Tag: Middle East

A U.S. soldier walks past mortars at the Rafik Hariri International Airport in Beirut, Lebanon, Friday, Aug. 29, 2014. The United States has delivered the first shipment of weapons to Lebanon to help bolster its military as it faces a growing threat from Islamic militants amid the fallout from neighboring Syria's civil war. (AP Photo/Bilal Hussein)

US delivers military aid to Lebanese army

Diaa Hadid · August 29, 2014 4:24 pm

UN says Syria refugees top 3 million mark

John Heilprin · August 29, 2014 3:56 pm

National Security

Israel identifies body as missing American student

Washington Examiner · August 29, 2014 1:52 pm

This undated photo combo taken from a video by the Islamic State group, a Syrian opposition group, which has been verified and is consistent with other AP reporting, shows still images of government soldiers captured near Tabqa, Syria according to a statement posted online and circulated on Twitter by supporters of Islamic State group. The photo to the left shows what the extremist group said were the soldiers stripped down to their underwear marching in the desert. The photo to the right shows more than 150 men apparently killed. (AP Photo/ The Islamic State group)

Jihadists kill dozens of captured Syrian soldiers

ZEINA KARAMRYAN LUCAS · August 28, 2014 9:53 pm

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu gestures as he speaks during a press conference at the prime minister's office in Jerusalem, Wednesday, Aug. 27, 2014. Israel's prime minister declared victory Wednesday in the recent war against Hamas in the Gaza Strip, saying the military campaign had dealt a heavy blow and a cease-fire deal gave no concessions to the Islamic militant group.(AP Photo/Sebastian Scheiner)

Europe seeks role in postwar Gaza

Josef Federman · August 28, 2014 7:40 pm

Israel finds body where US student disappeared

Washington Examiner · August 28, 2014 3:47 pm

In a guest editorial in the Wall Street Journal, Sen. Rand Paul argued that U.S. interventionist abetted the rise of ISIS, which the U.S. is now fighting in Iraq. (AP Photo)

Rand Paul argues U.S. actions led to rise of ISIS

Kelly Cohen · August 28, 2014 2:53 pm

French President Francois Hollande delivers his speech to French Ambassadors at the Elysee Palace, Thursday, Aug. 28. 2014. The French leader who once decried global finance and vowed a 75-percent tax on millionaires has quashed dissent from his Socialist government's left flank and appointed a well-heeled former investment banker as his new point man on the economy. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena, Pool)

France rules out Assad as partner in terror fight

Washington Examiner · August 28, 2014 12:29 pm

National Security

A look at the Islamic State militants in Syria

Zeina Karam · August 28, 2014 5:40 am

White House press secretary Josh Earnest briefs reporters during the daily press briefing at the White House in Washington, Wednesday, Aug. 27, 2014. Earnest started his briefing with a question on Syria. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

Obama again faces Congress question on Syria

Julie Pace · August 27, 2014 8:51 pm

Smoke and fire rise in the Quneitra province as Syrian rebels clash with President Bashar Assad's forces, as seen from the Israeli controlled-Golan Heights, Wednesday. (AP/Ariel Schalit)

National Security

Does Syria’s air defense system work?

Susan Crabtree · August 27, 2014 8:22 pm

A Palestinian militant of Izzedine al-Qassam Brigades, military wing of Hamas, holds his rifle during a celebration of the victory rally at the debris of destroyed houses in Shijaiyah, neighborhood of Gaza City, in the northern Gaza Strip, Wednesday, Aug. 27, 2014. An open-ended cease-fire between Israel and Palestinian militants in the Gaza Strip was holding Wednesday. (AP Photo/Adel Hana)

Israeli premier, Hamas declare victory in Gaza war

TIA GOLDENBERGIBRAHIM BARZAK · August 27, 2014 7:58 pm