Hamas, Israel reach long-term cease-fire deal Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas made the announcement in Ramallah on Tuesday, saying both sides will return to the negotiating table to deal with other demands. Abbas suggested he wanted an outcome that ends the cycle of war in the region.August 26, 2014
America's Middle East scorecard: Many interventions, few successes The U.S. approaches have run the gamut. There were major wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. There were limited airstrikes in Libya. America opted for diplomacy and financial assistance with allies like Egypt and Pakistan, and sanctions against rivals, like Iran. Yet there's not a single success story.August 25, 2014
UN warns of 'possible massacre' in northeastern Iraq The United Nations is calling for action to prevent what it's describing as a possible massacre in Iraq's northeastern city of Amerli, which has been under siege for two months by Islamic State militants.August 23, 2014
GAO: Pentagon violated law with Bergdahl swap The Pentagon broke the law when it swapped Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl, a prisoner in Afghanistan for five years, for five Taliban leaders, investigators said Thursday.August 22, 2014
Islamic State 'beyond anything we've seen,' Hagel says Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel describes a failed U.S. mission into northern Syria earlier this summer to rescue Americans believed held there as "flawless" despite not recovering the hostages.August 22, 2014
Perry says ground troops must be an option against Iraq militants Texas Gov. Rick Perry, just days after being indicted for alleged abuse of power, has set himself apart from other GOP presidential wannabes in a another way -- by announcing that he's willing to send U.S. ground forces back to Iraq.August 22, 2014
When soldiers suffer from 'moral injury' The VA Medical Center in Minneapolis is researching "moral injury" - the wounds soldiers return with when they've done something, or failed to stop something, that violates their moral code.The Daily Circuit, August 21, 2014
Obama: US to end aid drops in Iraq, but airstrikes to continue The president said thousands of people had been safely evacuated from Mount Sinjar and that the majority of U.S. personnel involved in the rescue and relief operation would be leaving Iraq within a few days.August 14, 2014
Chaotic scene captured in Ferguson, Mo. Residents in Ferguson, Mo., have complained about what they called a heavy-handed police presence that began with the use of dogs for crowd control soon after Brown's shooting -- a tactic that for some invoked the specter of civil rights protests a half-century ago.August 14, 2014