Middle East

Civilians inspect the site of a bomb attack in Shorja Market in Baghdad, Iraq, Thursday, July 17, 2014. A bomb hidden in a wooden cart exploded near a Shiite mosque in one of Baghdad's largest markets, killing and wounding civilians. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)

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UN: Some 5,500 civilians killed in Iraq this year

July 18, 2014 10:52 am

President Obama has never faced this many international crises at once. And it's never been so obvious that he lacks the silver bullet to fix them. (AP/Jacquelyn Martin)

Magazine

Why perceptions of Obama’s foreign policies may never turn around

Brian Hughes -

July 18, 2014 10:00 am

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US: Israel must do more to protect Gaza civilians

LARA JAKESMATTHEW LEE -

July 18, 2014 2:14 am

Smoke from flares rises in the sky in Gaza City, in the northern Gaza Strip, Thursday, July 17, 2014. Israel launched a large-scale ground offensive in the Gaza Strip Thursday, escalating a 10-day military operation to try to destroy Hamas' weapons arsenal, rocket firing abilities and tunnels under the Palestinian territory's border with Israel. It was the first major Israeli ground offensive in Gaza in just over five years. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis)

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Israel invades Gaza after Hamas rejects truce

KARIN LAUBIAN DEITCH -

July 18, 2014 2:11 am

Beltway Confidential

This is CNN: International correspondent tweets that ‘scum’ Israelis cheer shelling, threaten her harm

Becket Adams -

July 17, 2014 10:44 pm

Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif speaks to the media after closed-door nuclear talks on Iran take place in Vienna, Austria, Tuesday, July 15, 2014. Secretary of State John Kerry says he's headed back to Washington today for consultations about extending the nuclear talks between Iran and world powers. Kerry says there's some progress in the talks but also

National Security

Iranian president backs extension of nuclear talks

Nasser Karimi -

July 17, 2014 7:43 pm

National Security

Iranian commanders on front line of Iraq’s fight

Washington Examiner -

July 17, 2014 6:19 pm

Beltway Confidential

United Nations relief agency finds Palestinian terrorist rockets in Gaza school

Philip Klein -

July 17, 2014 2:33 pm

National Security

Iran nuke talks likely to be extended past July 20

George Jahn -

July 16, 2014 10:36 pm

Palestinians flee their homes Wednesday in the Shajaiyeh neighborhood of Gaza City after Israel had airdropped leaflets warning people to leave the area. Alongside the air strikes, Israel also ordered tens of thousands of residents of the northern town of Beit Lahiya and the Zeitoun and Shijaiyah neighborhoods of Gaza City, all near the border with Israel, to evacuate their homes. The warnings were delivered in automated phone calls, text messages and leaflets.(AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis)

Beltway Confidential

Five reasons why comparing Israeli and Palestinian death totals is a misleading way to judge the conflict

Philip Klein -

July 16, 2014 9:45 pm

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Tag: Middle East

UN: Some 5,500 civilians killed in Iraq this year

Why perceptions of Obama’s foreign policies may never turn around

US: Israel must do more to protect Gaza civilians

Israel invades Gaza after Hamas rejects truce

This is CNN: International correspondent tweets that ‘scum’ Israelis cheer shelling, threaten her harm

Iranian president backs extension of nuclear talks

Iranian commanders on front line of Iraq’s fight

United Nations relief agency finds Palestinian terrorist rockets in Gaza school

Iran nuke talks likely to be extended past July 20

Five reasons why comparing Israeli and Palestinian death totals is a misleading way to judge the conflict

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