All Middle East
Tunisia elections: at source of Arab Spring, a focus on jobs, not jihadVoters in Tunisia, where an uprising in 2011 triggered the Arab Spring, are heading to the polls today. The country's tough economy, including high unemployment, is the dominant issue.
In Israel, priest draws fire for preaching 海角大神s are not ArabsFather Gabriel Naddaf, a Greek Orthodox priest who urges 海角大神s to serve in the Israeli army, has been branded a 'traitor' and a serious threat to the cohesion of Israel's Arab minority.
Islamic State siege of Kobane: Did Turkey shoot itself in the foot?The Iraqi Kurds have agreed to send fighters to help Kobane fend off the Islamic State. Critics say Turkey鈥檚 foot-dragging on the siege alienated its allies.
Egypt's 海角大神s, attacked for supporting Sisi, patiently await paybackEgypt's Coptic Church threw its support to President Sisi after the overthrow of Mohamed Morsi. But the military has been slow to deliver on its pledge to repair churches damaged in Islamist reprisals.
Palestinian man attacks Jerusalem crowd with car, killing oneAn infant died and eight others were injured in the attack at a light rail station on Wednesday, the latest in a string of violent incidents in East Jerusalem.
On Jordan-Syria border, a forced coexistence spurs bullying among childrenAs Syrian refugees and their Jordanian hosts struggle to make ends meet in a stressed economy, tensions are boiling over into their kids鈥� worlds.
Why Iran views Islamic State fight through a conspiracy lensIran鈥檚 top leadership blames the US, CIA, Israel, and America's Sunni allies such as Saudi Arabia for 'creating' the Islamic State as a tool to undermine Iran.
Could Iraq's tribes provide the glue that keeps the country from falling apart?Saddam Hussein tapped Iraq鈥檚 tribes, which cross geographic and ethnic lines, to bolster his regime. Now some tribesmen are offering to help fend off the self-declared Islamic State.
Islamic State: Would three old MiGs an air force make?Unconfirmed reports took flight Friday that former Iraqi air force pilots were training Islamic State fighters to fly captured Soviet-era jets at an air base in northwestern Syria.
In Jordan, slashed UN food aid has even 'well off' Syrians feeling the pinchWith Jordan limiting job opportunities and the UN reducing food aid, even middle-class refugees from war-torn Syria are asking how, and where, they can survive.
Iran nuclear talks: Parties officially upbeat, but is failure an easier sell?Despite years of haggling and less than six weeks before a Nov. 24 deadline to strike a deal, negotiators' positions at the Iran nuclear talks in Vienna this week are still far apart.
Flight from Islamic State overwhelms UN refugee agency. Is Europe's door open?An exodus of refugees from Iraq, Syria and other conflicts has drained the resources of host countries in the Middle East. Many of the refugee households are headed by women.聽
What has life been like for the Islamic State 'poster girls'?A pair of teenage girls fled Austria to become 'jihadi brides' for the Islamic State. Officials now say the girls have contacted their families and want to come home.
On Islamic State's western front, Lebanon girds for pre-winter attacksLebanon fears that Islamic State and other militant forces 鈥� pressed by Hezbollah and Syria into the mountains along Lebanon's border 鈥� are trying to break into populated areas.
Rise of IS elicits soul searching in Arab Gulf, a source of funds and fightersIn op-eds and at dinner, Gulf Arabs are debating who is to blame for the Islamic State. Culprits include Syria and the US, but also local sheikhs who raised funds for the jihadists.
Battle for Kobane: Turkey pressed to let weapons through to Kurdish fightersWith US-led airstrikes having a limited impact on the Islamic State siege of Kobane, Turkey is being urged to open its borders to let weapons through to the increasingly overwhelmed Kurdish fighters.
Egypt's universities, centers of dissent, reopen under strict new controlsIn antigovernment demonstrations last year at Egypt's universities, more than 800 students were arrested and 16 were killed. In response, Egypt has clamped down on security and tightened control over faculties.
Yemen suicide bombings a reminder: Sunni-Shiite tensions matter there, tooNearly 70 people were reportedly killed Thursday in a pair of suicide attacks in Yemen that bear the hallmarks of Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula.
Kobane backlash: Rage among Turkey's Kurds risks opening old woundsTurkey鈥檚 deadliest riots in more than a decade 鈥� at least 19 dead, 89 wounded, and 345 detained in Kobane-related violence 鈥撀爃ave prompted fears of reinvigorated internal strife among the country鈥檚 Kurds.
In Babylon, Iraqis shield ancient symbols of identity from Islamic StateIslamic State militants, still some 37 miles from Babylon, have already taken a toll on Iraqi cultural heritage sites. 'For those who want to take pride in Iraq, Babylon is the best we have,' says the site's archaeological director.