UN FINDS SYSTEMATIC DISAPPEARANCES IN SYRIA
By JOHN HEILPRIN and BARBARA SURK In this Tuesday, Dec. 17, 2013 citizen journalism image provided by Aleppo Media Center, AMC, and released Wednesday, Dec. 18, 2013, which has been…
Middle East
ISRAEL, LEBANON MOVE TO EASE TENSIONS
By JOSEF FEDERMAN Israeli soldiers stand guard in Rosh Hanikra, Israel near the border between northern Israel and Lebanon, Monday, Dec. 16, 2013. Israel’s army said Monday its troops shot…
UN: $12.9 BILLION AID NEEDED IN 2014
\By JOHN HEILPRIN A Syrian refugee woman fetches water at a refugee camp in the eastern Lebanese border town of Arsal, Lebanon, Sunday, Dec. 15, 2013. Tens of thousands of…
SOUTH SUDAN PRESIDENT SAYS COUP HAS BEEN REPULSED
By CHARLTON DOKI and RODNEY MUHUMUZA President of South Sudan Salva Kiir wearing army fatigues speaks in this still taken from a televised address in Juba South Sudan Monday Dec.…
SYRIA LATEST MAGNET FOR JIHADIST SUICIDE BOMBERS
By KARIN LAUB and MOHAMMED DARAGHMEH In this Friday, Oct. 25, 2013 photo, Mohammed Siddeh, 52, at his workshop in Russeifa, outside Amman, Jordan, holds a picture of his son,…
SYRIAN REBEL SPOKESMAN DECRIES US, UK AID DECISION
By BASSEM MROUE This image made on a government-organized media tour for local journalists shows people returning to the western town of Nabek, which Syrian troops took full control of…
RADICAL PREACHER GOES ON TRIAL IN JORDAN
By JAMAL HALABY FILE – In this Tuesday, April 17, 2012 file photo, Radical al-Qaida-linked preacher Abu Qatada is driven away after being refused bail at a hearing at London’s…
ISRAELI LEADER BACKS OUT OF MANDELA FUNERAL
By JOSEF FEDERMAN FILE – In this file photo taken Sunday, Nov. 17, 2013, Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attends a weekly cabinet meeting in Jerusalem. Fresh off a series…