Baghdad asserts regional role in hosting Arab League Summit
Nine years after a U.S.-led coalition invaded Iraq and toppled Saddam Hussein, Iraq is taking a big step back into the world of diplomatic relations.This week's Arab League summit is being held in...
View ArticleIsraeli court decision on outpost evacuation could have broad impact
Israel’s Supreme Court made a surprise decision this week. In a unanimous verdict, the judges shot down a government proposal to postpone the evacuation of Migron, a 10-year-old Jewish settlement...
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Violence persists in Syria as government commits to April 10 cease fire date
Syrian forces will withdraw from population centers and end their attack on the civilian population centers by April 10, United Nations special envoy Kofi Annan announced Monday.At least, that's what...
View ArticleGaza residents granted temporary reprieve from fuel crisis, but shortages...
It’s morning rush hour. A line of cars, taxis and trucks stretches down the street, block after block, outside a Gaza City gas station.Drivers turn off their vehicles, stand outside and wait. In front...
View ArticleIn one of Turkey's most religiously diverse provinces, close ties with Syria...
It might sound a bit counter-intuitive: an Orthodox Christian priest praying in Arabic, in Turkey.His church is in Tokacli, one of the few Christian villages in mostly Muslim Turkey.The priest is...
View ArticleEgyptian presidential candidate faces disqualification over mother's alleged...
Egypt will hold its first open presidential election on May 23 and already, the contest has been a roller-coaster ride.Registration closed on Sunday with new candidates joining the race at the last...
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Tentative cease fire seems to be holding in Syria; some reports of violence
A fragile ceasefire has been implemented — mostly — in Syria, though Western countries have expressed doubts about the government's willingness to stick to it.Various media reports say the truce,...
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Video urges Asma Assad, Syrian President Bashar Assad's wife, to end violence
The wives of two European nations' ambassadors to the United Nations have released a video asking Asma al-Assad, wife of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, to intervene and end the violence in the...
View ArticleIsraeli son honors Holocaust-surviving father with identical tattoo
About 15 years ago, Ron Folman did something almost unheard in Israel.He walked into a tattoo parlor in downtown Tel Aviv with his father, Yeshayahu Folman, a survivor of Auschwitz. He asked the tattoo...
View ArticleEgyptian political transition faces crucial test in next few weeks
With presidential elections in Egypt scheduled next month and a constitution to write, questions are being asked about who is in charge of the transition from authoritarian rule.In recent weeks,...
View ArticleIsraelis mark two major state holidays this week, including Remembrance Day
Israelis are celebrating their two biggest state holidays this week.They go together: Independence Day is Thursday. That’s the day Israel declared itself an independent state. Wednesday was Remembrance...
View ArticleIn national address, Obama pledges to 'finish the job' in Afghanistan
For many, President Barack Obama's surprise visit on Tuesday signaled a turning point in America's war in Afghanistan.At the presidential palace in Kabul, Obama signed a strategic partnership agreement...
View ArticleSaudi woman who broke laws by driving granted reprieve
Dozens of women across Saudi Arabia took to the streets last summer and did something no Saudi woman had dared to do in over 20 years: They went for a drive.One of the women behind the wheel, Shaima...
View ArticleAmidst continued violence, Syrians go to the polls
Syria’s government held a parliamentary election on Monday, setting aside the ongoing rebellion in that country.According to the government, voting was smooth and turnout was high.But opposition groups...
View ArticleViolence continues in Homs, but U.N. peacekeepers still hope to save Syria
Unacceptable levels of violence and abuse are continuing in Syria.That’s according to United Nations and Arab League envoy Kofi Annan, whose ceasefire plan was supposed to stop the fighting.Annan gave...
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Suicide blast in Damascus leaves more than 50 dead, hundreds wounded
Syria's fragile, United Nations-backed cease fire, if it can even be called a cease fire, could be in grave jeopardy after a deadly suicide bombing struck a major Syrian intelligence facility.The...
View ArticleOutsiders concerned al-Qaeda may have entered the fray in Syria
The United Nations Security Council called on all parties in Syria to ”immediately and comprehensively” comply with the terms of its peace plan. Two suicide car bombings earlier this week killed at...
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More killed as Syrian cease fire teeters on brink of irrelevance
Dozens of people were killed in Syria over the weekend, including reports of at least 23 Syrian soldiers, as the army and rebels continue to spar despite both saying they'll adhere to a United...
View ArticleJordan struggling as Syrian refugees stream across the border
At an aid center in Ramtha on the northern Jordanian frontier, just across from Daraa, Syrian refugees line up for boxes of rice, sugar and tea. Daraa is where the 14-month Syrian uprising...
View ArticleLife filled with struggles on front-line of Syrian conflict
The Syrian town of Douma, just outside Damascus, has recently been the scene of some of the most intense clashes between government forces and opposition fighters.The army is now back in control of...
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