The Washington Post
Tuesday, May 13, 2014 - 09:36
“Frankly, we don’t have high expectations about this meeting,” this official said of the London gathering. “But it’s important that the subject remains on the international agenda.”
Tuesday, May 13, 2014 - 06:22
A week after the ambassador’s abduction, Jordan released a Libyan detainee, Mohammed al-Darsi, who was arrested and convicted in 2007 of trying to carry out a suicide bombing at Amman’s Queen Alia International Airport.
Tuesday, May 13, 2014 - 06:20
The attacks came as Iraqi Shiites were celebrating the birthday of Imam Ali, the cousin and son-in-law of the Prophet Muhammad and Shiite Islam’s most sacred martyr.
Tuesday, May 13, 2014 - 06:17
Cohen had charged that Ajmi “has a history of promoting jihad. . . . In fact, his image has been featured on fundraising posters” for Jabhat al-Nusra, a group of Syrian opposition fighters that the Obama administration has designated a foreign terrorist organization.
Monday, May 12, 2014 - 07:11
The drone hit a car with al-Qaida fighters in Marib province, in the Husoun al-Jalal area in Abieda Valley, said the officials, speaking on condition of anonymity in line with regulations.
Monday, May 12, 2014 - 06:15
The dismantling of the camps came as protests had lost much of their fervor amid an effort by moderate members of the opposition to sit down with the government and negotiate concessions.
Monday, May 12, 2014 - 05:56
Bringing the rule of law to Michoacan, where the federal government has often been absent, or resented, will be nettlesome.
Friday, May 9, 2014 - 12:55
The fight has proved tougher than expected. Hundreds of soldiers have died, and the military is facing mass desertions. The government says it is incapable of stemming the flow of hardened militants, who are often better equipped than Iraqi forces, across the border from Syria.
Thursday, May 8, 2014 - 08:00
As the Obama administration on Wednesday began preparing to deploy a team of military and civilian advisers to aid in the search for abducted Nigerian schoolgirls, members of Congress pressed for a more muscular response to the militant Islamist group that carried out the mass kidnapping last month.
Thursday, May 8, 2014 - 07:57
The Obama administration has been supporting the political talks in Caracas while hinting that sanctions could be applied if they fail. But the two are not incompatible.