Tag: Middle East

Energy and Environment

Saudis can’t keep up with their own oil demand

John Siciliano · April 18, 2016 5:13 pm

The U.S. remains the largest supporter of the international agency. (AP Photo/Darko Vojinovic)

U.S. gives $421M more to U.N. refugee fund

Anna Giaritelli · April 14, 2016 9:08 pm

The U.S. departure left a power vacuum in Iraq which the Islamic State has handily filled. (AP Photo, File)

Rudy Giuliani is half right about America’s role in the rise of the Islamic State

Bonnie Kristian · April 4, 2016 4:02 am

Fierce fighting between government forces and opposition fighters erupted outside of Aleppo. (AP Photo/Pavel Golovkin, File)

Syria cease-fire in jeopardy

Associated Press · April 3, 2016 12:38 am

Passengers leave the hijacked aircraft of Egyptair is seen on the ground after landing at Larnaca airport on Tuesday. The plane was hijacked while flying from the Egyptian Mediterranean coastal city of Alexandria to the capital, Cairo, and later landed in Cyprus where some of the women and children were allowed to get off the aircraft, according to Egyptian and Cypriot officials. (AP Photo/Petros Karadjias)

EgyptAir hijacker arrested in Cyprus, hostages released

Kelly Cohen · March 29, 2016 11:12 am

Standing with Israel against the BDS movement is not only a national security and moral imperative but an economic one, as well. (AP Photo)

California should stand with Israel and boycott the boycotters

Assemblyman Travis Allen · March 29, 2016 4:01 am

"We lose, everywhere; we lose monetarily, everywhere," Trump said. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

National Security

Trump’s ‘Team America’ would not be world police

Nicole Duran · March 26, 2016 10:03 pm

More than eight in 10 (83 percent) said it is important President Obama to discuss the Islamic State, with 62 percent saying it is "very important" and 21 percent saying "somewhat important." (AP Photo)

Washington Secrets

Sessions: No victory over Islamic State ‘anytime soon’

Paul Bedard · March 25, 2016 8:20 pm

Editorial cartoons

Editorial cartoon: Newsworthy terror

Washington Examiner · March 25, 2016 4:00 pm

Graham can’t get behind Cruz’s Islamic State strategy

Graham can’t get behind Cruz’s Islamic State strategy

Anna Giaritelli · March 23, 2016 2:05 am

Andrew Doran, a senior adviser for In Defense of Christians, discusses the presidential candidates' visions for the future of the region and the four things that need to happen for Christianity not just to survive in the Middle East but to thrive in security and freedom. (AP Photos)

Will Christianity survive in the Middle East? An Interview with Andrew Doran, Part II

Daniel Allott · March 21, 2016 7:03 am

"Secretary [John] Kerry's announcement that what ISIS has done to Christians, Yazidis and others is genocide is significant," Andrew Doran told the Examiner. (AP Photo)

Beltway Confidential

Will Christianity survive in the Middle East? An interview with Andrew Doran, Part I

Daniel Allott · March 18, 2016 4:53 pm