Tag: Middle East

People inspect the destroyed Mosque of The Prophet Younis, or Jonah in Mosul, 225 miles (360 kilometers) northwest of Baghdad, Iraq, Thursday, July 24, 2014. The revered Muslim shrine was destroyed on Thursday by militants who overran the city in June and imposed their harsh interpretation of Islamic law. The mosque was built on an archaeological site dating back to 8th century BC, and is said to be the burial place of the prophet, who in stories from both the Bible and Quran is swallowed by a whale. (AP Photo)

Iraq elects new president as attacks kill dozens

SAMEER N. YACOUBQASSIM ABDUL-ZAHRA · July 24, 2014 7:13 pm

Israel swears in new president amid Gaza war

Tia Goldenberg · July 24, 2014 7:07 pm

Members of Nongovernmental organizations and the media inspect the damage during a two-hour temporary cease-fire in Gaza City's Shijaiyah neighborhood, Wednesday, July 23, 2014. (AP Photo/Hatem Moussa)

In the Middle East, a new alignment being born?

R. Emmett Tyrrell · July 24, 2014 2:36 pm

Hamas, designated a foreign terrorist organization by the U.S., has governed the Palestinian territory of Gaza since they defeated rival Fatah, the group that governs the West Bank. (AP Photo)

Why there can never be ‘peace in the Middle East’

Larry Elder · July 24, 2014 2:32 pm

FILE - In this Monday, July 21, 2014 file photo, a man uses binoculars to look at the Gaza Strip from his balcony in the town of Sderot, Israel after a group of Hamas militants was detected infiltrating into Israel. With deadly fighting raging next door in the Gaza Strip, southern Israeli towns along the border have turned into mini army bases as most residents have fled. (AP Photo/Tsafrir Abayov, File)

Israeli border towns empty, adjust to new threats

Aron Heller · July 24, 2014 6:30 am

Israelis airport workers pass a sign pointing to a shelter for refuge in case a warning siren indicates the possibility of an incoming rocket, at Ben Gurion International airport a day after the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration imposed a 24-hour restriction on flights after a Hamas rocket landed within a mile of the airport, in Tel Aviv, Israel, Wednesday, July 23, 2014. U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry flew into Israel's main airport Wednesday despite a Federal Aviation Administration ban in an apparent sign of his determination to achieve a cease-fire agreement in the warring Gaza Strip despite little evidence of progress in ongoing negotiations. (AP Photo/Dan Balilty)

European carriers suspend more Tel Aviv flights

DAVID RISINGMATTHEW KNIGHT · July 24, 2014 4:48 am

FILE - This April 30, 2014 file photo shows Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas speaking on Capitol Hill in Washington. Cruz, a potential Republican presidential contender in 2016 is questioning whether President Barack Obama used a federal agency to impose an economic boycott on Israel after the Federal Aviation Administration banned U.S. airline flights to Tel Aviv because of safety concerns amid fighting between Israel and Hamas. (AP Photo, J. Scott Applewhite, File)

Cruz suggests flight ban is boycott of Israel

Washington Examiner · July 24, 2014 4:30 am

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, left, meets with Jordanian Foreign Minister Nasser Judeh in the capital, Amman, Jordan, Wednesday, July 23, 2014. Ban is in the Middle East to meet regional leaders and U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry to make the highest-level push to end the war between Israel and Hamas in the Gaza Strip. (AP Photo/Khalil Mazraawi, Pool)

Rockets found at UN Gaza school went missing

Washington Examiner · July 24, 2014 1:02 am

National Security

GOP senators demand say on Iran nuclear deal

Washington Examiner · July 24, 2014 12:55 am

In this Tuesday, July 22, 2014 photo, a sign is posted at a checkpoint belonging to the Islamic State group, captured from the Iraqi Army, at the main entrance of Rawah, 175 miles (281 kilometers) northwest of Baghdad, Iraq. Arabic reads,"Islamic State, the Emirate of Anbar, City of Rawah." It has been nearly six weeks since a Sunni militant blitz led by the Islamic State extremist group seized large swaths of northern and western Iraq. (AP Photo) (AP Photo)

Iraq: al-Maliki rejects Iran’s urging to step down

QASSIM ABDUL-ZAHRAVIVIAN SALAMA · July 23, 2014 10:25 pm

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry boards his plane after his meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Tel Aviv, Israel, Wednesday, July 23, 2014. Kerry is meeting with United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, Netanyahu, and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas as efforts for a cease-fire between Hamas and Israel continues. (AP Photo/Pool)

Senators push to end Hamas threat in cease-fire

Washington Examiner · July 23, 2014 7:57 pm

This Tuesday, July 22, 2014 photo shows a motorist passing by a flag of the Islamic State group in central Rawah, 175 miles (281 kilometers) northwest of Baghdad, Iraq, nearly six weeks since a Sunni militant blitz led by the Islamic State extremist group seized large swaths of northern and western Iraq. (AP Photo)

Envoy urges UN to demand halt to Iraq extremists

Washington Examiner · July 23, 2014 6:57 pm