Tag: Middle East

Ministers applaud Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, front, at the parliament in Ankara, Turkey, Wednesday, April 23, 2014. Erdogan has issued a conciliatory message to Armenians on the eve of the anniversary of the massacre of Armenians almost a century ago, calling the events of World War I "our shared pain." In a statement released Wednesday in nine languages _ including Armenian _ Erdogan said he hoped Armenians who lost their lives are in peace and expressed condolences to their descendants.(AP Photo)

Turkey calls WWI Armenian killings ‘shared pain’

Suzan Fraser · April 23, 2014 6:25 pm

Bahrain moves to deport Shiite cleric

Reem Khalifa · April 23, 2014 6:00 pm

Syria Announces Presidential Elections for June

Lee Smith · April 23, 2014 4:25 pm

Gaza's Hamas Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh, right, and senior Fatah official Azzam al-Ahmad meet in Gaza for talks aimed at reaching a reconciliation agreement between the two rival Palestinian groups, Hamas and Fatah on Tuesday, April 22, 2014. Palestinians have been divided since 2007 when Hamas took control of the Gaza Strip from Fatah forces loyal to Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas. (AP Photo/Hatem Moussa)

Palestinians’ Abbas warns against failure of talks

Washington Examiner · April 22, 2014 7:12 pm

Lebanon sends aid to cut-off village near Syria

Hussein Malla · April 22, 2014 6:05 pm

File-This file photo released on Thursday Nov. 29, 2012 by the anti-government activist group Homs City Union of The Syrian Revolution, which has been authenticated based on its contents and other AP reporting, Syrian citizens walk in a destroyed street that was attacked by Syrian forces warplanes, at Abu al-Hol street in Homs province, Syria. Rebels make their last stand in Homs, fighting desperately to cling to their last bastion in the city's old quarters as emboldened forces loyal to President Bashar Assad launch a fierce assault to evict them completely from the city once known as the capital of the revolution. (AP Photo/Homs City Union of The Syrian Revolution, File)

Syrian rebels make last stand for Homs

Diaa Hadid · April 22, 2014 12:15 pm

Gunmen kill 4 senior security officials in Yemen

Ahmed AlHaj · April 22, 2014 9:32 am

Saudi sentences 8 to death for 2003 Riyadh attack

Washington Examiner · April 21, 2014 9:10 pm

Yemen says strikes on al-Qaida base kill 55

Ahmed AlHaj · April 21, 2014 8:54 pm

US looking into possible chemical attack in Syria

Lara Jakes · April 21, 2014 7:43 pm

Syria elections set for June 3 amid civil war

Washington Examiner · April 21, 2014 6:23 pm

Gaza militants fire missile, rockets at Israel

Ian Deitch · April 21, 2014 12:32 pm