March 25, 2017
5:41 pm

Kuwaiti social media activist Thamer al-Dakheel Bourashed puts his laptop inside his suitcase at Kuwait International Airport in Kuwait City, before boarding a flight to the United States on March 23, 2017. (AFP/Yasser Al-Zayyat)

Weary flyers shrug as Middle East laptop ban takes off

Travelers using 10 airports across the Middle East and North Africa are subject to new in-flight electronics restrictions

By Mohamad Ali Harissi and David Harding

December 2, 2014
8:02 am

An employee checks the printing of the Mahdi magazine, produced by the Shiite Hezbollah movement, on November 24, 2014 in the Lebanon capital Beirut. (photo credit: AFP/ANWAR AMRO)

Hezbollah kids magazine mixes cartoons with armed ‘resistance’

Publishers from Lebanese terror group insist monthly with stories about fighters and grenades to color in is not about indoctrination

By Mohamad Ali Harissi

November 4, 2014
4:02 pm

Lebanese Shiite Muslims take part in a self-flagellation procession during the Ashura commemorations that mark the killing of Imam Hussein -one of Shiite Islam's most revered figures- on November 4, 2014 in the southern Lebanese city of Nabatiyeh. (photo credit: AFP PHOTO / MAHMOUD ZAYYAT)

Shiites mark holy day in defiance of jihadists

Thousands in Iraq and Lebanon commemorate Ashura amid promises of victory against Islamic State

By Abdelamir Hanoun and Mohamad Ali Harissi

October 23, 2014
4:28 pm

Smoke and flames billow following an explosion in the Syrian town of Kobani, October 22, 2014. (photo credit: AFP/STRINGER)

US-led strikes kill more than 500 jihadists in Syria

Defenders in the city of Kobani on the Turkish border in desperate need of reinforcements, officials say

By Fulya Ozerkan and Mohamad Ali Harissi

October 16, 2014
4:35 pm

Kurdish people watch smoke billowing from Kobani as they gather upon a hill overlooking the Syrian town of Kobani, also known as Ain al-Arab, in the southeastern village of Mursitpinar, Sanliurfa province, on October 15, 2014. (photo credit: AFP/ ARIS MESSINIS)

Kurds hold out in Syria’s Kobani one month into IS assault

International coalition strikes jihadist targets in northern battleground town, but Kurds say they need more help

By Burak Akinci and Mohamad Ali Harissi

October 12, 2014
7:48 am

Islamic State (IS) militants (Rear) stand next to an IS flag atop a hill in the Syrian town of Ain al-Arab, known as Kobani by the Kurds, as seen from the Turkish-Syrian border, with Turkish troops in foreground, in the southeastern town of Suruc, Sanliurfa province, on October 6, 2014. (photo credit: AFP/ARIS MESSINIS)

UN warns of looming ‘massacre’ in Kobani

But Kurdish forces in border town manage to halt push by Islamic State to cut off last escape route to Turkey

By Burak Akinci and Mohamad Ali Harissi

July 1, 2014
12:37 pm

Iraqi Raad Abdulhussein (C) and his friends sit watching on TV the 2014 FIFA World Cup round of 16 football match between Algeria and Germany on July 1, 2014 at the "Facebook" cafe in the Iraqi capital Baghdad. (photo credit: AFP/AHMAD AL-RUBAYE)

Football-crazed Iraqis watch World Cup despite danger

Soccer fest provides respite from concerns over militant forces sweeping across the country

By Mohamad Ali Harissi

June 12, 2014
6:17 pm

Iraqi policemen man a checkpoint in the capital Baghdad on June 12, 2014, as jihadists and anti-government fighters have spearheaded a major offensive that overrun all of Nineveh province. (photo credit: AFP/ Ahmad Al-Rubaye)

Baghdad residents brace for jihadist onslaught

ISIL fighters seen as close as 90 kilometers from Iraqi capital; residents fear imminent arrival

By Mohamad Ali Harissi

April 19, 2014
8:52 am

Family members of Diaa Mutashar al-Issawi, seen in the poster, chant anti-Jabhat al-Nusra and Free Syrian Army slogans during his funeral in Basra on Monday. (photo credit: AP/ Nabil Al-Jurani)

Syria rivalry sharply splits jihadist ranks

The militant groups battling Assad are locked in fierce infighting, hampering efforts to topple him

By Mohamad Ali Harissi

Writer: Mohamad Ali Harissi

Weary flyers shrug as Middle East laptop ban takes off

Travelers using 10 airports across the Middle East and North Africa are subject to new in-flight electronics restrictions

Hezbollah kids magazine mixes cartoons with armed ‘resistance’

Publishers from Lebanese terror group insist monthly with stories about fighters and grenades to color in is not about indoctrination

Shiites mark holy day in defiance of jihadists

Thousands in Iraq and Lebanon commemorate Ashura amid promises of victory against Islamic State

US-led strikes kill more than 500 jihadists in Syria

Defenders in the city of Kobani on the Turkish border in desperate need of reinforcements, officials say

Kurds hold out in Syria’s Kobani one month into IS assault

International coalition strikes jihadist targets in northern battleground town, but Kurds say they need more help

UN warns of looming ‘massacre’ in Kobani

But Kurdish forces in border town manage to halt push by Islamic State to cut off last escape route to Turkey

Football-crazed Iraqis watch World Cup despite danger

Soccer fest provides respite from concerns over militant forces sweeping across the country

Baghdad residents brace for jihadist onslaught

ISIL fighters seen as close as 90 kilometers from Iraqi capital; residents fear imminent arrival

Syria rivalry sharply splits jihadist ranks

The militant groups battling Assad are locked in fierce infighting, hampering efforts to topple him

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