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The heated missile exchange between Israel and Hezbollah factions in southern Lebanon is influenced by Syria and Iran, both openly supportive of Islamist agendas to obliterate the Zionist state, according to political analyst Edward M. Luttwak. However, Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has reasons...

Cassettes of a Syrian cleric, whose violent words used to be outlawed under Saddam Hussein's secular regime, sell freely on the post-war streets, and - more frighteningly - there's a growing audience willing to listen. Islamic extremism, which is denounced by most religious leaders as...

The US government has traditionally paid subsidies to protect farmers who grow cotton, corn, rice, wheat and soybeans, protecting those products against overseas competition. But with many more vegetables and fruits from China flooding global markets, US farmers who grow specialty products are...