Tag: Middle East

FILE - In this Monday, Sept. 28, 2009, file photo, Khaled Meshaal, head of Hamas Politburo in Damascus, talks during a news conference following his talks with Egyptian officials in Cairo. Hamas leader Meshaal said in an interview broadcast Monday, July 28, 2014, that he believes the world hasn't taken an even-handed view of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil, File)

Hamas leader Meshaal demands end to occupation

Washington Examiner · July 28, 2014 12:59 pm

A relative guides a girl in prayer at the grave of their loved one in a cemetery in Gaza city, northern Gaza Strip, Monday, July 28, 2014. Monday marked the beginning of the three-day Eid al-Fitr holiday, which caps the Muslim fasting month of Ramadan. Muslims usually start the day with dawn prayers and visiting cemeteries to pay their respects to the dead, with children getting new clothes, toys, shoes and haircuts, and families visiting each other. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis)

In war-struck Gaza, civilians struggle to get by

KARIN LAUBIBRAHIM BARZAK · July 28, 2014 12:06 pm

VIDEO: John Kerry vows U.S. will continue push for Israel-Palestinian ceasefire

Ed Sykes · July 28, 2014 9:37 am

FILE - In this Thursday, July 24, 2014, file photo, blood and and discarded belongings are left behind at a U.N. school in Beit Hanoun, in the northern Gaza Strip. Israeli tank shells hit the compound, killing more than a dozen people and wounding dozens more who were seeking shelter from fierce clashes on the streets outside, Palestinian officials said, as Israel pressed forward with its 17-day war against the territory's Hamas rulers. (AP Photo/Adel Hana, File)

Israel acknowledges mortar shell hit UN school

Yousur Alhlou · July 27, 2014 11:28 pm

People inspect the destroyed old Mosque of The Prophet Jirjis in central Mosul, Iraq, Sunday, July 27, 2014. The revered Muslim shrine was destroyed by militants who overran the city in June and imposed their harsh interpretation of Islamic law. (AP Photo)

Seriously? Obama asks Congress to repeal 2002 War in Iraq: Examiner Editorial

Washington Examiner · July 27, 2014 9:00 pm

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Beltway Confidential

Christian support for Israel rooted in Genesis promises, not end-times prophecy, evangelicals say

Philip Klein · July 27, 2014 8:07 pm

38 killed as Libyan forces battle militias in east

Mariam Rizk · July 27, 2014 6:59 pm

Suspected al-Qaida attack kills 2 troops in Yemen

Ahmed AlHaj · July 27, 2014 4:05 pm

Israeli Arabs caught in the middle of Gaza war

Aron Heller · July 27, 2014 9:38 am

This undated frame grab from video provided by the Manara al-Bayda, the media arm of the al-Qaida-linked Nusra Front, on Friday, July 25, 2014, which has been verified and is consistent with other AP reporting, shows American suicide attacker Moner Mohammad Abu-Salha, who was known among rebels as Hurayra al-Amriki. Abu-Salha is the first American to carry out a suicide attack in Syria's civil war. (AP Photo/Manara al-Bayda)

National Security

Video shows smiling American bomber in Syria

Bassem Mroue · July 27, 2014 2:27 am

A Palestinian woman carries her belongings past the rubble of houses destroyed by Israeli strikes in Beit Hanoun, northern Gaza Strip, Saturday, July 26, 2014. Thousands of Gaza residents who had fled Israel-Hamas fighting streamed back to devastated border areas during a lull Saturday, and were met by large-scale destruction: scores of homes were pulverized, wreckage blocked roads and power cables dangled in the streets. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis)

National Security

Israel says it’s extending Gaza truce for 24 hours

KARIN LAUBIAN DEITCH · July 27, 2014 2:25 am

Ben-Gurion Airport uses the most sophisticated aviation security in the world, which protects flights from all threats, including Hamas rocket shrapnel landing outside the airport (the occurrence on Tuesday which triggered the ban). (AP Photo)

America should help Israel destroy Hamas’ terrorist tunnels, infrastructure

Avi Dichter · July 26, 2014 2:04 pm