All Middle East
- Fleeing Islamic State fighters, Syrian refugees stream into Turkey
At least 60,000 mostly Kurdish refugees have entered Turkey since Thursday after Islamic State militants surrounded a Kurdish stronghold in northern Syria. Some are calling for US airstrikes to stop the group's advance.
- Heard at Syria's border: Life in the Islamic State is orderly, but brutal
Along the Turkish border, residents of Raqqa, Syria, offer a window into life in an Islamic State-administered city, a place of swift, brutal justice where death and loss are experienced daily.
- What privacy debate? Police drone use in Israel flies under the radar
Growing civilian drone use has raised safety and privacy concerns in the US. But when drones were approved to enhance security for light-rail trains in Jerusalem, hardly anyone took notice.
- Why NATO ally Turkey won't fight with US against Islamic State
Fears for the safety of diplomatic hostages and disagreements with DC are keeping Ankara on the sidelines.
- Can Sunni recruits help a new Iraqi national guard take on the Islamic State?
Iraqi Sunnis, who first welcomed the jihadist challenge to an unpopular Shiite-led government in Baghdad, are now increasingly repulsed by sectarian brutality. President Obama has pledged to support a proposed national guard.
- Suez Canal 2.0: Egyptians pour savings into president's ambitious project
Selling a vision of greatness restored, cash-strapped Egypt has raised $8.4 billion from the sale of investment certificates to its citizens. But experts caution that the retooling of the Suez Canal may not pay off so quickly.
- Islamic State: Iraqi leaders created the problem … and can end it, say Sunnis
Unjust treatment on the part of Iraq’s Shiite government has pushed Sunnis into the arms of Islamic State militants. Addressing their grievances is as important as any anti-IS military campaign.
- Focus on Islamic State has left Baghdad residents vulnerable to crime
While security forces focus on stopping the Islamic State advance, Baghdad residents are falling victim to a rise in opportunistic crime. Increasingly, Shiite militias rule the streets.
- From IS-controlled Raqqa, tales of the group's resilience
The jihadis of the Islamic State beheaded another hostage on video this weekend in Syria, as the US and other western states vowed to destroy the group. But the militants are well dug in.