Tag: Middle East

President Obama hands out diplomas to the graduating class of the U.S. Military Academy at West Point in West Point, N.Y., Wednesday, May 28, 2014. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Obama’s West Point speech exposes his foreign-policy failures

James Robbins · May 29, 2014 9:07 pm

Syrians who live in Lebanon gather in front of the Syrian embassy to vote in the presidential election in Yarze, east of Beirut, Lebanon, Wednesday, May 28, 2014. Thousands of supporters of Bashar Assad flocked to their embassy in Lebanon on Wednesday as expat voting started ahead of Syria's June 3 presidential election - a vote highly contentious amid the civil war but one that is widely expected to give the Syrian president a third seven-year term in office. (AP Photo/Bilal Hussein)

Syrians in Lebanon vote for president for 2nd day

Barbara Surk · May 29, 2014 10:35 am

Syrian citizens who live in Lebanon shout slogans, background, as one carries a portrait of Syrian President Bashar Assad, as they walk towards to the Syrian embassy to ballot their vote for their presidential elections, in Baabda east of Beirut, Lebanon, Wednesday May 28, 2014. Thousands are flocking to the Syrian embassy in Lebanon as expat voting starts ahead of Syria's June 3 presidential election. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)

Virginia state Sen. Richard Black pens letter praising Syrian president

Associated Press · May 29, 2014 4:00 am

UN: Syria won’t meet deadline to destroy chemicals

Edith Lederer · May 29, 2014 12:24 am

Lebanese patriarch embraces exiled militiamen

Karin Laub · May 28, 2014 8:13 pm

A Syrian woman who lives in Iran casts her ballot for her country's presidential election at the Syrian Embassy in Tehran, Iran, Wednesday, May 28, 2014, as expat voting started ahead of Syria's June 3 presidential election - a vote highly contentious amid the civil war but one that is widely expected to give the Syrian president a third seven-year term in office. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi)

Assad’s supporters abroad vote in Syrian election

BASSEM MROUEZEINA KARAM · May 28, 2014 7:20 pm

Israeli police enter holy site to disperse clash

Tia Goldenberg · May 28, 2014 9:38 am

Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, criticized the Obama administration on a two-day visit to Israel for pressuring the Jewish state on the issue of settlements in the Palestinian territories. (AP Photo/Jim Cole)

Beltway Confidential

Ted Cruz attacks Obama during Israel visit

Kevin Daley · May 27, 2014 4:28 pm

FILE - In this file photo provided on Nov. 24, 2011, by the office of Khaled Mashaal, Palestinian Hamas leader Khaled Mashaal, left, and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas are seen together during their meeting in Cairo, Egypt. A negotiator said Monday, May 26, 2014, that he expects a Palestinian unity government to be announced later this week in what would be a first significant step toward ending the crippling rift between Hamas and Fatah. (AP Photo/Office of Khaled Meshaal, File)

Gaza’s Hamas government says ready to step aside

Washington Examiner · May 27, 2014 4:20 pm

40 hunger-striking detainees in Israeli hospitals

Washington Examiner · May 27, 2014 4:14 pm

Fire breaks out at Bethlehem’s Church of Nativity

Washington Examiner · May 27, 2014 1:29 pm

Pope Francis, center, attends a mass at the site known as the Cenacle, or Upper Room, where Christians believe Jesus had his last supper, in Jerusalem on Monday, May 26, 2014. Francis honored Jews killed in the Holocaust and other attacks and kissed the hands of Holocaust survivors as he capped his three-day Mideast trip with poignant stops Monday at some of the holiest and most haunting sites for Jews. (AP Photo/Jack Guez, Pool)

Pope ends delicate Mideast trip with peace call

NICOLE WINFIELDARON HELLER · May 26, 2014 11:40 pm