Tag: Middle East

Iraq Shiite fighters make their way to the front line to fight militants from the extremist Islamic State group in Jurf al-Sakhar, 43 miles (70 kilometers) south of Baghdad, Iraq, Monday, Aug 18, 2014. Fighters of the voluntary armed group formed after the radical Shiite cleric Muqtatda al-Sadr called to protect holy shrines against possible attacks by Sunni militants. (AP Photo/ Hadi MIzban)

Iraqi military clashes with militants in Tikrit

Sinan Salaheddin · August 19, 2014 4:21 pm

National Security

Watchdog: Syria’s chemical weapons destroyed

Washington Examiner · August 19, 2014 12:45 pm

This Sunday, Aug. 17, 2014 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 a Free Syrian Army fighter aiming his weapon during a battle with Islamic State militants in Aleppo, Syria. Members of the Islamic State group have been marching in the northern province of Aleppo capturing areas under the control of the mainstream Free Syrian Army. Islamic State fighters have overrun nearly a dozen towns and villages in Aleppo province last week crushing what little resistance they have encountered. (AP Photo/Aleppo Media Center AMC)

National Security

Syria strikes militants as US targets them in Iraq

Zeina Karam · August 19, 2014 8:44 am

Obama to host UN summit on foreign fighters threat

Edith Lederer · August 18, 2014 10:07 pm

Iraq Shiite fighters make their way to the front line to fight militants from the extremist Islamic State group in Jurf al-Sakhar, 43 miles (70 kilometers) south of Baghdad, Iraq, Monday, Aug 18, 2014. Fighters of the voluntary armed group formed after the radical Shiite cleric Muqtatda al-Sadr called to protect holy shrines against possible attacks by Sunni militants. (AP Photo/ Hadi MIzban))

Obama: Iraq forces retake Mosul Dam from militants

VIVIAN SALAMADIAA HADID · August 18, 2014 10:06 pm

UN says Gaza requires unprecedented reconstruction

Edith Lederer · August 18, 2014 6:31 pm

Kurdish forces, known as the Peshmerga, make their way to the front line to fight militants from the extremist Islamic State group at Mosul Dam, outside Mosul, Iraq, Monday, Aug 18, 2014. Boosted by two days of U.S. airstrikes, Iraqi and Kurdish forces on Monday wrested back control of the country's largest dam from Islamic militants, a military spokesman in Baghdad said, as fighting was reported to be underway for the rest of the strategic facility. (AP Photo/Khalid Mohammed)

A buyer’s market at gun bazaar in Kurdish town

Diaa Hadid · August 18, 2014 6:29 pm

Yemeni Shiite groups march during an anti-government demonstration in Sanaa, Yemen, Monday, Aug. 18, 2014. (AP Photo/Hani Mohammed)

Energy and Environment

Thousands rally in Yemen over ended fuel subsidies

Washington Examiner · August 18, 2014 4:16 pm

Nigerian woman suspected of Ebola dies in UAE

Adam Schreck · August 18, 2014 3:09 pm

In this photo released by the official website of the office of the Iranian Presidency, Iran's President Hassan Rouhani, right, shakes hands with Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency Yukiya Amano at the start of their meeting in Tehran, Iran, Sunday, Aug. 17, 2014. (AP Photo/Mohammad Berno, Iranian Presidency Office)

National Security

UN sees some progress in Iran nuclear probe

George Jahn · August 18, 2014 3:02 pm

Saudi Arabia executes 4 for hashish smuggling

Washington Examiner · August 18, 2014 2:09 pm

Germany charges man on Iran smuggling charges

Washington Examiner · August 18, 2014 11:23 am