MAJDAL SHAMS, Golan Heights — Wearing the traditional dress of a religious Druze — pleated, baggy black trousers...
Nov 12, 2014
The borders of the Middle East are being redrawn by force (VIDEO)
KHANAQIN, Iraq — A wind-swept hilltop of parched, brown earth provided as good a vantage point as any...
Nov 10, 2014
In the West Bank, World War I never ended
JERICHO, West Bank — History flows through the Jordan River, and also divides it. In the Hebrew Bible,...
Nov 10, 2014
How polio is crippling Pakistan
This week, two children – 1-year-old Ahmed and 16-month-old Laiba – became the latest victims to polio in...
Aug 22, 2014
Kurdish teenager’s ‘honor killing’ fades to memory as Iraq violence swells
by Tracey Shelton DOHUK, Iraq — The child’s body was found lying beneath the trees on the outskirts...
Jul 15, 2014
Young, educated Iranians create a ‘tsunami’ of unemployment
TEHRAN, Iran — Five years ago this week, protests erupted in Iran following the contested re-election of the...
Jun 18, 2014
Egypt’s young entrepreneurs work to fulfill revolution’s promise
By Monica Ibrahim and Menan Khater CAIRO — It’s almost 7 a.m. on a Tuesday, a workday in most parts of the...
Jun 05, 2014
Syria’s minority Christians under threat from extremist Muslim rebels
BY REESE ERLICH DAMASCUS — The Arab Spring has turned very wintry for many Christians in the Middle...
Dec 25, 2013
Assad’s divide-and-conquer strategy proving effective against Syrian rebels
BY REESE ERLICH DAMASCUS — Syria’s US-backed rebels are steadily losing ground to extremist Islamist groups, dealing a...
Dec 18, 2013
It’s Salafist vs. Salafist in Syria’s civil war
BY REESE ERLICH DAMASCUS — Some extremist Sunni clerics help foment sectarian violence in Syria, one indication of...
Dec 18, 2013