Tag: Middle East

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Energy and Environment

America’s response to Iraq should begin with approving Keystone XL

Rep. Devin Nunes · July 2, 2014 5:00 pm

National Security

Chechen in Syria a rising star in extremist group

Bassem Mroue · July 2, 2014 4:28 pm

Iranian flags fly in front of a U.N. building, where closed-door nuclear talks with Iran take place in Vienna, Austria, Wednesday, July 2, 2014.

National Security

Iran pushes back against US demands at nuke talks

Washington Examiner · July 2, 2014 2:44 pm

A black flag used by the al-Qaida inspired Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) waves over the celebrations square in the northern city of Mosul, Iraq, Tuesday, July 1, 2014. The militant extremist group's unilateral declaration of an Islamic state is threatening to undermine its already-tenuous alliance with other Sunnis who helped it overrun much of northern and western Iraq. (AP Photo)

Militant urges Muslims to build Islamic state

Ryan Lucas · July 1, 2014 10:10 pm

Rachel and Avi Fraenkel, parents of U.S.-Israeli national Naftali, 16, one of the three Israeli teens who were abducted and killed in the West Bank, mourn as they sit next to Israeli President Shimon Peres during their son'ss joint funeral in the Israeli city of Modiin, Tuesday, July 1, 2014. Tens of thousands of mourners converged Tuesday in central Israel for the funeral service for three teenagers found dead in the West Bank after a two week search and crackdown on the Hamas militant group, which Israeli leaders have accused of abducting and killing the young men. The deaths of Eyal Yifrah, 19, Gilad Shaar, 16, and Naftali Fraenkel, a 16-year-old with dual Israeli-American citizenship, have prompted angry calls for revenge and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu convened his security Cabinet for an emergency meeting to discuss a response to the killings, hours after airstrikes targeted dozens of suspected Hamas positions in the Gaza Strip.(AP Photo/Baz Ratner, Pool)

As Israel buries teens, new threats against Hamas

Josef Federman · July 1, 2014 9:43 pm

Egyptian security forces inspect the scene after two homemade bombs went off near the presidential palace in Cairo, Egypt, Monday, June 30, 2014. The bombs killed a senior police officer and wounded many people, security officials said. (AP Photo/Ahmed Abdel Fattah, El Shorouk Newspaper) EGYPT OUT

Egypt group claims palace blasts that killed 2

SARAH EL DEEB · July 1, 2014 3:28 pm

FILE - In this file photo taken Thursday, June 19, 2014, an al-Qaida-inspired militant stands guard at a checkpoint captured from the Iraqi Army outside Beiji refinery, some 250 kilometers (155 miles) north of Baghdad, Iraq. The al-Qaida breakaway group that has seized much of northern Syria and huge tracks of neighboring Iraq formally declared the creation of an Islamic state on Sunday, June 29, in the territory under its control. (AP Photo, File)

Jihadi group captures Syrian border town

Barbara Surk · July 1, 2014 3:14 pm

FILE - In this Saturday, March 29, 2014 file photo, U.S. President Barack Obama shakes hands with Governor of Riyadh Prince Khalid bin Bandar, during Obama's departure ceremony at King Khalid International airport in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. The Saudi Press Agency said late Monday, June, 30, 2014 that King Abdullah named Prince Khalid bin Bandar to the post of chief of general intelligence. Khalid was relieved of his post as deputy defense minister on Saturday, barely six weeks after he was appointed. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, File)

Saudi Arabia names new intelligence chief

abdullah-alshihri · July 1, 2014 10:16 am

Islamic state declaration could lead to schism

RYAN LUCASSAMEER N. YACOUB · June 30, 2014 4:57 pm

FILE - In this Monday, June 16, 2014 file photo, demonstrators chant slogans to support al-Qaida-inspired Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant as they carry al-Qaida flags in front of the provincial government headquarters in Mosul, 225 miles (360 kilometers) northwest of Baghdad, Iraq. The al-Qaida breakaway group that has seized much of northern Syria and huge tracks of neighboring Iraq formally declared the creation of an Islamic state on Sunday, June 29, in the territory under its control. (AP Photo, File)

Successors to the prophet: Islam’s caliphates

Joseph Krauss · June 30, 2014 4:47 pm

Blasts kill 2 senior policemen near Egypt palace

Mohammed Salah · June 30, 2014 2:26 pm

Mortar shells hit northern Syrian city, killing 14

Mortar shells hit northern Syrian city, killing 14

ALBERT AJIBARBARA SURK · June 30, 2014 2:25 pm