OCCUPIED JERUSALEM: In the eyes of critics, Benjamin Netanyahu’s decision to bar two Democratic congresswomen at the request of President Donald Trump is the...
CAIRO: When Sudan’s protest leaders signed a preliminary power-sharing agreement with the ruling military council in early July, they had no choice but to...
BENGHAZI, Libya: After years of assassinations, bombings and militia firefights, Libya’s eastern city of Benghazi finally feels safe again but security has...
CAIRO: In April 2015, then-President Omar al-Bashir traveled to the heart of Sudan’s conflict-ravaged Darfur region to congratulate one of his hand-picked...
RAMALLAH, Palestine: On a cold winter’s night earlier this month, a convoy of 10 Israeli armored jeeps drove into the heart of Ramallah and parked in front of...
BAGHDAD: Just days into the operation to retake the Daesh (ISIS)-held city of Mosul, a fault line has widened between Iraq and Turkey, and the distrust among...
CAIRO: This week’s revelations about the CIA’s harsh treatment of terror suspects in the wake of the Sept. 11 attacks have been met with a collective shrug in...
GAZIANTEP, Turkey: Despite 15 months of torture and ill treatment in Syria’s notorious prisons, Ola, a young activist, grudgingly supports holding peace talks...
REYHANLI, Turkey: Omar Sheikhhamdu hoists himself up on prosthetic limbs and takes his first halting steps since a Syrian airstrike tore off his legs nearly a...
KILIS, Turkey: For a modest fee, Ibrahim leads Syrians across the Turkish border, one of many services his organization, the Al-Qaeda-affiliated Nusra Front,...
WASHINGTON: John Kerry, nominated Friday to be secretary of state, failed to win the White House in 2004 but has built an impressive resume as an elder...
WASHINGTON: The Republican White House race sharpened Sunday as moderate Minnesota ex-governor Tim Pawlenty bowed out following Tea Party darling Michele...
NEAR BREGA, Libya: Rebel soldiers erected a checkpoint at the gate of the eastern Libyan town of Ajdabiya Wednesday to prevent a convoy of eager but mostly...
BENGHAZI: Libyan rebels Monday dismissed any possible peace deal which might see Moammar Gadhafi’s son left in charge of the country. Rebel fighters also made...
For 27-year-old Nabil Subaye, an independent freelance journalist, the last six months have been rough. Since writing a series of articles last summer...