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US Urges Americans to Leave Syria Amid Violence

WASHINGTON - The State Department on Monday told American citizens to leave Syria as soon as they can and ordered some personnel at the U.S. Embassy in Damascus to depart the country, as the Syrian government steps up a brutal crackdown against pro-reform demonstrators. In a new warning, the department urged Americans to...

US to Give Libyan Rebels Non-Lethal Aid

WASHINGTON -- The Obama administration plans to give the Libyan opposition $25 million in non-lethal assistance in the first direct U.S. aid to the rebels after weeks of assessing their capabilities and intentions, officials said Wednesday. Amid a debate over whether to offer the rebels broader assistance, including cash...

Are US, Other Allies Ignoring Saudi Arabia's Political Prisoners?

The U.S. and European Union are ignoring the fact that Saudi Arabia has arrested more than 160 political dissidents in just two months, Human Rights Watch said in a scathing report today. More than 160 "peaceful" dissidents have been arrested in the oil-rich kingdom since February, as the so-called "Arab Spring" of revolt...

WikiLeaks: U.S. Secretly Funded Syria Opposition [VIDEO]

US Secretly Backs Syrian Opposition, Leaked Cables Reveal

WASHINGTON - The State Department has been secretly financing opponents of Syrian President Bashar Assad, The Washington Post reported, citing previously undisclosed diplomatic documents provided to the newspaper by the WikiLeaks website. One of the outfits funded by the U.S. is Barada TV, a London-based satellite channel...

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The United States Department of State (DoS), often referred to as the State Department, is the United States federal executive department responsible for international relations of the United States, equivalent to the foreign ministries of other countries.

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