All Middle East
- First LookMecca takes on massive construction to accommodate pilgrims
The Muslim holy city's need for additional space became tragically clear to the world after hundreds of pilgrims were killed in a stampede last year.
- Bridge, mosque, airport – can Turkey afford Erdoğan's mega-monuments?
With Turkey beset by a host of crises, President Erdoğan is pushing ahead with a grand list of mega-projects that project an image of success. The financing may be an issue.
- In Aleppo, a potential turning point for Syria
The fight over the city of Aleppo is so important that it could recast the six-year Syrian civil war.
- Syrian opposition to world powers: Assad must go immediately
Speaking in London, an opposition leader said Wednesday that the demand for Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's immediate ouster is non-negotiable.
- Netanyahu 'always ready' for peace talks with Palestinian leaders
The peace talks, proposed by Russian President Vladimir Putin, could become the first between Israel and the Palestinian Authority since 2014.
- Report details how Emirates jet skidded to fiery stop on Dubai runway
Authorities released a 28-page report outlining the moments before the airplane carrying 300 passengers hit the runway at 144 mph. The document stops short of blaming anyone for the fiery crash that resulted in one death.
- ISIS puts a new twist on terror recruiting: big money
ISIS isn't just recruiting radicals. It's using its huge tax and oil revenues to target the Middle East's unemployed with promises of cash and benefits.
- Taliban claims responsibility for twin bombings in Afghanistan
Army and police personnel as well as civilians rushing to help victims of the first blast were caught in the second explosion, triggered when a suicide bomber blew himself up.
- Israel train snafu: just politics or a deeper divide?
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu halted maintenance on the country's train system Saturday, affecting thousands of commuters the next day.
- Turkey will never allow 'artificial state' in northern Syria, PM says
Turkey and its allies opened a new line of attack in northern Syria on Saturday.
- Turkey sends at least 20 tanks into Syria
The Dogan news agency reported at least 20 tanks and five armored personnel carriers crossed into Syria at the Turkish border town of Elbeyli.
- In Yemen's war, could surge in violence rekindle diplomacy?
Rising civilian casualties have stirred efforts in the UN and the US Congress to address Yemen's 'forgotten war.' But the path to real progress still lies with the parties to the conflict.
- Bombs kill at least 12, wound dozens at Pakistan court
The attack came hours after militants from a Pakistani Taliban faction attacked a Christian neighborhood in the same region.
- Militants attack Christian area in Pakistan, one guard dead - army
The attackers, wearing suicide vests and carrying firearms, exchanged fire with security forces and were killed, the statement said.
- What the death of al-Adnani means for IS
With the killing of Abu Mohammed al-Adnani, the Islamic State group lost one of its most powerful figures, a militant with multiple roles.
- Turkey's push into Syria: Even limited objectives carry risk of backlash
Turkey's 'hard-powered' move onto Syria's complex battlefield – to push back ISIS and curtail Kurdish ambitions – could ensnare its forces and create growing risk of a backlash.
- How one Tunisian party is separating Islam from politics
The Ennahda movement has renounced political Islam and fully embraced Tunisia’s secular order, seeking to work within it.
- U.S.-led coalition planes hit Islamic State in north Syria - Turkish military
Two A-10 planes hit and destroyed two Islamic State targets, the military said in a statement.
- Turkey blames PKK for fatal truck bomb at police checkpoint
A suicide truck bombing at police headquarters in Cizre killed at least 11 people. The attack comes on the heels of Turkey's incursion against ISIS and Kurdish fighters in Syria.
- American university attack hits at heart of Afghan liberal learning
The image of an island of liberalism and learning in a country plagued by militant violence has been shattered.