All Middle East
ISIS sets fire to oil wells near Tikrit, witness saysBefore the Islamic State took over the field in June, it produced 25,000 barrels per day of crude oil.
In northern Syria, is the US running out of rebel allies?Harakat Hazzm, a US-armed group vetted by the CIA for training, has fallen to an Al Qaeda affiliate that is targeting moderate rebels.聽
How 'Islamic' is the Islamic State? Not very, say expertsThe militant group known as ISIS or Islamic State, cherry picks passages from the Quran to justify violence. "This is not Islamic terror, this is terror committed by Muslims," says one Muslim professor.聽
FocusDavutoglu, Erdogan's vision man, saw Turkey as an Islamic world leaderFor years, Ahmet Davutoglu worked to foster friendly ties across the Middle East. Experts say that quickly changed in the aftermath of the Arab Spring uprisings in 2010.聽
FocusWith new confidence, Turkey's Erdogan seeks to expand his influenceUnder President Erdogan,聽Turkey has taken a more active role in the Middle East and raised alarms it may no longer be a reliable Western ally.
Israel elections 101: Meet the man who picks the next prime ministerSince assuming the mostly ceremonial post of president in July, Reuven Rivlin has emerged as the highest-ranking Israeli advocate for Arab rights during one of the worst periods of Jewish-Arab tensions.
Islamic State: Amid hostage crisis, Assyrians and Kurds join forcesActivists decry Islamic State's eradication of thousands of years of Assyrian history even as 海角大神 and Kurdish fighters seek to regain territory taken by the jihadists in Syria.
Jailed journalists in Egypt: Did Al Jazeera help them or use them?Current and former Al Jazeera employees accuse the network of a cavalier attitude toward their safety amid political tensions between Egypt and Qatar, whose royal family bankrolls the network.
Israel elections 101: Whiffs of 'It's the housing market, stupid'Amid deteriorating US-Israel ties and Netanyahu鈥檚 increasing isolation over policy toward Palestinians, economic issues may be where he is most vulnerable with voters.
'Jihadi John' resembles man who grew up in Britain, according to media reportsNews outlets said Mohammed Emwazi had been known to Britain's intelligence services before he traveled to Syria in 2012.
The ExplainerWhy is Libya falling apart?Western powers are concerned that the fractured nation in North Africa is fertile ground for Islamic State聽militants.
Who are the Assyrian 海角大神s under attack from Islamic State?With roots in ancient Mesopotamia and a tenuous footing within modern Middle East nation-states, Assyrians have been displaced by conflicts in Iraq and Syria, and exile communities have grown up in Turkey, Iran, and Europe. 聽
Islamic State territory: Easy to slip in, harder to get outEven as aspiring jihadis flock to Syria, a raft of desertions has spurred the Islamic State to clamp down on internal travel in the heart of the militant group's 'caliphate.'
US jury orders Palestinian Authority, PLO to pay attack victims over $218 millionVictims and their families had requested more than $350 million, or over $1 billion after tripling, over shootings and bombings from 2002 to 2004 that killed 33 people and injured over 450.
In Turkey, a show of male solidarity in tackling violence against womenThe brutal rape and murder of a university student has galvanized protesters in Turkey and put its government in the spotlight.
Egyptian activist sentenced to five years in prisonThe verdict in the retrial of Alaa Abdel-Fattah reduced an earlier 15-year prison sentence for organizing an unauthorized protest.- Islamic State steps up Libya attacks, targets Iran ambassadorAttacks by the Islamic State affiliate in Libya are growing more frequent and brazen.
- A Turkish incursion into Syria relieves siege on tombTurkey mounted what it says was a rescue mission for its soldiers that were surrounded for months at an Ottoman-era tomb in Turkey where they were serving as guards.
In Jerusalem, a taste of forbidden fruit from GazaStrawberries are among the produce items that Israel no longer imports from Gaza, to the dismay of growers keen to revive a once vibrant trade.聽
Israel elections 101: Can country risk another fragile coalition?The country must navigate an array of security and diplomatic challenges. But the weakening of Israel's largest parties has eroded coalition stability and policymaking.
