TEHRAN: Stay-at-home mom Maryam Alidadi used to lead a comfortable middle-class life. The 35-year-old and her husband, a mechanic, could afford a spacious...
TEHRAN: The simple act of walking has become a display of defiance for a young Iranian woman who often moves in Tehran’s streets without a compulsory...
TEHRAN: Aficionados of Western classical music have carved out a niche for themselves in Iran, where cultural expression remains tightly controlled by strict...
AMMAN: On their current Mideast tour, senior Trump administration officials are getting a close-up view of some of the towering obstacles to their yet to be...
ETZION MILITARY BASE, Palestine: More than 300 Palestinians showed up at an Israeli military base in the occupied West Bank recently, hoping they could win...
RAMALLAH, Palestine: The list of obstacles to a long-awaited U.S. plan for an Israeli-Palestinian peace deal has grown longer in recent days. Contentious...
AMMAN: Amer Othman’s life turned upside down in an instant. The Ohio entrepreneur, who came to the United States 38 years ago and won praise for helping...
NABI SALEH, Palestine: Palestinian protest icon Ahed Tamimi is to go on trial before an Israeli military court Tuesday for slapping and punching two Israeli...
RAMALLAH, Palestine: American Kate Hamad doesn’t dare leave Ramallah, fearing trouble, even deportation, if stopped at an Israeli checkpoint on the outskirts...
NABI SALEH, Palestine: Israel’s hard-charging prosecution of a 16-year-old Palestinian girl who slapped and kicked two Israeli soldiers has trained a...
BETHLEHEM, Palestine: President Donald Trump’s recognition of occupied Jerusalem as Israel’s capital looms large in Christmas festivities this...
MADOUNEH, Jordan: A shiny new city is to arise from Jordan’s desert over the next three decades, potentially rivaling the kingdom’s capital of Amman, a...
The dramatic U.S. policy shift on occupied Jerusalem is seen by the Western-backed Palestinian leadership as a dangerous betrayal and game changer that is...
AMMAN: Jordan hopes a cease-fire it helped negotiate in neighboring southern Syria will eventually lead to a secure border, the reopening of a vital trade...
AMMAN: Just a year out of college, Jordan’s crown prince has made his debut on the world’s biggest stage, addressing the U.N. General Assembly – the clearest...
AMMAN, Jordan: The world must do more to help Syrian refugee children get an education, actress Priyanka Chopra said after chatting and joking with young...
MANSHIYEH, Jordan: Since his family fled civil war in Syria five years ago, 15-year-old Ali al-Sbehi hasn’t set foot in a school. Instead, he has put in...
MAFRAQ, Jordan: Married at 15 and divorced at 16, a Syrian teen says she regrets having said yes to a handsome suitor – a stranger who turned into an abusive...
MAFRAQ, Jordan: Desperate to help Syrians stuck on Jordan’s sealed border, U.N. agencies agreed late last year to an aid system that critics say handed much...
AMMAN: A separate truce for southern Syria, brokered by the U.S. and Russia, is meant to help allay growing concerns by neighboring Jordan and Israel about...
ALLAN, Jordan: A top-notch research center that brought together Iran, Israel and other Mideast antagonists is launching operations this fall in hopes of...
BEIT LAHIYA, Palestine: Grim records mark the 10th anniversary of Hamas rule in Gaza – the longest-ever daily electricity and water cuts, 60 percent youth...
SALFIT, Palestine: Fouad Maraita wakes up at 3:30 a.m. His hometown of Salfit in the occupied West Bank lies in darkness. He drinks coffee, slings a bag with...
GAZA CITY, Palestine: When Gaza’s 2 million residents break their dawn-to-dusk fast during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, much of the territory is engulfed...
AMMAN: Life as a refugee in Jordan suddenly ended for a Syrian carpenter when he was summoned for interrogation, blindfolded and sent on a bus back to Syria...