A clampdown has resulted in the destruction or closure of around 80 percent of the tunnels that run beneath the Egypt-Gaza border.
As Egypt’s military steps up its campaign against Islamic militants in the Sinai Peninsula, the closure of tunnels into Gaza has meant hardship for Palestinians.
Aides say President Obama wanted to send the military-led government a signal of displeasure with the chaotic situation since Mohamed Morsi’s ouster.
The call from Gen. Abdul-Fattah el-Sisi raised the possibility of another Friday of dueling protests with supporters of deposed President Mohamed Morsi.
Two candidates backed by ultra-Orthodox parties were elected as Israel’s chief rabbis, defeating a rabbi who had promised, in an aggressive campaign, to transform the troubled rabbinate.
The audacity of the assaults on Sunday, in which hundreds of inmates escaped, underscored the deterioration of Iraq’s stability in recent months.
A new report argues that the Obama administration should embrace a principle known as “responsibility to protect,” which it has ignored during two and a half years of civil war in Syria.
July 23, 2013
Video and text accounts of the violence in Cairo Monday night posted online by witnesses.
July 22, 2013
Clashes between opponents and supporters of deposed Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi erupted in Cairo and a province just north of the capital on Monday, killing three people and injuring dozens more.
July 22, 2013
The woman, who was sentenced to a 16-month jail sentence on charges including extramarital sex, said she was free to leave the country.
July 24, 2013
A potential menace to military and civilian aircraft alike, heat-seeking, shoulder-fired anti-aircraft missiles are a modern version of the proverbial sword that cuts two ways.
July 23, 2013
In Kandahar Province, one of the most volatile regions in Afghanistan, locals talk about a different breed of American Special Operations forces who settled in around 2005.
July 22, 2013
Decentralizing power would allow the Taliban to get more of what they want in the areas where they have influence, while limiting them in areas where they have no influence, writes a former adviser to NATO forces.
Hundreds of thousands of Islamist supporters rallied across Egypt pressing for Mohamed Morsi’s reinstatement.
In a sharp escalation of tensions Monday, Egyptian soldiers opened fire on hundreds of supporters of Mohamed Morsi, the ousted president.
Video posted online on Thursday showed a chaotic scene on a street in Aleppo, where civilians scrambled to collect supplies as gunfire rang out in the background.
Nearly nine years passed before American forces reached their first 1,000 dead in the war in Afghanistan. The second 1,000 came just 27 months later, after a troop surge in 2010.
President Vladimir Putin has made his point in supporting the Syrian regime, and it is now in Russia’s own interest to cooperate with the West and help foster an end to the bloodshed in Syria.
Refugees at Zaatari Camp 
Military Deaths 
