All Middle East
- Israel ups West Bank troops and restrictions after Tel Aviv attack
On Thursday, Israel imposed new restrictions on Palestinian movement and deployed hundreds of additional troops to the West Bank in response to an attack that killed four Israelis.
- Tel Aviv shooting poses first test for hard-right defense minister
Avigdor Lieberman's response could signal whether Israel will tip toward a more heavy-handed approach to security or leave avenues open for mitigating the violence through other means.
- Syrian town on ISIS supply route cut off by US-backed forces
All roads leading into the northern Syrian town of Manbij, a stronghold of the Islamic State group, have been cut off, say Syrian opposition activists.
- A public funeral, international tribunal, and justice denied for Lebanon
The tribunal, established to find the assassins of Rafik Hariri, is struggling to prove it can deliver justice. Last week it declared that it would proceed with the trial of a suspect publicly acknowledged as dead.
- Kurdish militants exacting highest-ever toll on Turkey
Turkey is waging a 'hearts and minds' campaign to undermine popular support for the 32-year Kurdish insurgency. But rising violence, including possibly Tuesday's Istanbul bombing, casts doubt on its strategy.
- Why Jordan, intelligence hub on ISIS, took a rare hit Monday
Jordan's intelligence agency, one of the best in the region, has been on the top of militants' hit-list for more than a decade. The assailants have not yet been identified.
- First LookSlain journalist David Gilkey gave his life to bear witness to war
The deaths of David Gilkey and Zabihullah Tamanna are sobering reminders of the risks that journalists take to bring news from war-torn regions to the outside world.
- Jordan's relative stability shaken by rare 'terrorist attack'
Though no one has taken responsibility and officials have not identified any suspects, ISIS warned last month that it was planning a wave of attacks during Ramadan.
- In Syria, US-backed fighters target prominent bastion of IS forces
Coalition airstrikes and Syrian fighters backed by the US are being used to cut off Islamic State forces on the Turkey-Syria border.
- Why a loss in Fallujah may be a win for ISIS
The latest edition of ISIS's propaganda magazine has cast the battle as part of a broader Shiite 'war' against Iraq's Sunnis, and portrayed themselves as Sunnis' sole defender.
- In Fallujah fight, top Shiite cleric calls for restraint toward Sunni civilians
Grand Ayatollah Ali Sistani, whose 2014 fatwa prompted tens of thousands of Shiite militiamen to fight ISIS, now calls for them to respect 'ethics of jihad.'
- Missing EgyptAir jet: Pings from black boxes heard by French navy
A French ship has picked up signals from deep under the Mediterranean Sea, presumably from the cockpit voice and data recorder of EgyptAir Flight 804.
- ISIS counterattack in Fallujah repelled by Iraqi forces
Iraqi forces battling their way into Fallujah repelled a four-hour attack by the Islamic State group Tuesday.
- ISIS, losing territory in Syria, signals strategic shift
Its threat to attack the West during Ramadan, which begins next month, comes as the group is losing a key recruiting tool: the ability to capture and hold territory.
- Attacks on hospitals: war zone medics push for consequences
The new group Medics Under Fire wants assaults on hospitals and health workers – which are war crimes – to be taken to the International Criminal Court at The Hague
- Trapped in Turkey, Syrians find lifelines off the beaten path
With more Syrians choosing to, or forced to, stay in Turkey, an already overburdened state bureaucracy is trying to accommodate a burgeoning urban refugee population.
- New evidence suggests explosion on EgyptAir Flight 804
Human remains retrieved from the crash site of EgyptAir Flight 804 suggest there was an explosion on board, says an Egyptian official.
- First LookSyrians are lining up to fight ISIS
Syrian volunteers are signing up to join the fight against the Islamic State faster than American military advisers can train them.
- Is fascism rising in Israel?
Israel has been "infected by the seeds of fascism," said former Prime Minister Ehud Barak. Conservative Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has joined forces with far-right nationalist Avigdor Lieberman.
- Smoke detected on EgypAir Flight 804 before crash
The plane's automatic detection system sent messages indicating smoke a few minutes before the plane disappeared from radar. Search teams are still looking for data and voice recorders.