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Police: Syria airstrikes target Lebanon

Diaa Hadid · July 4, 2014 8:34 am

In this picture taken on Monday, June 30, 2014, a Kurdish Peshmerga fighter cleans his weapon on his position behind a dirt barrier built along the front line with militants from the al-Qaida-inspired Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), in Mariam Bek village, between the northern cities of Tikrit and Kirkuk, Iraq. Demonstrating their growing independence from the rest of Iraq, the largely-autonomous Kurdish regional government is setting up dirt barriers that they hope will ultimately set the borders of their future state. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)

Iraqi Kurds dig frontier around disputed areas

Diaa Hadid · July 1, 2014 8:07 pm

Tempers fray as displaced Iraqis break Muslim fast

Diaa Hadid · June 30, 2014 7:38 am

In this Sunday, June 15, 2014 photo, an Iraqi child works on a temporary mosaic of Pope Francis' face made from the area's produce, including wheat, beans and lentils to commemorate an upcoming harvest feast, at the Chaldean Church of the Virgin Mary of the Harvest, in Alqosh, a village of some 6,000 inhabitants about 50 kilometers (31 miles) north of Mosul, northern Iraq. Dozens of Christian families that fled to this ancient Iraqi village have taken a much-traversed route -- many from their minority community have escaped to Alqosh before, in fear for their lives. This time, few say they want to go back to their homes, seeking safety under the Kurdish forces known as the peshmerga. (AP Photo)

Iraqi Christians flee homes amid militant push

Diaa Hadid · June 16, 2014 7:17 pm

Only days after Mosul fell, Iraqis start returning

Diaa Hadid · June 15, 2014 6:52 am

Iraqi refugees from Mosul arrive at Khazir refugee camp outside Irbil, 217 miles (350 kilometers) north of Baghdad, Iraq, Thursday, June 12, 2014. The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, the al-Qaida breakaway group, on Monday and Tuesday took over much of Mosul in Iraq and then swept into the city of Tikrit further south. An estimated half a million residents fled Mosul, the economically important city. (AP Photo)

Hundreds of Iraqis flee Islamic militant advance

Diaa Hadid · June 13, 2014 4:44 am

This photo provided by the anti-government activist group Aleppo Media Center (AMC), which has been authenticated based on its contents and other AP reporting, shows Free Syrian Army fighters running at one of the front lines in the town of Sheikh Najjar, in Aleppo, Syria, Tuesday June 10, 2014. Fighting in eastern Syria between Islamic rebel brigades and an al-Qaida splinter group has killed more than 630 people and uprooted at least 130,000 since the end of April, an activist group said Tuesday. (AP Photo/Aleppo Media Center, AMC)

Al-Qaida splinter group encircles Syrian city

Diaa Hadid · June 11, 2014 4:21 pm

Syrian woman survives 700 days of blockade

Diaa Hadid · June 11, 2014 3:07 pm

Famed Syrian storyteller’s life upended by war

Diaa Hadid · June 9, 2014 10:53 am

A man holds a portrait of President Bashar Assad and a national flag at a polling station in Damascus, Syria, Tuesday, June 3, 2014. Polls opened in government-held areas in Syria amid very tight security Tuesday for the country's presidential election, a vote that President Bashar Assad is widely expected to win. (AP Photo/Dusan Vranic)

Syria’s election shows depth of support for Assad

Diaa Hadid · June 4, 2014 7:27 pm

Hezbollah leader Sheik Hassan Nasrallah, center top, delivers a broadcast speech during a rally commemorating "Liberation Day," which marks the withdrawal of the Israeli army from southern Lebanon in 2000, in the southern border town of Bint Jbeil, Lebanon, Sunday May 25, 2014. Hezbollah's leader Sheik Hassan Nasrallah warned that hard-line foreign fighters in Syria pose a global threat as they return home. Nasrallah accused European countries of easing the flight of extremist fighters into Syria, where they are fighting against the rule of President Bashar Assad. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)

Hezbollah chief warns of foreign fighters in Syria

Diaa Hadid · May 25, 2014 7:33 pm

Lebanese President Michel Suleiman waves as he arrives to give his farewell speech at the end of his six-year term, at the presidential palace, in the Beirut suburb of Baabda, Lebanon, Saturday May 24, 2014. Lebanese politicians haven't been able to agree on a successor to Suleiman, whose term ends Sunday. Sulaiman has called for the country's squabbling politicians to choose a successor to his post as he steps down. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)

Lebanese president urges leaders to name successor

Diaa Hadid · May 24, 2014 4:20 pm