Tag: Middle East

White House press secretary Jay Carney speaks during his daily news briefing at the White House in Washington, Tuesday, Feb. 18, 2014. Carney answered questions including ones on Syria and North Korea. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

White House: Russia ‘unhelpful’ on Syria

Meghashyam Mali · February 18, 2014 5:00 am

In this photo released by Lebanon's official government photographer Dalati Nohra, Lebanese Prime Minister Tammam Salam, front row, fourth from right, and other Cabinet ministers pose for a group picture at the presidential palace in Baabda, east of Beirut, Lebanon, Saturday, Feb. 15, 2014. Salam formed a Cabinet from a wide range of groups across the political spectrum on Saturday, over 10 months after he became premier, after bridging serious divisions between rival political groups mostly over Syria's civil war. (AP Photo/Dalati Nohra)

Lebanese PM belatedly forms his Cabinet

Bassem Mroue · February 15, 2014 10:18 pm

Tens of thousands of Bahraini pro-democracy protesters wave signs and national flags during a march along a divided four-lane highway near Barbar, Bahrain, west of the capital of Manama, on Saturday, Feb. 15, 2014. Protesters called for the long-serving prime minister, Sheik Khalifa bin Salman Al Khalifa, to step down and for democracy in the Gulf island kingdom. (AP Photo/Hasan Jamali)

Bahrainis protest, wounded police officer dies

Reem Khalifa · February 15, 2014 7:38 pm

A Bahraini anti-government protester throws a stone toward riot police firing tear gas during clashes in Dih, on the edge of the capital of Manama, Bahrain, Friday, Feb. 14, 2014. An explosion rocked a bus carrying police in Bahrain on Friday, while security forces used tear gas in clashes with anti-government protesters on the third anniversary of an uprising in the small Gulf island nation. (AP Photo/Hasan Jamali)

Bahrain: Blasts hit police 3 years after uprising

Reem Khalifa · February 14, 2014 8:55 pm

Druse supporters of Syrian President Bashar Assad hold up his portraits during a rally, demanding the return of the Golan Heights, captured by Israel in 1967, close to the Syrian border in Majdal Shams in the Golan Heights, Friday, Feb. 14, 2014. The annual demonstration is in protest of the 1981 Israeli law in which the Jewish state annexed the strategic plateau it captured from Syria during 1967 Arab-Israeli war. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty)

White House: No ‘significant progress’ in Syria talks

Brian Hughes · February 14, 2014 5:00 am

If You Don’t Understand Our Commitment to Iran, You Don’t Understand Hezbollah

Lee Smith · February 13, 2014 6:19 pm

White House aides host Saudi interior minister

Susan Crabtree · February 13, 2014 5:00 am

Kerry Plan May Put Al Qaeda in the West Bank

Lee Smith · February 12, 2014 4:08 pm

Key Yemen panel agrees on federal state of 6 regions

Washington Examiner · February 10, 2014 1:28 pm

President Obama and Secretary of State John Kerry. (Win McNamee/Getty Images)

Is Obama seeking an opening to Iran the way Richard Nixon did with China?

Michael Barone · February 9, 2014 5:00 am

In Israel, a push to bring Arabs into tech sector

Tia Goldenberg · February 7, 2014 8:05 pm

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Female Saudi student dies after officials allegedly prevented male paramedics from helping

Ashe Schow · February 7, 2014 5:00 am