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Writer: Lee Keath

June 8, 2013
2:28 am

Sheikh Yusuf Al-Qaradawi delivering a Friday sermon on September 14. (photo credit: image capture from MEMRI video)

Hezbollah entry in Syrian conflict fans Shiite-Sunni fires

Sunni leaders call on the faithful to embark on jihad against Muslim rivals in Syria, threatening regional conflict

By Lee Keath

September 16, 2012
1:08 am

Lebanese soldiers guarding a Burger King in Sidon on Saturday, after two other fast food places in the country were torched. (photo credit: AP/Mohammed Zaatari)

Islamic clerics urge calm as anti-US protests peter out

Police manage to clear area around US Embassy in Cairo, but Al-Qaeda affiliate calls for more attacks

By Lee Keath and Aya Batrawy

September 14, 2012
4:59 am

Palestinian Hamas supporters burn a US flag during a protest in Gaza City, Friday. (photo credit: AP)

From Jerusalem to Jakarta, Muslims take to the streets to protest anti-Islamic film

At least four killed, dozens hurt as furious demonstrators storm Western embassies, clash with security forces; Security Council condemns violence ‘in the strongest terms’

By Aya Batrawy and Lee Keath

June 17, 2012
7:22 am

Mideast Saudi Obit Cr_Horo

Analysis: Saudi succession decisions come at crucial time

Likely new heir, following death of Crown Prince, is Prince Salman, the current defense minister

By Abdullah Al-Shirihri and Lee Keath

June 16, 2012
12:51 am

Egyptians sit in front of graffiti showing faces of people killed in the 2011 revolution, right, and the head of the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces, Field Marshal Hussein Tantawi, casting his vote, center, in Tahrir Square in Cairo, Egypt, Friday (photo credit: AP/Amr Nabil)

Egypt’s revolution: What went wrong?

16 months since Mubarak’s ouster, turmoil and military still reign supreme

By Lee Keath and Sarah El Deeb