All Security Watch
- DR Congo's M23 rebel leader heads to Uganda for withdrawal talks
M23's reported connections with Uganda and Rwanda complicate a resolution in eastern Congo.
- Prince of Blackwater heads to Africa
Erik Prince, who made a fortune in Iraq thanks to his politically connected and controversial Blackwater military contractor, is leading a group of Chinese investors on a hunt for natural resources and investment opportunities in Africa.
- Rebel fighters in the DR Congo enter Goma, threatening wider conflict
After days of pushing back UN peacekeepers to close in on the eastern city of Goma in the Democratic Republic of Congo, a rebel group called M23 is threatening to destabilize the region.
- Gaza cease-fire negotiations under way, but fighting rages on
An Israeli envoy was dispatched to Cairo to take part in Gaza cease-fire negotiations sponsored by Egypt. Turkey and Qatar will also take part.
- Rupert Murdoch's Jewish problem. And his Egyptian one.
What the media baron's twitter feed says about his worldview.
- As rockets fly, the Gaza image and propaganda war grinds on
So far, the Gaza conflict between Israel and Hamas is as much about muscle-flexing, installing terror in the enemy, and image management as it is about the sadly mounting toll of the dead.
- For both Hamas and Israel, there are reasons to escalate
For Hamas, a fear that capitulation will hurt their standing more than defiance. For Israel, it's a question of making good on public threats.
- Gaza: Brief cease-fire shattered, Israeli troops mass outside Strip
Despite hopes for a brief cease-fire while Egyptian Prime Minister Kandil visited the Gaza Strip, Israeli and Palestinian forces launched rockets and airstrikes Friday.
- How many rockets were fired from Gaza at Israel this year?
The rate has surged since the assassination Tuesday of Hamas leader Ahmed Jabari and an Israeli air offensive on the Gaza Strip.
- France: Is it time to arm Syria's rebels?
Two days after recognizing new Syrian opposition group, France said it would float giving rebels defensive weapons. But even with the French push, such arms shipments look far from imminent.
- Is Hamas responsible for Gaza rocket fire? Not exactly.
And there could well be more of it without them.
- For Israel, costs and benefits of striking Gaza
Israel assassinated a senior Hamas militant, Ahmed Jabari, today. How much further will the Gaza strikes go?
- Spate of deadly bombings rock Iraq before Shiite holy month
At least 14 people were killed and hundreds more injured in a series of apparently coordinated explosions in cities across Iraq.
- Be wary about what you read on the Petraeus scandal
Welcome to the 'wilderness of mirrors.' For those of us on the outside, great care should be taken in assessing each new 'reveal.'
- Fighting grows along Syria's borders, threatening to spread war
Syria's borders are getting more violent, leading some to question whether President Bashar al-Assad is purposely trying to broaden the conflict.
- What is The National Coalition for Syrian Revolutionary and Opposition Forces?
The fractious Syrian opposition has come together to create a new unified front in their battle against President Bashar al-Assad.
- Obama to visit Myanmar, an overture to a one-time pariah
President Obama's trip to Myanmar comes as the capstone of a stunningly fast rapprochement with a country the US once treated as a pariah. Is it too soon?
- Refugee flow soars as Syrians flee intense fighting between rebels, Assad forces
The UN says that more than 11,000 people fled Syria overnight, and is warning that by early 2013, some 4 million inside Syria could need humanitarian aid.
- On marijuana and the Mexican drug war...
After legalization of recreational marijuana use in two US states, Mexico may rein in interdiction efforts.
- Does legal marijuana in the US really mean trouble for Mexican drug cartels?
A look at the numbers.