Tag: Middle East

National Security

VIDEO: Obama announces Iraq airstrikes, humanitarian aid

Ed Sykes · August 8, 2014 1:07 pm

Lebanon’s former PM returns from exile amid crisis

Zeina Karam · August 8, 2014 12:57 pm

A displaced Iraqi Christian woman holds a picture of her four-year-old relative, David, who was killed by militants, at St. Joseph Church in Irbil, northern Iraq, Thursday, Aug. 7, 2014. Late Wednesday, militants overran a cluster of predominantly Christian villages alongside the country's semi-autonomous Kurdish region, sending tens of thousands of civilians and Kurdish fighters fleeing from the area, several priests in northern Iraq said Thursday. (AP Photo/Khalid Mohammed)

US airdrops supplies to thousands besieged in Iraq

SAMEER N. YACOUBVIVIAN SALAMA · August 8, 2014 3:28 am

President Barack Obama speaks about the situation in Iraq in the State Dining Room at the White House in Washington, Thursday, Aug. 7, 2014. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

National Security

Obama authorizes renewed airstrikes in Iraq

JULIE PACEROBERT BURNS · August 8, 2014 3:07 am

Palestinian Hamas supporters gather for a rally in Gaza City, Gaza Strip, Thursday, Aug. 7, 2014. Thursday's rally drew several thousand supporters and a senior Hamas official has told supporters at the rally that the war with Israel won't be over until the group's political demands are met. Israel and Hamas were holding indirect negotiations in Cairo, Egypt about new border arrangements for blockaded Gaza and extending a cease-fire. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis)

Hamas rejects disarmament proposal

HAMZA HENDAWIMAGGIE MICHAEL · August 7, 2014 7:57 pm

Israel and Hamas Dig in As Gaza Talks Go on

Washington Examiner · August 7, 2014 7:16 pm

Syrian refugees flee from the Lebanese eastern town of Arsal on their way to cross back into Syria, as they ride in vehicles with their belongings at the Lebanese border crossing point of Masnaa, eastern Bekaa Valley, Lebanon, Thursday, Aug. 7, 2014. Up to 150 cars packed with Syrian refugees were seen leaving Arsal. A security official in eastern Lebanon said arrangements were made for them to cross back into Syria through the border crossing. It was not immediately clear where in Syria the refugees were going, but many may have been fleeing the violence in Arsal for areas inside their country where there has been less fighting recently. (AP Photo)

Syria militants leave Lebanese border town

Fadi Tawil · August 7, 2014 6:53 pm

Palestinian fishermen pull their fishnet at the Mediterranean Sea in Gaza City in the northern Gaza Strip on Thursday, Aug. 7, 2014. (AP Photo/Adel Hana)

Europeans pressing for Gaza harbor development

Raf Casert · August 7, 2014 4:46 pm

Libya calls for UN-supervised ceasefire

Washington Examiner · August 7, 2014 3:44 pm

Iran policeman gets 3 years over death of blogger

ALI AKBAR DAREINI · August 7, 2014 12:43 pm

National Security

US nuclear negotiator to resume talks with Iran

Associated Press · August 7, 2014 4:54 am

UN chief: Gaza deaths and destruction shame world

Edith Lederer · August 7, 2014 2:29 am