Author: Lee Keath
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Israel’s next target in Gaza war is likely Rafah. Terrified people say there’s nowhere left to go
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Gaza’s southernmost town, Rafah, is bursting at the seams
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Desperation drives Afghans across borders
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HERAT, Afghanistan • Over the course of an hour on a recent night, the bus waiting in the Herat station filled with passengers. Mostly young men, they had no luggage, just the clothes on their backs, maybe a bag with some bread and water for the long road ahead of them. That road is leading…
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2009 vs now: How Iran’s new protests compare to the past
In this Saturday, Dec. 30, 2017, file photo taken by an individual not employed by the Associated Press and obtained by the AP outside Iran, a university student attends a protest inside Tehran University while a smoke grenade is thrown by anti-riot Iranian police, in Tehran, Iran. In 1979, massive crowds marched through the streets…
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Violence fuels debate among Muslims over interpreting faith
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save CAIRO (AP) — After gunmen in Paris killed 12 people, Saudi Arabia’s top body of Muslim clerics quickly condemned the attack and said it could have no acceptable justification. It was a signal from some…
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Iran begins war games on Persian Gulf oil route
TEHRAN, Iran — Iran’s elite Revolutionary Guard held war games Thursday in the strategic Persian Gulf oil route, the Strait of Hormuz, a show of its military strength at a time when the country’s leaders are depicting President Barack Obama’s new nuclear policy as a threat. Ahead of the military maneuvers, Supreme Leader Ayatollah…
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Yemen rejects pressure on reform amid terror fight
SAN’A, Yemen — The U.S. and its allies helping Yemen fight al-Qaida should not pressure it to carry out reforms or resolve other internal conflicts, the foreign minister said Tuesday, as the military claimed to have killed 20 Shiite rebels in fighting an uprising in the country’s north. American officials have expressed concerns that Yemen’s…
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Yemen official: American troops aren’t wanted
SAN’A, Yemen — As Yemen becomes the new front in the war on terror, its leaders want this to be clear: It does not intend to become another Iraq or Afghanistan with thousands of U.S. troops on the ground. Foreign Minister Abu Bakr al-Qirbi drew some red lines Wednesday in its burgeoning alliance with Washington…
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Tensions grow as U.S. heightens role in Yemen
SAN’A, Yemen — Yemen insisted Tuesday it is capable of leading the fight against al-Qaida, revealing friction with the United States in their growing alliance against the terror group. The Yemen government sent thousands of troops this week to remote provinces where al-Qaida has set up strongholds, and it has carried out a series of…
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U.S. takes risk on Yemen’s leader to fight al-Qaida
SAN’A, Yemen — Yemeni security forces clashed with al-Qaida fighters Monday, killing two, the latest sign the embattled, longtime president is making good on vows that his country will cooperate with the United States in fighting the terror network. Washington is embracing Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh in the battle against al-Qaida’s offshoot here, but…