Tag: Middle East

Israeli premier distances self from Abbas meeting

Daniel Estrin · May 18, 2014 7:55 am

Mourners chant slogans against the al-Qaida breakaway group Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), while carrying a flag-draped coffin of Ahmed Marzouk an Iraqi officer who was killed, said his family, in a fake checkpoint on Thursday, during his funeral procession in the Shiite holy city of Najaf, 100 miles (160 kilometers) south of Baghdad, Iraq, Friday, May 16, 2014. Bombings and shootings around Iraq's capital, including a deadly attack involving militants using a fake checkpoint to target army officers, killed and wounded dozens of people on Thursday, officials said. (AP Photo/ Jaber al-Helo)

Attacks targeting soldiers, militia kill 7 in Iraq

Sameer Yacoub · May 16, 2014 5:23 pm

In this Monday, May 12, 2014 photo, a welcome poster with a picture of Pope Francis is posted at a street near the Church of the Nativity, one of the stops of Pope Francis during his upcoming visit in the Holy Land at the end of this month, in the West Bank city of Bethlehem. Israel's internal security agency said it fears there could be more anti-Christian vandalism attacks, and local Vatican officials have urged Israel to safeguard Christian holy sites ahead of the pope's visit at the end of the month. (AP Photo/Nasser Nasser)

Pope’s trip to Holy Land stirs diplomatic dilemmas

DANIEL ESTRINDANIELA BERRETTA · May 16, 2014 12:22 pm

Aid workers freed after months of Syria captivity

Lori Hinnant · May 15, 2014 8:24 pm

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry speaks during his press conference after the "Friends of Syria Meeting" at the Foreign Office in London, Thursday, May 15, 2014. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, pool)

Kerry: Syrian president election a ‘farce’

Deb Riechmann · May 15, 2014 5:58 pm

Jew, Muslim join pope’s delegation in Holy Land

Nicole Winfield · May 15, 2014 3:07 pm

U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel, left, and Israel's Defense Minister Moshe Yaalon, right, speak during a joint conference following a meeting at Israel's Defense Force headquarters in Tel Aviv, Thursday, May 15, 2014. Hagel is on a regional tour focusing on Iran's nuclear program and Syria's civil war. (AP Photo/Mandel Ngan, Pool)

Israeli official: Gas attacks continue in Syria

Robert Burns · May 15, 2014 1:27 pm

Times of London journalist shot, wounded in Syria

Washington Examiner · May 15, 2014 9:08 am

UN photo archive tells story of Palestinian exodus

KARIN LAUBIBRAHIM BARZAK · May 15, 2014 5:49 am

The Sultan of Brunei Hassanal Bolkiah recently imposed Sharia on the citizens of this small country in Southeast Asia with a population of less than 500,000. The law includes the punishment of death for any who engages in the "crime" of homosexuality or adultery.

Hollywood’s Beverly Hills Hotel boycott: Sharia or Islam?

Larry Elder · May 15, 2014 4:00 am

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry arrives at Stansted Airport outside of London, where he is expected to attend meetings on Syria with the London 11, Wednesday, May 14, 2014. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, Pool)

Kerry meets with Palestinian leader in London

Washington Examiner · May 14, 2014 10:14 pm

A Yemeni soldier checks a vehicle at a checkpoint in a street in Sanaa, Yemen, Monday, May 12, 2014. A suspected U.S. drone strike in southern Yemen killed seveal al-Qaida militants on Monday, military and security officials said. (AP Photo/Hani Mohammed)

Fighting between Yemen army and al-Qaida kills 42

Ahmed AlHaj · May 14, 2014 6:48 pm