Skip to: Content
Skip to: Site Navigation
Skip to: Search
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 24, 2009
| Subscribe to Newser's RSS feeds RSS | Follow Newser on Twitter Twitter

NEWS ABOUT: Middle East

Middle East stories: 192 news summaries

181 - 192 of 192 Stories | << Prev 1 ... 6 7 8 9 10

Switch to grid view »

Sunni Baghdad
Lies in Ruins as Shiites Rebuild

Insurgents target efforts to provide food, fuel, services

Mar 26, 07 12:05 PM CDT
(Newser) - Baghdad's Sunni neighborhoods are in collapse, lacking food, fuel,  electricity and health care even as their Shiite neighbors have regained basic services, Alissa Rubin reports. In Shiite areas, the Mahdi Army fills in for the government by keeping order and organizing resources, but Sunnis now find themselves under attack... More »

MORE ABOUT:
Iraq • Islam • Middle East • sectarian violence • Sunni • Shiite • insurgents • Baghdad • Mahdi Army

Iraqi Refugees Flood Into Syria and Jordan

Iraqis are fleeing to their neighbors by the millions, while the U.S. sits pretty

Mar 21, 07 12:38 PM CDT
(Newser) - The Iraq war has created nearly two million refugees, and they're going largely ignored by world governments, the UN warns. "There has been an abject denial of the impact, the humanitarian impact, of the war," says a UN refugee agency spokesperson. Most of the refugees stream into neighboring... More »

MORE ABOUT:
Iraq • immigration • United Nations • Jordan • Middle East • Syria • United States • refugee • Iraqi refugees • Iraq war

(Newser) - Insurgents in Baghdad used two children in the backseat of a car to lower suspicion at an American security checkpoint, then blew up the car, with the children in it.  Once they cleared the checkpoint, the bombers parked near a school, ran from the car, and detonated the bomb,... More »

MORE ABOUT:
Iraq • War on Terror • military • Middle East • Shiite • insurgents • Baghdad • car bomb

(Newser) - While the president has been busy assuring Americans that Iraq is a "noble" war, among those who haven't been listening are his wife, his children and his nieces and nephews, observes Kitty Kelley, who chronicled the Bush clan in 2004. The first family is AWOL on the war effort,... More »

MORE ABOUT:
Iraq • War on Terror • Middle East • Barbara Bush • UNICEF • compulsory military service • Jenna Bush • Iraq war • George W. Bush

U.S. Stiffs Brits in Friendly Fire Investigation

British coroner calls soldier's 2003 death "criminal"

Mar 18, 07 11:08 PM CDT
(Newser) - The British government is taking aim at the U.S. military for its role in covering up the 2003 friendly-fire death of a British solider in Iraq. A coroner’s report Friday ruled Lance Cpl. Matty Hull’s death at the hands of American pilots avoidable—and criminal—but the... More »

MORE ABOUT:
Iraq • military • Middle East • United States • friendly fire • Britain

Gunmen Ambush Sadr City Mayor

Target was key figure in U.S. efforts to disarm militia, create jobs

Mar 16, 07 12:07 PM CDT
(Newser) - The mayor of Sadr City was wounded and his police chief killed in an ambush yesterday, creating new challenges for the U.S. military effort to bring security to the Shiite stronghold and rein in the Mahdi Army. The mayor, Rahim al-Daraji, has been a key figure in negotiating with... More »

MORE ABOUT:
Iraq • War on Terror • Middle East • Shiite • Sadr City • Mahdi Army • Rahim al Daraji

A Generation Is Lost to Violence

Palestinians coming of age have no jobs, no hopes, no agenda but resistance

Mar 12, 07 2:19 PM CDT
(Newser) - The generation of Palestinians now coming of age—and 56.4 percent of the population is under 19—have no hopes for peace, only of a lifetime of “resistance.”  Growing up through two intifadas, they are isolated from the world, divided amongst themselves, and surrounded by violence,... More »

MORE ABOUT:
Israel • Middle East • Palestine • children • West Bank • US troops • violence • militant • gun violence

Does Saudi Arabia Have a Dubai Complex?

Building binge aims to diversify boom-or-bust oil economy

Mar 12, 07 1:23 PM CDT
(Newser) - Saudi Arabia is on a building binge. King Abdullah City—a planned $26.7-billion development where multi-million-dollar yachts will dock in the ports that currently welcome 300,000 Mecca-bound pilgrims—is one of five major “economic cities” the government is building in an attempt to spur private-sector growth and... More »

MORE ABOUT:
investing • oil • Middle East • Saudi Arabia • King Abdullah • economic growth • King Abdullah City • Mecca • Fawaz Alamy • Dubai • US economy

(Newser) - The U.S. must lead negotiations to resolve the Israel-Palestine conflict, King Abdullah II of Jordan told a joint session of Congress yesterday. Abdullah chided the U.S. for favoring Israel, saying Palestinians question "whether the West really means what it says about equality and respect and universal justice.... More »

MORE ABOUT:
Iraq • Congress • Israel • Jordan • Middle East • King Abdullah II

Chalabi Rides Surge Back
Into Office

The divisive Iraqi politician will build public backing for security push

Mar 6, 07 11:04 AM CST
(Newser) - Ahmed Chalabi, the former U.S. darling and deputy prime minister spurned by Iraqi voters in the 2005 elections, is back in office. He won a post created as a buffer between residents and the troops pouring into Baghdad for the new security push. Chalabi's new role involves organizing reimbursement... More »

MORE ABOUT:
Iraq • Middle East • insurgents • politics • Baghdad • Ahmed Chalabi

Iraqi Cabinet Approves Deal to Divide Oil Revenues

Every region would get a share of profits based on population

Mar 6, 07 11:04 AM CST
(Newser) - The Iraqi cabinet approved a law yesterday spelling out how revenue from the country's petroleum reserves will be doled out to provinces: based on population. The deal, which must be approved by the parliament, eases Sunni fears about being cut out of wealth generated by oil reserves in Shiite areas. More »

MORE ABOUT:
Iraq • oil • Middle East • Sunni • Shiite • Kurds • foreign investment • petroleum

Bombers Strike Baghdad Booksellers

Insurgents hit heart of the Iraqi intellectual scene

Mar 5, 07 5:26 PM CST
(Newser) - A noon car-bomb blast ravaged Baghdad's historic book market, killing dozens of people and wounding over 100. The bomb destroyed many shops, including the venerable Shahbandar cafe, a popular haven for writers. Poet Abdul Baqi Faidhullah said, "Those who did this are like savage machines intent on harvesting souls... More »

MORE ABOUT:
Iraq • Middle East • Baghdad • literature • bombing • Abdul Baqi Faidhullah • Shahbandar cafe

181 - 192 of 192 Stories | << Prev 1 ... 6 7 8 9 10


from our news partners