s Muslim outreach policy. (more)

KHABARI CROSSING, Kuwait (AP) — The last U.S. soldiers rolled out of Iraq across the border into neighboring Kuwait at daybreak Sunday, whooping, fist bumping and hugging each other in a burst of joy and relief. Their convoy’s exit marked the end of a bitterly divisive war that raged for nearly nine years and left Iraq shattered and struggling to recover. (more)

The normally sensible Forbes magazine recently named Hillary Clinton the second-most-powerful woman in the world. That’s absurd. She’s clearly not even the second-most-powerful woman in the Obama administration. For influence on this president, she clearly walks behind Michelle Obama, Valerie Jarrett and Kathleen Sebelius. (more)

Thirty-five years ago on July 4, Israel executed one of the most stunning hostage rescue operations in military history. But during the raid one of Israel’s greatest warriors, Jonathan, was struck down on an airport tarmac in Uganda. Without understanding his sacrifice and the words he left behind, it may be impossible to truly understand the mentality of the current Israeli government. (more)

Last week’s speech from President Barack Obama at the State Department drew a lot of attention when he proposed to negotiate an Israeli-Palestinian peace based on pre-1967 borders. But is Obama neglecting something else more pressing with his focus on bringing peace to the Middle East? (more)

The Daily Caller’s Deputy Editor Jamie Weinstein was on the Sun News Network’s ‘The Caldwell Account’ in Canada to discuss the recent U.S.-Israel dispute over Israeli borders and President Obama’s recent speeches on the Middle East on May 23. (more)

President Obama’s recent speech on the Middle East turmoil was billed as a “reset” of America’s relationship with the Arab world. We were promised a new era of American diplomacy. Instead, what we got was the same old failed policies of throwing money at a problem. That approach could end up having a detrimental effect on our friend and ally, Israel. President Obama is supporting movements in Libya, Egypt, Tunisia and Syria while at the same time telling Israel, in effect, “you’re on your own.” Who is the president supporting with our tax dollars? We don’t know! Will it be the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt or radical Islamists in Libya, Syria, or Tunisia? And what about Bahrain and Yemen? (more)

Now that Donald Trump is out of the news, the media has to talk about something. The latest something is Israeli-Palestinian peace. Talking about a Middle East peace deal now is no less fatuous than talking about a Trump presidency. (more)

In his speech about the Middle East, the president correctly stated that “years of pursuing stability to promote peace had left us with neither. Instead, the lack of freedom in the Middle East made the region an incubator for terrorist movements.” (more)

On Thursday, President Barack Obama gave a speech at the State Department in Washington, D.C. which was supposed to offer an indication of what American policy would be in the Middle East as the region was going through great transition. However, coming out of the speech many are questioning the president’s suggestion that Israel should withdrawal to pre-1967 boundaries. (more)

Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney slammed President Barack Obama’s Middle East reset speech today, saying “President Obama has thrown Israel under the bus,” according to a statement from the Romney for President Exploratory Committee. (more)

On Thursday, President Barack Obama delivered a speech at the State Department in Washington, D.C. laying out what direction his administration would be pursuing its Middle Eastern policy objectives. One of the highlights coming out of the speech was Obama’s proposal to restore Israel’s borders to those of 1967 with some swaps. (more)

President Barack Obama’s speech on Middle East policy combined a notably hard-line toward allies Israel and Bahrain, favorable references towards President George W. Bush’s policies, and unsentimental and unflattering depiction of Arab economies, societies and hatreds toward Israel. (more)

Remarks of President Barack Obama – As Prepared for Delivery
“A Moment of Opportunity”
U.S. Department of State
May 19, 2011 (more)

While the world remains transfixed by the Arab Spring sweeping across the Middle East, the United States has the opportunity to substantively demonstrate its commitment to reform and reformers in the strategically important region. The road ahead is undoubtedly tumultuous; elections will be organized, new governments formed and stabilized; national laws and constitutions rewritten and social contracts between governments and their governed will be reassessed. (more)

President Barack Obama is set to announce a government-directed plan for economic development in the Middle East that emphasizes the role of Western multinational organizations, but that also sidelines the role of companies, ignores the new democracy in Iraq and downplays regional cultural, tribal and religious practices. (more)

Whether the “Arab Spring” will eventually bring the blessings of liberty and human rights to residents of the Middle East is still unclear. But we already know it has done wonders for Al Jazeera English (AJE), a “news” network owned by the ruling family of Qatar and funded by its government. (more)

A rift is emerging between Iran’s president and its supreme leader, prompting several members of the parliament to call for the impeachment of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, who has not been seen in public for days. (more)