Tag: Middle East
UN chief: Foreign fighters in Libya are violating cease-fire
<p>UNITED NATIONS — The U.N. chief said foreign fighters and mercenaries remain in Libya in violation of last October’s cease-fire agreement and called for...
Israeli strike on Gaza kills 7, unrest spreads to West Bank
<p>GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip — An Israeli air raid in Gaza City killed at least seven Palestinians early Saturday in the deadliest single strike...
Tensions rise as Palestinian march aims to defy Paris ban
<p>PARIS — Marches in support of Palestinians in the Gaza Strip were being held Saturday in a dozen French cities, but the focus was...
AP statement on Israeli attack on building housing AP office
<p>NEW YORK — An Israeli airstrike destroyed a high-rise building in Gaza City that housed offices of The Associated Press and other media outlets...
Israeli tanks pound Gaza ahead of possible ground incursion
<p>GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip — Israeli artillery pounded northern Gaza early Friday in an attempt to destroy a vast network of militant tunnels inside...
DIARY: In Gaza, bombs drop and the conflict again hits home
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip — On Friday morning, a military airstrike smashed my family's farm in the northern Gaza Strip into a jagged mass...
Turkish firm shuts down power supply for crisis-hit Lebanon
<p>BEIRUT — A Turkish company that provides electricity to Lebanon from two power barges shut down its operations on Friday over delayed payments. The...
Turkish tourism video taken down after online outcry
<p>ISTANBUL — A video promoting tourism in Turkey amid the pandemic has caused an uproar on social media for showing tourism employees wearing masks...
Radical rabbi’s followers rise in Israel amid new violence
JERUSALEM — In the 1980s, Rabbi Meir Kahane's violent anti-Arab ideology was considered so repugnant that Israel banned him from parliament and the U.S....
Interfaith efforts strained by Israeli-Palestinian violence
<p>The escalation of violence in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict is dismaying American Muslims and Jews who’ve been working to build bridges between their communities and...