Today .. "Obama" is hosting the fourth Ramadan breakfast banquet in his presidency

Intends to U.S. President Barack Obama celebrate Ramadan by hosting a breakfast today at the White House.

Such a banquet, scheduled to be held in the formal dining room at the White House, that the fourth banquet for Iftar hosted by Obama, to keep this on the tradition of hosting banquets Breakfast, which began to organize a year in the era of former U.S. President Bill Clinton continued his successor George W. Bush in the host.

Among the invited guests for a banquet breakfast a number of elected officials and senior clerics and popular leaders among American Muslims, along with some of the leaders of other religions and members of the diplomatic corps.

U.S. official: Washington is the new sanctions aimed at Damascus, Iranian entities

United States of America is preparing to announce new sanctions aimed at Syria and entities help the government of President Bashar al-Assad.

, Said the official, told reporters traveling with U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton in her visit to Ghana, "we will pressure more than the imposition of additional sanctions directed to entities Syria and the Syrian government are supporting efforts to suppress the people."

He expected the announcement of the new procedures, which are expected to target government-Assad and Iranian entities supported by the United States accuses al-Assad later in the day in Washington.

Washington calls its citizens in Pakistan to guard against possible attacks

Issued a U.S. embassy in Islamabad, a security warning for all American nationals in Pakistan, which blurred the potential risk to the continued existence posed by al Qaeda and the Taliban, and militant groups that incite sectarian violence in the country.

Embassy message advises U.S. citizens to avoid crowds and public places, and stay away from the limelight during the festival celebrations of Independence in Pakistan, 14 August with Eid al-Fitr, which followed a few days.

And alerted the embassy in the warning published on its website, that

"Terrorists may want to take advantage of the festival celebrations of the independence of Pakistan and the al-Fitr festival to launch attacks."