Tag: Middle East

Deadly Israeli strikes hit UN school, market area

KARIN LAUBTIA GOLDENBERG · July 30, 2014 8:13 pm

Smoke rises in the skyline from Israeli strikes in eastern Gaza City, early Wednesday, July 30, 2014, amid Israel's heaviest air and artillery assault in more than three weeks of Israel-Hamas fighting. (AP Photo/Khalil Hamra)

AP ANALYSIS: Amid war, endgames in Gaza emerge

Dan Perry · July 30, 2014 7:39 pm

Podcast: Obama Strategy For Gaza? Keep Iran Happy.

TWS Podcast · July 30, 2014 7:10 pm

Dissent quieted with most Israelis behind Gaza war

ARON HELLERTIA GOLDENBERG · July 30, 2014 6:42 pm

If you want to read a stinging critique of Secretary of State John Kerry's Middle East diplomacy, take a look at Adam Garfinkle's take in The American Interest blog. (AP Photo)

Beltway Confidential

A sulfuric denunciation of John Kerry’s Middle East diplomacy

Michael Barone · July 30, 2014 5:47 pm

FILE - In this Dec. 28, 2005 file photo, an Iraqi Airways plane sits on the tarmac at Baghdad International Airport. European and Dubai-based airlines have begun rerouting flights over Iraqi airspace as a security precaution, though Iraq says its skies are safe. (AP Photo/Khalid Mohammed, File)

Dubai, European airlines divert flights over Iraq

VIVIAN SALAMASAMEER N. YACOUB · July 30, 2014 5:40 pm

In this Tuesday, July 29, 2014 photo, a generator owner inspects his community generator that was destroyed after a bombing in Fallujah, 40 miles (65 kilometers) west of Baghdad, Iraq. Last month's rapid advance of the Islamic State group, which captured Iraq's second largest city of Mosul, has plunged the country into its worst crisis since the withdrawal of U.S. troops in 2011 with more than a million Iraqis now classified as internally displaced or refugees. (AP Photo)

Iraq offers aid to those displaced by militants

Sameer Yacoub · July 30, 2014 5:23 pm

Yemenis chant slogans after setting tires on fire during a protest against the inflation of fuel prices in Sanaa, Yemen, Wednesday, July 30, 2014. Yemeni protesters blocked roads by burning tires on streets in the Yemeni capital against the government's decision to raise fuel prices. The fuel crisis which hit the country for the past several months has lead to many gas stations shutting down and cars queuing for miles at stations that still sell fuel. The crisis affected public transportation drivers mostly. (AP Photo/Hani Mohammed)

Yemen ends fuel subsidies, nearly doubling prices

Ahmed AlHaj · July 30, 2014 4:51 pm

FILE - This May 19, 2014 file photo shows Ron Dermer in New York. Dermer, Israel's ambassador to the US is asserting that criticism of Secretary of State John Kerry's peace-making efforts is traceable to Israel's "very rambunctious democracy," and not Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Dermer said Netanyahu appreciates Kerry's efforts to bring about a cease-fire in the Gaza war. He adds, quote, "This is not coming from the prime minister." (Photo by Scott Roth/Invision/AP, File)

National Security

Diplomat: Criticism of Kerry not from Netanyahu

Washington Examiner · July 30, 2014 3:35 pm

State Department approved 215 Bill Clinton speeches, controversial consulting deal, worth $48m; Hillary Clinton’s COS copied on all decisions

micah-morrison, Luke Rosiak · July 30, 2014 5:00 am

Israel hits symbols of Hamas rule; 128 killed

IBRAHIM BARZAKYOUSUR ALHLOU · July 29, 2014 10:24 pm

FILE - In this July 24, 2014, file photo, House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, talks with the media on Capitol Hill in Washington. While much of the rest of the world watches the Gaza war in horror and scrambles for a cease-fire, U.S. lawmakers are pressing the Obama administration to take no action that puts pressure on Israel to halt its military operations. Boehner said Monday, July 28, the administration should "stand with Israel, not just as a broker or observer but as a strong partner." (AP Photo/File)

National Security

Lawmakers struggle to seal $225M Iron Dome package

BRADLEY KLAPPERDONNA CASSATA · July 29, 2014 8:50 pm