Tag: Middle East

A masked Palestinian takes cover during a protest calling for the release of Palestinian prisoners held in Israeli jails, outside Ofer, an Israeli military prison near the West Bank city of Ramallah, Friday, April 4, 2014. (AP Photo/Majdi Mohammed)

Palestinians say they don’t want Kerry to fail

Mohammed Daraghmeh · April 4, 2014 5:35 pm

Netanyahu Gets It

Aryeh Tepper · April 4, 2014 5:02 pm

5 soldiers killed in attack on army post in Yemen

Ahmed AlHaj · April 4, 2014 3:09 pm

Lebanese former warlord to run for president

Washington Examiner · April 4, 2014 11:59 am

Secretary of State John Kerry on Tuesday says goodbye as he leaves Tel Aviv, Israel, continuing on to NATO meetings in Brussels after meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, Pool)

John Kerry, White House: It’s ‘reality-check time’ for peace process

Susan Crabtree · April 4, 2014 4:00 am

Diplomats: Syria can meet chemical weapons target

Edith Lederer · April 3, 2014 8:54 pm

Syrian refugee Yahya, speaks to journalists at the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) registration center in the northern city of Tripoli, Lebanon, Thursday, April 3, 2014. The teenager from central Syria became the one millionth Syrian refugee to register in Lebanon on Thursday, a "devastating milestone" for the tiny Arab country with about 4.5 million people of its own, the U.N. refugee agency said. (AP Photo/Bilal Hussein)

Lebanon registers 1 million Syrian refugees

Barbara Surk · April 3, 2014 7:52 pm

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, left, gestures during a meeting of the U.S.-Algeria Strategic Dialogue in Algiers, Algeria Thursday April 3, 2014. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, Pool)

National Security

Kerry: Israeli and Palestinian leaders must ‘lead’

Matthew Lee · April 3, 2014 7:24 pm

FILE - In this Tuesday April 1, 2014 photo, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, right, jointed by Palestinian chief peace negotiator Saeb Erekat, signs an application to the U.N. agencies in the West Bank city of Ramallah. The Palestinians are not walking away from U.S.-led efforts to reach a peace deal with Israel, a top Palestinian official said Wednesday, a day after their renewed bid for international recognition of a "state of Palestine" threw Washington's already troubled Mideast mission into further disarray. (AP Photo/Majdi Mohammed, File)

Israel says it won’t release Palestinian prisoners

Ian Deitch · April 3, 2014 7:03 pm

Syrian media: Mortar fire kills 6 near Damascus

Bassem Mroue · April 3, 2014 5:43 pm

Kerry: None of the UN Organizations Joined By the Palestinians are UN Organizations

Noah Pollak · April 3, 2014 1:18 pm

Secretary of State John Kerry makes opening remarks at the start of a U.S.-Algeria Strategic Dialogue in Algiers, Algeria, on Thursday. (AP/Jacquelyn Martin)

National Security

John Kerry and White House say it’s a ‘critical time’ for Israel peace process

Susan Crabtree · April 3, 2014 4:00 am