[caption id="attachment_55247237" align="alignnone" width="620"] Lebanese army soldiers evacuate civilians caught in sniper fire in the Lebanese northern coastal city of Tripoli on November 30, 2013 …

[caption id="attachment_55247148" align="alignnone" width="620"] Egypt constitutional committee members read documents during the voting for Egypt's draft constitution on November 30, 2013. (Stringer…

[caption id="attachment_55247121" align="alignnone" width="620"] Demonstration against Christians in Damascus, Syria, 1860. From July 9 to 11, 1860, Druze and Sunni Muslims organised pogroms against…

[caption id="attachment_55247115" align="alignnone" width="620"] Members and vehicles of the Al-Qaaqa brigade from Zintan get ready to vacate the premises of their Tripoli quarter on November 21,…

[caption id="attachment_55247109" align="alignnone" width="594"] Iranian President Hassan Rouhani (R), with Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif seated next to him, addresses the opening session of…

[caption id="attachment_55247047" align="alignnone" width="620"] A Yemeni soldier keeps guard at a protest in Sana'a in this August 8, 2012, file photo. (AFP PHOTO/ MOHAMMED HUWAIS)[/caption…

[caption id="attachment_55247036" align="alignnone" width="620"] Ali Al-Bayanouni. (Tam Hussein)[/caption] In Syria, Al-Qaeda and affiliated groups have gradually emerged as one of the main threats…

[caption id="attachment_55246912" align="alignnone" width="620"] Left to right: Cem Aydoğdu, Engin Önder and Oğulcan Ekiz. (Stephen Starr)[/caption] Last November, Cem Aydoğdu, Engin Önder, and…

[caption id="attachment_55247005" align="alignnone" width="620"] A Jewish settler places the Israeli flag on a road sign while Israeli troops encircle Palestinian villagers protesting after the…

[caption id="attachment_55246997" align="alignnone" width="619"] Yemeni Salafist protesters shout slogans as they take part in a demonstration in Sana'a against fighting that erupted earlier in…