An audiotape posted online said to contain the voice of the Islamic State leader, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, appears to be the first indication that he was not killed in an airstrike last weekend.
Residents are angry at the Americans because food and fuel prices have soared, power blackouts have prevailed, and order is now threatened by a power vacuum.
The attacks came despite a large-scale military campaign in the area to root out jihadist groups after the massacre of 31 soldiers last month.
President Obama’s top military adviser said he would consider deploying a limited number of American forces to fight alongside Iraqi troops moving to retake areas held by militants.
Further charging tensions, a mosque in the West Bank was damaged in a suspected arson attack and a firebomb was thrown at a synagogue in northern Israel.
Talking politics with a foreigner in a cafe in Cairo now strikes some Egyptians as grounds for arrest.
It was the first public effort by Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi to put his mark on the security forces battling Islamic State militants.
Staff Sgt. James F. Burns in Baghdad in 2004.
The Pentagon kept silent as munitions left over from Saddam Hussein’s war with Iran found new targets from 2004 to 2011: American and Iraqi troops.
November 13, 2014
Using authentic videos and images, the production offers a realistic perspective on the trials of relationships during deployment, and on how social media can be useful tools.
November 10, 2014
On Nov. 6, 2004, NATO forces launched an assault on Falluja, a city north of Baghdad that had become a magnet for Sunni insurgent forces, and the resulting battle was one of the bloodiest for American forces since Vietnam. Thomas James Brennan fought there with the 1st Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment; he and other veterans of the assault say that their memories of Fallujah will never leave them.
November 7, 2014
VetConnect, a Bronx-based organization devised to combat homelessness among veterans, is also helping them find jobs and health care.
Post-deployment health assessments showed that more than 600 American service members since 2003 have indicated they believed they had been exposed to chemical warfare agent. Following are two such surveys, with names redacted to protect patients’ privacy.
The holy site in Jerusalem’s Old City, which Jews call the Temple Mount and Muslims call the Noble Sanctuary, has long been a flash point in the conflict between Israelis and Palestinians.
At least 23 foreign hostages from 12 countries have been kidnapped by Syrian insurgents, sold or handed over to the Islamic State, and held underground in a prison near the Syrian city of Raqqa.
Jawdat Khoudary, an entrepreneur and collector of art and antiquities, keeps Gaza's rich history available to the public at the Gaza Museum of Archeology.
Religious fervor has driven some to protect a once-bustling shrine outside of Damascus, while others see it as a target.
The reality behind the deadly attack on American outposts in Libya is murkier and more complex than initially believed.
The central problem remains the authorities' unwillingness to use pricing as a tool.
Baghdad has shortchanged the Kurdistan Regional Government, but secession would be even costlier.
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