WASHINGTON- There are "far fewer" Yazidi refugees marooned on Mount Sinjar in northern Iraq than previously thought and they are in better condition than expected, the Pentagon said Wednesday. "Based...
JERUSALEM, Mai Yaghi- Negotiators in Cairo addressed the thorny issue of the Israeli Gaza blockade on Tuesday night, as the second day of a 72-hour truce neared its end. As Gaza's residents ventured...
GAZA CITY, Adel Zaanoun- A semblance of normal life returned to Gaza on Monday as a 72-hour truce took hold and negotiators sat down in Cairo to seek a permanent end to hostilities. Quiet returned to...
WASHINGTON- Former secretary of state Hillary Clinton blamed the rise of Islamist militants in Iraq and Syria on failures of US policy under President Barack Obama, in an interview published Sunday....
ARBIL, Abdelhamid Zebari- Iraq Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki on Monday said he was filing a complaint against the president for violating the constitution and ordered a massive security deployment...
CAIRO- Palestinian negotiators warned they would leave Cairo if an Israeli delegation did not show up for truce negotiations on Sunday, with one official setting a 1300 GMT deadline. The talks broke...
BEIRUT, Sara Hussein- Lebanon's leading Sunni politician Saad Hariri returned from self-imposed exile Friday on a trip to bolster the country's army after clashes with jihadists in the latest...
WASHINGTON, Jérôme Cartillier- He was elected on a promise to end America's "dumb war" in Iraq. Now, in launching US air strikes to counter a "barbaric" offensive by jihadist militants, a reluctant...
GAZA CITY, Sakher Abu El Oun- Fears rose that the Gaza conflict could resume Friday as a temporary ceasefire entered its final stretch and Palestinians accused Israel of stalling at truce talks in...
ARBIL, Safin Hamed- Kurds from Iraq, Syria and Turkey joined forces in north Iraq Wednesday to try to reclaim areas lost to jihadists and rescue thousands of civilians stranded in mountains without...
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