Tag: Middle East

FILE - In this file photo taken Thursday, June 19, 2014, an al-Qaida-inspired militant stands guard at a checkpoint captured from the Iraqi Army outside Beiji refinery, some 250 kilometers (155 miles) north of Baghdad, Iraq. The al-Qaida breakaway group that has seized much of northern Syria and huge tracks of neighboring Iraq formally declared the creation of an Islamic state on Sunday, June 29, in the territory under its control. (AP Photo, File)

Jihadi group captures Syrian border town

Barbara Surk · July 1, 2014 3:14 pm

FILE - In this Saturday, March 29, 2014 file photo, U.S. President Barack Obama shakes hands with Governor of Riyadh Prince Khalid bin Bandar, during Obama's departure ceremony at King Khalid International airport in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. The Saudi Press Agency said late Monday, June, 30, 2014 that King Abdullah named Prince Khalid bin Bandar to the post of chief of general intelligence. Khalid was relieved of his post as deputy defense minister on Saturday, barely six weeks after he was appointed. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, File)

Saudi Arabia names new intelligence chief

abdullah-alshihri · July 1, 2014 10:16 am

Islamic state declaration could lead to schism

RYAN LUCASSAMEER N. YACOUB · June 30, 2014 4:57 pm

FILE - In this Monday, June 16, 2014 file photo, demonstrators chant slogans to support al-Qaida-inspired Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant as they carry al-Qaida flags in front of the provincial government headquarters in Mosul, 225 miles (360 kilometers) northwest of Baghdad, Iraq. The al-Qaida breakaway group that has seized much of northern Syria and huge tracks of neighboring Iraq formally declared the creation of an Islamic state on Sunday, June 29, in the territory under its control. (AP Photo, File)

Successors to the prophet: Islam’s caliphates

Joseph Krauss · June 30, 2014 4:47 pm

Blasts kill 2 senior policemen near Egypt palace

Mohammed Salah · June 30, 2014 2:26 pm

Mortar shells hit northern Syrian city, killing 14

ALBERT AJIBARBARA SURK · June 30, 2014 2:25 pm

Turkey does not want ‘tattered and divided’ Iraq

Washington Examiner · June 30, 2014 1:55 pm

Tempers fray as displaced Iraqis break Muslim fast

Diaa Hadid · June 30, 2014 7:38 am

FILE - In this file photo taken Thursday, June 19, 2014, an al-Qaida-inspired militant stands guard at a checkpoint captured from the Iraqi Army outside Beiji refinery, some 250 kilometers (155 miles) north of Baghdad, Iraq. The al-Qaida breakaway group that has seized much of northern Syria and huge tracks of neighboring Iraq formally declared the creation of an Islamic state on Sunday, June 29, in the territory under its control. (AP Photo, File)

National Security

Al-Qaida splinter declares new Islamic caliphate

Ryan Lucas · June 30, 2014 3:08 am

Thousands of Israelis gather for a rally calling for the release of the three missing Israeli teens, feared abducted in the West Bank on June 12, in Tel Aviv, Israel, Sunday, June 29, 2014. There has been an increase in rockets launched from the Hamas-ruled territory toward Israel this month, as the army has carried out a wide-ranging operation against Hamas in the West Bank while searching for three Israeli teens who Israel says were abducted by the Palestinian militant group. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty)

Thousands of Israelis rally for abducted youths

Oded Balilty · June 29, 2014 7:41 pm

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks to the media in Tel Aviv, Israel, Sunday, June 15, 2014. Netanyahu has condemned Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas' agreement with the militant group, and said he would hold him responsible for the safety of the youths, who disappeared apparently while hitchhiking in the West Bank late Thursday. (AP Photos/Dan Balilty)

Israeli leader calls for independent Kurdistan

Washington Examiner · June 29, 2014 4:00 am

Iraqi federal policemen patrol in Baghdad's Abu Ghraib suburb, Iraq, Saturday, June 28, 2014. Iraqi troops backed by helicopter gunships launched an operation early Saturday aimed at dislodging Sunni militants from the northern city of Tikrit, one of two major urban centers they seized in recent weeks in a dramatic blitz across the country. (AP Photo/Karim Kadim)

Iraq forces launch push for insurgent-held city

RYAN LUCASQASSIM ABDUL-ZAHRA · June 28, 2014 8:37 pm