IRAQI PM SAYS HIS COUNTRY ON HIGH ALERT OVER SYRIA
By SINAN SALAHEDDIN A Baghdad municipality worker cleans, while people and security forces inspect the site of a car bomb attack in Sadr City, Baghdad, Iraq, Wednesday, Aug. 28, 2013.…
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TWIN EXPLOSIONS KILL 29 IN NORTH LEBANESE CITY
By BASSEM MROUE A man recites prayers amid the destruction after a car bomb outside the Al-Taqwa mosque in the northern city of Tripoli, Lebanon, Friday, Aug. 23, 2013. The…
ATTACKS IN HEZBOLLAH AREA TEST SUPPORTERS’ RESOLVE
BY ZEINA KARAM and BASSEM MROUE In this picture taken on Thursday August 15, 2013, A Lebanese citizen stand next to burned cars and shops at the site of a…
AFGHAN OFFICIALS SAY 32 DEAD IN CLASHES IN WEST
By RAHIM FAIEZ Afghan President Hamid Karzai stands at attention during Independence Day celebrations at a Defense minister office in Kabul, Afghanistan, Monday, Aug 19, 2013. Karzai and cabinet members…
IRAQI PREMIER VOWS TO CONTINUE SECURITY OPERATIONS
By SAMEER N. YACOUB A man inspects the damage at a cafe following a suicide bombing in Balad, 60 miles (80 kilometers) north of Baghdad, Iraq, Tuesday, Aug. 13, 2013.…
US ORDERS DIPLOMATS OUT OF LAHORE, PAKISTAN
By SEBASTIAN ABBOT Pakistani guards search a car outside the U. S. Consulate in Lahore, Pakistan, Friday, Aug. 9, 2013. The State Department warned Americans not to travel to Pakistan…
BOMB KILLS 14 AS AFGHAN PRESIDENT CALLS FOR PEACE
By AMIR SHAH and PATRICK QUINN Afghan President Hamid Karzai arrives for Eid al-Fitr prayer that marks the end of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan in Kabul, Afghanistan, Thursday,…
MAJOR ASSASSINATION ATTEMPTS IN SYRIA’S CONFLICT
By The Associated Press This photo released by the Syrian official news agency SANA, shows Syrians inspecting a damaged car at the scene of a car bomb exploded in the…