Middle East
New US strikes in Iraq after IS Foley video
The United States launched a new barrage of airstrikes Wednesday against the Islamic State extremist group that beheaded American journalist James Foley ...Palestinian Druze poet Samih al-Qasim dies at 75
Samih al-Qasim, a Palestinian Druze poet known across the Arab world for his nationalist writing, died Tuesday after a long battle with ...Gaza war resumes with deadly strikes, rocket fire
Hamas militants in the Gaza Strip fired rockets at Israel for a second day on Wednesday after fighting resumed with the collapse ...Islamic State video purports to show beheading of U.S. journalist
Islamic State insurgents posted a video on Tuesday purportedly showing the beheading of U.S. journalist James Foley and images of another U.S. ...Gaza truce collapses, fighting erupts, Israel orders negotiators home
A ceasefire in the Gaza Strip collapsed on Tuesday, with Palestinian militants firing dozens of rockets at Israel and Israel launching air ...Israel, Palestinians renew truce but see risk of more Gaza violence
The chief Palestinian delegate to truce talks with Israel warned on Tuesday that Gaza violence could erupt anew unless progress is made ...U.S. bars all American airlines from flying over Syria
The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration has barred all American airlines from flying over Syria, saying the ongoing conflict poses a "serious potential ...U.S. says conducts air strikes in Iraq near Arbil and Mosul dam
The United States on Saturday conducted air strikes in Iraq against Islamic State fighters near the Kurdish capital of Arbil and the ...Islamic State executed 700 people from Syrian tribe, activists say
The Islamic State militant group has executed 700 members of a tribe it has been battling in eastern Syria during the past ...Hamas says Israel must accept Palestinian demands or face long war
Hamas rejected on Saturday as insufficient offers made in Cairo to Palestinian negotiators seeking to end Israel\'s offensive in the Gaza Strip, ...