Tag: Middle East

Egypt clamps hold over mosques to control message

Maggie Michael · April 16, 2014 6:29 am

New Zealand, Australian men killed in Yemen strike

Nick Perry · April 16, 2014 5:38 am

It appears that at least some of the items for sale in the Tehran shop were left behind by the American military in Iraq, Afghanistan and Kuwait. (Thinkstock)

Beltway Confidential

New report says sophisticated U.S. military equipment for sale in Tehran bazaar

Mark Tapscott · April 16, 2014 4:00 am

An Israeli soldier stands guard near the scene of a shooting near the Tarqumiya checkpoint, near the West Bank city of Hebron, Monday, April 14, 2014. Police say assailants opened fire on an Israeli vehicle in the West Bank, killing one person and wounding two. (AP Photo/Gil Yohanan) ISRAEL OUT

Hamas praises deadly West Bank shooting

Ian Deitch · April 15, 2014 9:26 pm

In this Thursday, Feb. 6, 2014 photo provided by the office of the Iranian President, Hamid Aboutalebi, an Iranian diplomat, who was recently named as Iran's ambassador at the United Nations, speaks at his office in Tehran, Iran. Iran has no plans to name a new diplomat to the United Nations, its Foreign Ministry said Saturday, after the United States blocked its pick in a rare rebuke that could stir fresh animosity at a time when the two countries have been seeking a thaw in relations. The Obama administration said Friday that the U.S. had informed Iran it would not grant a visa to Hamid Aboutalebi, a member of the group responsible for the 1979 takeover of the U.S. Embassy in Tehran. While U.S. officials had been trying to persuade Iran to simply withdraw Aboutalebi's name, the announcement amounted to an acknowledgement that those efforts had not been successful. (AP Photo/Iranian Presidency Office, Mohammad Berno)

National Security

Iran protests UN ambassador ban to United Nations

Washington Examiner · April 15, 2014 6:57 pm

FILE - This Saturday, Sept. 7, 2013 file photo released by the Syrian official news agency SANA, shows a general view of Maaloula village, northeast of the capital Damascus, Syria. Syrian government troops seized two villages, one of them an ancient Christian hamlet, north of Damascus on Monday, April 14, 2014 as part of the military's relentless offensive along the rugged frontier with Lebanon, state media and activists said. (AP Photo/SANA, File)

Syrian forces try seize rebel-held areas of Homs

ALBERT AJIDIAA HADID · April 15, 2014 6:28 pm

Saudi king replaces intelligence chief Bandar

Washington Examiner · April 15, 2014 6:11 pm

Bombing wounds 3 in central Cairo

Hamza Hendawi · April 15, 2014 3:36 pm

In this image released by the Emirates News Agency, WAM, Iranian Foreign Minister Mohamad Javad Zarif, left, meets with Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, UAE Prime Minister and ruler of Dubai to discuss bilateral relations and regional developments, in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, Tuesday, April 15, 2014. (AP Photo/ WAM )

Iran envoy visits Emirates in sign of warming ties

Washington Examiner · April 15, 2014 2:23 pm

Gunmen abduct Jordanian ambassador in Libya

ESAM MOHAMEDOMAR AKOUR · April 15, 2014 2:00 pm

Egypt: El-Sissi in final step to run for president

Hamza Hendawi · April 14, 2014 10:59 pm

More chemicals shipped out of Syria

Michael Corder · April 14, 2014 6:45 pm