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Yemen president names new PM, Shi'ite Houthis welcome choice

Yemen's president named the country's U.N. envoy as prime minister on Monday in a move welcomed by t...

Oct 13, 2014 10:47 AM EDT

Senior police officers among seven dead in Iran plane crash: IRNA

An Iranian police plane crashed late on Saturday killing four high-ranking officers investigating th...

Oct 13, 2014 06:51 AM EDT

Bahrain opposition confirms it will boycott election

Four opposition groups including the largest, Al Wefaq, will boycott a parliamentary election schedu...

Oct 12, 2014 03:37 AM EDT

Regional leaders step up Boko Haram fight with troops, command center

Leaders of Niger, Nigeria, Chad and Benin on Tuesday announced plans to step up the fight against Bo...

Oct 08, 2014 06:39 AM EDT

At haj, Saudi Arabia clerics step up anti-Islamic State drive

Taking aim at Islamic State, Saudi Arabia has mounted a battle for hearts and minds at this year's h...

Oct 05, 2014 01:13 AM EDT

Who runs the militant group Islamic State?

Islamic State, a Sunni Muslim militant group, has seized a third of Syria and large areas of Iraq an...

Oct 04, 2014 08:32 AM EDT

In rare alliance, Shi'ites join Sunnis to defend Iraqi towns

When Islamic State fighters tried to storm the Tigris River town of Dhuluiya north of Baghdad this w...

Oct 03, 2014 11:44 PM EDT

Iran to give military grant to Lebanese army: official

Iran is to give a military grant to the Lebanese Army, the head of Iran's national security council ...

Sep 30, 2014 09:04 AM EDT

Obama: U.S. intelligence underestimated militants in Syria - CBS

U.S. intelligence agencies underestimated Islamic State activity inside Syria, which has become "gro...

Sep 28, 2014 11:06 PM EDT

Yemenis demonstrate to press Houthi rebels to quit Sanaa

Hundreds of Yemenis demonstrated in Sanaa on Sunday demanding that Houthi rebels who had seized cont...

Sep 28, 2014 11:37 AM EDT

Islamic State drags Obama back into Mideast quagmire

American-led and Arab-backed air strikes carrying the fight against Islamic State from Iraq into Syr...

Sep 25, 2014 10:13 PM EDT

Islamic State blows away Gulf qualms about joining U.S. military action

It is more than 23 years since Arab countries last made common cause to join U.S.-led military actio...

Sep 23, 2014 08:04 PM EDT

Minds focused by IS, Saudis and Iranians think about making up

For decades the opposing poles of Middle East power politics, Saudi Arabia and Iran may be driven to...

Sep 22, 2014 09:33 AM EDT

Ahead of speech, Obama briefs Congress on Islamic State strategy

President Barack Obama told leaders of Congress on Tuesday that he did not need for them to authoriz...

Sep 09, 2014 09:57 PM EDT

Iraqi parliament approves new government headed by Haider al-Abadi

Iraq's parliament approved a new government headed by Haider al-Abadi as prime minister on Monday ni...

Sep 09, 2014 03:01 AM EDT

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