Tag: Middle East

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani wipes his cheek as he speaks during a press conference at a hotel in Shanghai, China, Thursday, May 22, 2014. Rouhani says an agreement on curbing its nuclear program is "very likely" by July despite a snag in talks last week, but said negotiations might also be extended. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)

National Security

West says rifts remain over Iran nuke pact

George Jahn · May 22, 2014 6:28 pm

FILE - In this file photo taken Friday, May 16, 2014, an Egyptian supporter of presidential candidate Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi, the country's former military chief, holds a poster of him in downtown Cairo, Egypt. Only a slight majority of Egyptians look favorably on Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi, the former army chief who ousted the elected president and is now a heavy favorite to win next week's presidential elections, according to a poll released Thursday, May 22, by a U.S.-based research center. (AP Photo/Khalil Hamra, File)

Hope for strongman fuels Egypt’s el-Sissi campaign

SARAH EL DEEB · May 22, 2014 6:23 pm

No president for Lebanon as deadline looms

Zeina Karam · May 22, 2014 11:40 am

Obama discusses Syria with Jordan’s King Abdullah

Washington Examiner · May 21, 2014 11:22 pm

FILE - In this Aug. 23, 2004 file photo, former Palestinian security chief Mohammed Dahlan gestures prior to a meeting with leader Yasser Arafat at his compound in the West Bank town of Ramallah.A court has sentenced a leading rival of Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas in absentia to two years in prison, effectively blocking him from a future leadership battle. The sentence against Mohammed Dahlan was handed down by a West Bank court in March, but was made public only Wednesday May 21, 2014 in the official Palestinian Authority newspaper. (AP Photo/Nasser Shiyoukhi, File)

Abbas rival sentenced to 2 years in absentia

Mohammed Daraghmeh · May 21, 2014 7:42 pm

A Syrian doctor, right, who works at a Lebanese medical charity clinic, treats a Syrian man lies on the bed, left, in the northern port city of Tripoli, Lebanon, Wednesday May 21, 2014. Syrian refugees in Lebanon lack access to specialized medical care like dialysis and cancer treatment, forcing some to risk their lives to return to their war-ravaged country for health care, according to a report by Amnesty International released Wednesday. (AP Photo)

Syrian troops advance toward Aleppo prison

BARBARA SURKZEINA KARAM · May 21, 2014 5:42 pm

Video prompts look at killing of Palestinian teens

Karin Laub · May 20, 2014 11:45 pm

This photo provided by the anti-government activist group Aleppo Media Center (AMC), which has been authenticated based on its contents and other AP reporting, shows a Syrian young inspecting the rubble of houses that were destroyed by airstrikes from the Syrian government forces in Aleppo, Syria, Sunday, May 18, 2014. Syrian rebels captured a village in northwestern Syria on Sunday, killing more than a dozen government troops in heavy clashes and prompting the military to carry out airstrikes to try to dislodge the fighters, activists said. (AP Photo/Aleppo Media Center)

Syrian army missile kills family, activists say

Diaa Hadid · May 20, 2014 4:13 pm

This photo provided by the anti-government activist group Aleppo Media Center (AMC), which has been authenticated based on its contents and other AP reporting, shows buildings which were destroyed from a Syrian government airstrike in Aleppo, Syria, Saturday, May. 17, 2014. The United Nations chief has condemned a cut in water supplies in the northern Syrian city of Aleppo that he said has deprived at least 2.5 million people of access to potable water. (AP Photo/Aleppo Media Center AMC)

Activists: Death toll in Syria’s war tops 160,000

Barbara Surk · May 19, 2014 8:59 pm

Iraqi PM’s bloc wins most parliamentary seats

SINAN SALAHEDDINSAMEER N. YACOUB · May 19, 2014 6:30 pm

File - In this April 22, 2014 file photo, Palestinians wave their national flags during a rally to demand the end of Palestinian political divisions, at the main square of Gaza City. Propelled by crises, rivals Hamas and Fatah are moving toward forming a unity government by next week, in what appears to be their most promising attempt yet to end a seven-year rift that weakened the Palestinian case for statehood. (AP Photo/Adel Hana, File)

Palestinian rivals closer to ending 7-year rift

KARIN LAUBIBRAHIM BARZAK · May 19, 2014 6:12 pm

Yemen goes on alert over fears of militant attacks

Ahmed AlHaj · May 19, 2014 5:37 pm