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Trump offers clarity on Iran's terrorist aims
News, Eli Lake, Published on 10/04/2019
» For more than 30 years, successive US administrations have called Iran what it is: a state sponsor of terrorism. Leaders of its military and intelligence agencies have been sanctioned, while the terror groups Iran supports have faced military action as well as sanctions.
How UN envoy Haley's vision clashed with Trump's
News, Eli Lake, Published on 11/10/2018
» The highlight of Nikki Haley's tenure as US ambassador to the United Nations came in the third week of December 2017. The General Assembly was preparing to vote to condemn the US for moving its embassy in Israel to Jerusalem, and Ms Haley was having none of it.
Expect Trump to hit Syria again, with same result
News, Eli Lake, Published on 10/04/2018
» If the past is a prelude, we should expect a US strike sometime soon against Syrian airfields.
Fahmy says al-Jazeera aids terrorists
News, Eli Lake, Published on 26/06/2017
» Mohamed Fahmy is the last person one would expect to make a case against al-Jazeera. In 2014, the former Cairo bureau chief for the Qatar-funded television network began a 438-day sentence in an Egyptian prison on terrorism charges and practising unlicensed journalism. His incarceration made al-Jazeera a powerful symbol of resistance to Egypt's military dictatorship.
Rouhani a fake reformer elected in a fake election
News, Eli Lake, Published on 23/05/2017
» In the days before President Hassan Rouhani's re-election victory in Iran this weekend, a video of one of his old speeches circulated on social media. Speaking at Iran's parliament, Mr Rouhani says dissidents against the new regime should be publicly hanged during Friday prayers as a message.
With the 'Trump effect', nations adapt to uncertainty
News, Eli Lake, Published on 24/11/2016
» During the presidential campaign, many foreign ambassadors quietly warned that a Donald Trump presidency would be a disaster.
China's 'little green boats' have Japan on the alert
News, Eli Lake, Published on 02/09/2016
» In early August, Japan's Coast Guard witnessed an unconventional Chinese assault on its territorial waters. According to Japanese officials I met with last week, at least 300 Chinese "fishing vessels" began incursions into the exclusive economic zone around the uninhabited Senkaku Islands, territory administered by Japan but claimed by China and Taiwan as well.
Solo attacks are expected to grow
News, Eli Lake, Published on 18/07/2016
» After the horror at Nice, perhaps the most depressing comment came from France's prime minister. Calling for unity in the face of terror, Manuel Valls observed: "Times have changed, and we should learn to live with terrorism. We have to show solidarity and collective calm."