/tags/middle-east Middle East en-US Copyright KUT News 2025 Tue, 27 Nov 2018 21:50:49 GMT /texas/2018-11-27/new-group-brings-texas-latinos-and-jews-together From Texas Standard:At first glance, Jews and Latinos may appear to have very little in common. That impression may begin to change somewhat on Tuesday� Tue, 27 Nov 2018 21:50:49 GMT /texas/2018-11-27/new-group-brings-texas-latinos-and-jews-together Joy Diaz /texas/2018-10-19/author-lawrence-wright-reflects-on-friend-jamal-khashoggis-work-as-journalist-dissident The day after Jamal Khashoggi was reported missing in Istanbul, the global editor of The Washington Post received what appears to be Khashoggi's final� Fri, 19 Oct 2018 18:38:14 GMT /texas/2018-10-19/author-lawrence-wright-reflects-on-friend-jamal-khashoggis-work-as-journalist-dissident Rhonda Fanning /politics/2018-10-08/saudi-journalist-jamal-khashoggi-and-the-new-yorkers-lawrence-wright-on-journalism-in-the-mideast Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan told Reuters on Sunday that officials there believe dissident Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, who has not been� Mon, 08 Oct 2018 17:50:31 GMT /politics/2018-10-08/saudi-journalist-jamal-khashoggi-and-the-new-yorkers-lawrence-wright-on-journalism-in-the-mideast Rebecca McInroy /politics/2014-10-20/how-thirteen-days-in-september-shows-middle-east-peace-is-still-possible Recent world events seem so complicated � and perhaps intractable � that some citizens may reel from a sense of hopelessness. But maybe our collective� Mon, 20 Oct 2014 16:49:17 GMT /politics/2014-10-20/how-thirteen-days-in-september-shows-middle-east-peace-is-still-possible David Brown, Sarah Talaat /life-arts/2014-09-17/in-perspective-is-the-israeli-palestinian-cease-fire-a-calm-before-another-storm This summer’s escalation of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict has come to a relative stand-still with both sides currently holding to the cease-fire signed� Wed, 17 Sep 2014 15:00:32 GMT /life-arts/2014-09-17/in-perspective-is-the-israeli-palestinian-cease-fire-a-calm-before-another-storm Morgan Blue /politics/2014-06-18/militants-attack-iraqs-largest-oil-refinery-as-sectarian-clashes-spread Iraq's government is using limited air attacks to strike back at the Sunni group known as ISIS, which now controls large areas of northern Iraq. Wed, 18 Jun 2014 11:30:00 GMT /politics/2014-06-18/militants-attack-iraqs-largest-oil-refinery-as-sectarian-clashes-spread Bill Chappell /politics/2013-10-20/syrian-peace-talks-to-start-in-november The negotiations have been long delayed and are aimed at bringing a political solution to the civil war that has engulfed Syria for more than two years. Sun, 20 Oct 2013 11:45:00 GMT /politics/2013-10-20/syrian-peace-talks-to-start-in-november Eyder Peralta /2013-06-16/syrian-strife-draws-in-neighbors-global-players Iran, Israel, Russia and Saudi Arabia are among the key global stakeholders in the conflict that has taken an estimated 93,000 lives. Here's a look at what some of them stand to gain � or lose. Sun, 16 Jun 2013 12:00:00 GMT /2013-06-16/syrian-strife-draws-in-neighbors-global-players Scott Neuman /2013-06-01/on-second-day-anti-government-protests-swell-in-turkey The protests began small, over a government effort to build a shopping mall in a park in Istanbul, but after a violent crackdown on demonstrators, the protests have become some of the largest anti-government protests in recent memory. Sat, 01 Jun 2013 13:08:00 GMT /2013-06-01/on-second-day-anti-government-protests-swell-in-turkey Eyder Peralta /2013-05-29/bomber-attacks-international-red-crosss-afghan-compound A coordinated attack has struck the offices of the International Red Cross in Jalalabad, Afghanistan, Gunmen reportedly assaulted the compound after a suicide bomber detonated a device at the entrance, where a guard was killed. Wed, 29 May 2013 15:26:00 GMT /2013-05-29/bomber-attacks-international-red-crosss-afghan-compound Bill Chappell