President of the Palestinian Authority Mahmoud Abbas on Saturday announced his intention to again make a bid at the United Nations to upgrade the status of Palestine to "a state under occupation." "When we go to the UN, we will say we are a state under occupation,"...
Egypt said Saturday that its military offensive in the Sinai Peninsula is coordinated with Israel and doesn't violate the two nations' peace treaty. Early last month the Egyptian government cracked down with heavy military reinforcements in the Sinai following a...
Foreign Islamic extremists "intent on turning Syria into an autocratic theocracy have swollen the ranks of rebels fighting to topple President Bashar al-Assad and think they are waging a 'holy war,'" Reuters reports a surgeon treating rebel fighters in Aleppo as...
As Syrian Civil War Grows, Religious Minorities Form Militias
Turkish Warplanes Pound Northern Iraq | Irbil Province pounded amid claims of PKK deployment
Iran Oil Exports Plummet as Prices Rise | US sanctions keeping producer off the market as admin frets prices
At Least 27 Killed in Turkey’s New Offensive Along Iraqi Border | 26 PKK members and one Turkish soldier reported slain since yesterday
Haqqani Commanders Warn ‘Terror’ Label Will Harm Afghan Talks | Condemn US as ‘not sincere’ on negotiations
Israeli DM: Military Ready to ‘Conquer and Rule’ Gaza Strip | Might just reoccupy ‘parts’ of the Strip
Canada Severs All Ties With Iran, Expels Diplomats | Denounces Iran as ‘threat to global security’
