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Fears grow of clash between Israel and Syria

2013-05-19 09:48:00

JERUSALEM — Fears about a possible escalation of violence between Israel and Syria grew Sunday amid renewed Israeli threats to destroy Syrian weapons caches and Syria's warnings of retaliation. After decades of relative calm along the two nations&...

Egypt's border with Gaza stays closed as protest continues

2013-05-19 18:10:00

CAIRO — Egypt's border with the Gaza Strip remained closed Sunday as the families and colleagues of seven Egyptian soldiers who were kidnapped in the northern Sinai Peninsula last week continued a sit-in. A video was briefly posted on YouTube...

Supporters of abducted soldiers keep Sinai-Gaza border shut

2013-05-19 10:10:00

CAIRO — The families and colleagues of seven Egyptian soldiers who were kidnapped last week in North Sinai kept Egypt’s borders with the Gaza Strip closed Sunday for the third day in a row. Nearly 170 demonstrators have gathered inside the...

Global Voices: Palestinian quest for statehood a moving target

2013-05-16 04:00:00

In the 65 years since the creation of� Israel and the scattering of millions of Palestinians from their historic homeland, hope of resolving the core crisis of the Middle East has risen to joyous pinnacles like Camp David and crashed into despair with...

Turkey leader to press Obama for greater U.S. role on Syria

2013-05-15 15:40:00

WASHINGTON — President Obama faces a fresh test Thursday of his determination to steer clear of the civil war in Syria when he considers a desperate plea from a longtime U.S. ally. Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan is expected to urge...

Obama says U.S. won't act alone on chemical weapons in Syria

2013-05-16 12:12:00

WASHINGTON--President Obama on Thursday ruled out any unilateral U.S action in response to the alleged Syrian use of chemical weapons, further reducing the chance of any forceful response to the crossing of what Obama had described as a “red line.&...

BBB looks to regain trust with relaunch of Southland branch

2013-05-02 16:15:00

The Better Business Bureau wants you to know that it's cleaned up its act in Los Angeles. The organization reached out to me this week to say that a new operation is up and running after the old BBB of the Southland was expelled in March after years...

2 killings shatter relative calm between Israelis, Palestinians

2013-04-30 08:43:00

JERUSALEM -- Tensions rose Tuesday between Israelis and Palestinians after two separate killings -- one by each side -- shattered what had been a period of relative calm in recent months. At a northern West Bank hitchhiking stop, an Israeli settler...

Palestinian Authority prime minister resigns

2013-04-13 13:50:00

JERUSALEM -- Embattled Palestinian Authority Prime Minister Salam Fayyad resigned late Saturday after struggling for years against political rivals and lackluster public support. Authority President Mahmoud Abbas, who in recent months had also clashed...

Palestinians start work to form new government

2013-04-27 10:34:00

RAMALLAH, West Bank -- Two weeks after Palestinian Prime Minister Salam Fayyad resigned, President Mahmoud Abbas, whose government is based in the West Bank, announced Saturday that he has started consultations over forming a new national unity...

Palestinian prime minister's political future uncertain

2013-04-11 10:58:00

RAMALLAH, West Bank – The political future of Palestinian Authority Prime Minister Salam Fayyad appeared shaky Thursday amid reports that he will resign after growing tired of constant battles with his rivals. Fayyad has come close to stepping...

Don't play into a paranoid conservative narrative

2013-04-09 12:17:00

Are Roman Catholics, evangelical Christians and “ultra-Orthodox” Jews religious extremists comparable to the Ku Klux Klan and Al Qaeda? Yes, according to a PowerPoint slide that was apparently used by the U.S. Army Reserve in a training...

Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas, center, shown reviewing the honor guards during a visit Sunday to Tunis, Tunisia, will head a new unity government under an agreement announced Thursday between his Fatah movement and Hamas.

2013-01-17 11:41:42

Exiled Hamas leader Khaled Meshaal waves to Palestinian students during his visit to the Islamic University in Gaza City on Dec. 9

2012-12-21 06:48:23

Exiled Hamas leader Khaled Meshaal attends the 25th anniversary of Hamas in Gaza City on Dec. 8.

2012-12-18 13:46:07