Israel & The Region

Diplomacy, defense, politics, Middle East affairs

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April 19, 2013
3:12 pm

Russia’s Caucasus: Breeding ground for terror

Conflict in Chechnya began as a separatist war in the 90s but has morphed into a distinctly Islamic insurgency

April 19, 2013
2:10 pm

Not flying for a while? Israeli airlines threaten to strike, starting on Sunday, over the EU 'Open Skies' agreement (photo credit: Moshe Shai/Flash90)

The not-so friendly skies

Israeli airlines threaten to strike on Sunday; IDF reservists win a battle for their wallets

By Yossi Nachemi

April 19, 2013
1:33 pm

The aftermath of rocket attacks in Damascus, Syria, earlier this month (photo credit: AP/Local Council of Barzeh)

Syrian official shot dead in Damascus

Activists say deceased was head of public relations at the Ministry of Social Affairs

April 19, 2013
11:38 am

Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel (photo credit: AP/Carolyn Kaster)

US arms deal with Israel, 2 Arab nations is near

From the web $10 billion arms deal will provide missiles, warplanes and troop transfers to Saudi Arabia, UAE, reports NYT

April 19, 2013
10:20 am

Opposition leader Henrique Capriles Radonski smiles after a press conference in Caracas, Venezuela, late Thursday (photo credit: AP/Ariana Cubillos)

Election council to audit Venezuela vote

Opposition candidate Capriles Radonski says he’s cautiously optimistic after questionable loss to Chavez’s named successor

April 19, 2013
8:23 am

Pakistan's former President and military ruler Pervez Musharraf arrives under tight security to address supporters at his house on the outskirts of Islamabad, Pakistan (photo credit: AP/B.K. Bangash)

Pakistan police arrest former leader Musharraf

Judge orders two-day detention followed by hearing in anti-terrorism court; officials declare Musharraf’s home a jail

April 19, 2013
7:54 am

Marathon runner Joe Berti poses for a photo in Austin, Texas on Thursday (photo credit: AP/Eric Gay)

Marathoner comes home to witness second disaster

Two days after emerging from the Boston bombings unscathed, Joe Berti was home in Texas, driving past the fertilizer plant blast

By Amy Forliti

April 19, 2013
7:26 am

SWAT teams, bomb squads, and helicopters descend on Watertown, Massachusetts, which has remained on lockdown while officials try to locate the second Boston Marathon bomber, suspected to be Dzhokhar Tsarnaev. (photo credit: AP)

Police corner suspected 2nd Boston bomber in Watertown

Dzhokhar A. Tsarnaev believed hiding in boat in Boston suburb after daylong search; brother who died in shootout said connected to jihadi groups

By AP and Times of Israel staff

April 19, 2013
6:50 am

A Palestinian protester cuts part of the security barrier near the West Bank city of Ramallah on April 17. (photo credit: Issam Rimawi/Flash90)

Former senior European officials warn of ‘dying’ peace process

In letter to EU foreign policy chief, authors say Western policies are ‘preserving the occupation,’ call for complete settlement freeze

By Ron Friedman and AP

April 19, 2013
6:17 am

Egyptian protesters chant slogans against Islamist President Mohammed Morsi, during a protest in front of the prosecutor general's office in Cairo, Egypt, Friday, March 29, 2013. (photo credit: AP/Amr Nabil)

Egypt’s opposition split over election boycott

Liberals sending mixed messages on participation in parliamentary vote expected to be held later this year

By MAGGIE MICHAEL

April 19, 2013
5:22 am

The United Nations Security Council (photo credit: AP/Seth Wenig)

Security Council condemns human rights violations in Syria

UN humanitarian affairs chief says children are starving to death, while Syrian ambassador asserts only the government can protect its citizens

By Peter James Spielmann

April 19, 2013
4:56 am

Russian vandals confess to smashing Jewish graves

Suspects claim actions were not driven by anti-Semitism, but merely by drunkenness

April 19, 2013
4:15 am

Salah Eddin Barhoum in his apartment in Revere, Mass., with one of the trophies he won in an athletic competition, and the bag he was carrying on Monday near the finish line of the Boston Marathon, Thursday, April 18, 2013. (photo credit: AP/Rodrique Ngowi)

Moroccan immigrant horrified to be portrayed as bombing suspect

Teenager says he won’t feel safe until the actual bombers are caught

By Jay Lindsay

April 19, 2013
1:53 am

A general view of damaged tombs and fetid water at the Jewish cemetery, in Cairo, Egypt, Thursday, April 18 (photo credit: AP/Amr Nabil)

Egyptian Jewish leader buried in cemetery she tried to restore

Deteriorated graveyard is immediate challenge facing Carmen Weinstein’s successor, Magda Haroun

By Sarah El Deeb

April 19, 2013
1:08 am

Illustrative photo of a victim of an alleged chemical weapons attack on Homs, Syria, December 23, 2012 (photo credit: screen capture/YouTube)

France, UK say they have proof of use of chemical weapons by Assad forces

Soil samples provide smoking gun for attacks near Aleppo, in Homs, and possibly in Damascus, UN diplomats say

By Edith M. Lederer

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