Tag: Middle East

Women walk past the aftermath of a car bomb attack in the mainly Shiite neighborhood of Zafaraniyah in southeastern Baghdad, Iraq, on Oct. 8. (AP/Hadi Mizban)

Beltway Confidential

State Department sees al Qaeda as ‘major and increasing threat to Iraq’s stability’

Joel Gehrke · October 30, 2013 4:00 am

Obama, Netanyahu discuss Iran, Mideast peace talks

Washington Examiner · October 28, 2013 10:11 pm

‘American Abandonment of Leadership’ in Middle East

Daniel Halper · October 28, 2013 1:16 pm

US warns of plot to abduct journalists in Syria

Matthew Lee · October 22, 2013 9:06 pm

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, left, meets Syrian National Coalition President Ahmed al-Jarba at the U.S. Ambassador's residence in London on Tuesday. (AP/Alastair Grant)

Extremist groups hobble Syrian peace negotiations

Lara Jakes · October 22, 2013 4:00 am

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani listens to a question during an address hosted by the Asia Society and the Council on Foreign Relations in midtown Manhattan on Sept. 26. (AP/John Minchillo)

Obama’s policies created new paths for Iranian expansion

James Jay Carafano · October 21, 2013 4:00 am

The Persian Gulf Power Vacuum

Lee Smith · October 21, 2013 4:00 am

National representatives sit prior to the start of the two days of closed-door nuclear talks on Tuesday at the United Nations offices in Geneva, Switzerland. (AP/Fabrice Coffrini)

White House encouraged by Iran talks

Susan Crabtree · October 16, 2013 4:00 am

Malala Yousafzai said that she wants to become prime minister of Pakistan. (AP Photo/Jessica Rinaldi)

Beltway Confidential

‘Bravest girl in the world’ Malala Yousafzai defies Taliban, continues speaking for womens’ rights in Islam

Ashe Schow · October 14, 2013 4:00 am

White House press secretary Jay Carney briefs reporters in the Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House in Washington, Wednesday, Oct. 9, 2013. Carney opened with remarks on Secretary of Veterans Affairs Eric Shinseki's testimony on Capitol Hill regarding veterans benefits and the partial government shutdown. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

Jay Carney: U.S-Egypt relationship won’t be ‘business as usual’

Meghashyam Mali · October 9, 2013 4:00 am

Egyptians crowd a market in Cairo last month. (AP/Khalil Hamra)

US cutting hundreds of millions in aid to Egypt

Deb Riechmann · October 9, 2013 4:00 am

President Barack Obama speaks about the the budget and the partial government shutdown, Tuesday, Oct. 8, 2013, in the Brady Press Room of the White House in Washington. The president said he told House Speaker John Boehner he's willing to negotiate with Republicans on their priorities, but not under the threat of "economic chaos." (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Obama: Chinese ‘don’t mind’ my absence on Asia trip

Brian Hughes · October 8, 2013 4:00 am