Tag: Middle East

Is it time to drain the Strategic Petroleum Reserve?

Arthur Herman · July 8, 2014 5:00 pm

Hayes Podcast: Chaos at the Border and in the Middle East

TWS Podcast · July 8, 2014 1:34 pm

‘America Is the Arsonist of the Middle East’

Daniel Halper · July 8, 2014 1:02 pm

Obama urges restraint for Israel, Palestinians

Josh Lederman · July 8, 2014 4:16 am

Palestinians carry bodies of the Ezz Al-Din Al Qassam Brigades members who were killed in an airstrike during a funeral in Rafah, southern Gaza Strip on Monday, July 7, 2014. The Islamic militant group Hamas that rules Gaza vowed revenge on Israel for the death of several of its members killed in an airstrike early Monday morning in the deadliest exchange of fire since the latest round of attacks began weeks ago. (AP Photo/Hatem Moussa)

Israeli army launches offensive on Gaza Strip

Daniel Estrin · July 8, 2014 1:54 am

The Iranian flag flies in front of a U.N. building where closed-door nuclear talks take place at the International Center in Vienna, Austria, Friday, July 4, 2014.

National Security

Diplomats: Iran nuke talks make little progress

George Jahn · July 8, 2014 1:32 am

This undated photo posted on the U.S. State Department website shows Tom Malinowski, Assistant Secretary of State for Democracy, Human Rights and Labor. Bahrain's Foreign Ministry says that Malinowski, a top U.S. official, has been declared persona non grata and asked to leave the country, just one day after meeting with Bahrain's Shiite opposition group, Al Wifaq. Since early 2011, Bahrain has been roiled by near-daily protests by Shiites seeking greater political rights. Bahrain is home to the U.S. Navy's 5th Fleet. (AP Photo/U.S. State Department)

National Security

Bahrain orders US diplomat to leave

Reem Khalifa · July 8, 2014 12:42 am

In this Sunday, July 6, 2014 photo, a displaced Iraqi family who fled from Baqouba after advances by Islamic militants, sits in their tent at a camp in Khanaqin, 90 miles (140 kilometers) northeast of Baghdad, Iraq. (AP Photo/Adam Hadei)

Iraqi parliament squabbles over when to next meet

RYAN LUCASQASSIM ABDUL-ZAHRA · July 7, 2014 7:21 pm

National Security

US starts destruction of Syria chemical weapons

Lolita Baldor · July 7, 2014 6:02 pm

This Sunday July 6, 2014 photo released by the Syrian official news agency SANA, shows weapons that SANA says were captured by Syrian government forces in the Sheikh Najjar neighborhood of Aleppo, Syria. Syrian government forces last week seized the Sheikh Najjar neighborhood and a key industrial area, allowing them to choke off rebel-held parts of Aleppo. Syrian troops advanced inside and near northern Aleppo on Monday in what appears to be an attempt to lay siege to rebel-held parts of the country's largest city, activist said Monday. (AP Photo/SANA)

Syrian army tries to choke off rebels in Aleppo

BASSEM MROUEDIAA HADID · July 7, 2014 4:58 pm

Palestinians throw stones during clashes with Israeli border police in Jerusalem on Wednesday, July 2, 2014. The suspected abduction of an Arab teen followed by the discovery of a body in Jerusalem on on Wednesday ignited clashes between Israeli police and stone-throwing Palestinians, who saw it as a revenge attack for the killing of three Israeli teens in the West Bank. (AP Photo/Mahmoud Illean)

Beltway Confidential

Do Washington Post reporters or editors think Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is a liar?

Michael Barone · July 7, 2014 10:53 am

Palestinian Hamas supporters chant islamic slogans during a demonstration against the Israeli military operations in the West Bank in Jebaliya refugee camp, northern Gaza Strip, Friday, July 4, 2014. (AP/Hatem Moussa)

U.S. taxpayers shouldn’t be forced to fund Palestinian terrorism

Star Parker · July 5, 2014 10:00 am