Tag: Middle East

Spate of Mideast virus infections raises concerns

Adam Schreck · April 17, 2014 4:12 pm

FILE- In this Sunday, April 6, 2014 file photo, John Cena celebrates his win during Wrestlemania XXX at the Mercedes-Benz Super Dome in New Orleans. World-famous WWE wrestlers such as John Cena, Shaemus and champion Randy Orton are in Saudi Arabia for three days of matches in the capital Riyadh. (Jonathan Bachman/AP Images for WWE, File)

WWE wrestlers in Saudi Arabia for live matches

Washington Examiner · April 17, 2014 3:06 pm

Israel arrests Arab journalist over Lebanon visit

Washington Examiner · April 17, 2014 10:35 am

Jordanian fighter jet crashes; pilot killed

Omar Akour · April 17, 2014 9:24 am

In this photo taken Wednesday, April 16, 2014, a female member of an Israeli and foreigner's group tour that is organized by IPCRI, an Israeli Palestinian group promoting co-existence, listens to a Palestinian guide while visiting the outskirts of the West Bank city of Ramallah. This bustling center of Palestinian life is just a 20-minute drive from Jerusalem, but for Israelis it might as well be on the other side of the world. (AP Photo/Nasser Nasser)

Curious about Palestine, Israeli visitors return

Karin Laub · April 17, 2014 6:54 am

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Beltway Confidential

Pro-Israel group counters anti-Israel bus ads in DC

Ashe Schow · April 17, 2014 4:00 am

FILE - This is a 2003 file image obtained by The Associated Press which shows an unidentified detainee standing on a box with a bag on his head and wires attached to him in late 2003 at the Abu Ghraib prison in Baghdad, Iraq. An Iraqi Justice Ministry official said Wednesday, April 16, 2014 that this week's closure of the infamous Abu Ghraib prison west of Baghdad is temporary and that it will be reopened once the security situation in the surrounding area is stable. The closure is the latest chapter in the history of the prison, which during Saddam Hussein's rule was one of the main facilities for jailing and executing his opponents. After the U.S.-led invasion that toppled Saddam, Abu Ghraib became notorious once again, for a 2004 scandal over abuses of detainees by American guards. (AP Photo, File)

National Security

Iraq: Abu Ghraib prison closure not permanent

Qassim AbdulZahra · April 16, 2014 7:33 pm

FILE - In this Friday, Oct. 28, 2011 file photo, Egyptian Muslim cleric and candidate for the Egyptian presidency Hazem Salah Abu-Ismail, center, is guarded by his supporters as he enters Tahrir Square during a protest against the ruling military council, in Cairo, Egypt. On Saturday, April 12, 2014, a court in Egypt sentenced Abu-Ismail, an ultraconservative Islamist who is an ally of ousted President Mohammed Morsi to one year in prison for insulting the judiciary during his trial. Abu-Ismail, a former presidential hopeful, is being tried for allegedly concealing the fact his mother was a U.S. citizen in order to qualify for the 2012 presidential election. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil, File)

Egypt Islamist sentenced to 7 years for forgery

Washington Examiner · April 16, 2014 6:21 pm

This photo released by Hezbollah-owned Al-Manar TV Facebook page, shows a combo picture of three Al-Manar TV journalists, cameraman Mohammed Mantash, left, reporter Hamza al-Haj Hassan, center, and technician Halim Allaw, right, who were killed while covering the battle between the Syrian government forces and rebels, in the Syrian town of Maaloula, Syria, Monday, April 14, 2014. Three journalists working with Hezbollah-owned Al-Manar TV were killed Monday after the car they were traveling in came under a hail of bullets in the Syrian town of Maaloula, the station said. The Lebanese militant Hezbollah is a staunch ally of Syrian President Bashar Assad's regime. Fighters from the group have traveled to Syria and have been instrumental in helping Syrian troops secure key areas near the Lebanese border. (AP Photo/Al-Manar TV)

Watchdog: Rise in targeted media killings in Syria

Zeina Karam · April 16, 2014 5:12 pm

This aerial photo shows a truck burning after a Jordanian air strike on a convoy at the border between Jordan and Syria on Wednesday, April 16, 2014. Jordanian military warplanes struck a convoy of vehicles as they were trying to enter Jordan from Syria, the army said in a statement Wednesday, in an unusual move at a time of tensions between the desert kingdom and Damascus.(AP Photos/Ammonnews)

Jordanian jets strike vehicles on Syrian border

Washington Examiner · April 16, 2014 3:36 pm

Session to elect Lebanon president on April 23

Washington Examiner · April 16, 2014 2:12 pm

Prominent human rights lawyer detained in Saudi

Washington Examiner · April 16, 2014 1:35 pm