Middle East, Israel Travel News

Two local members of the state House helped Blue Ridge cable TV13 package nearly 5,000 pairs of shoes last week destined for needy children in the Middle East and desert southwest.

We cannot afford to take our eyes off of Iraq as we focus more on Afghanistan. If we leave before a stable, functioning government and society have developed, we risk losing not only Iraq but all of the Middle East, including Afghanistan, to extremist and anti-U.S. forces.

U.S. Sen. John Barrasso and Rep. Cynthia Lummis are headed to the Middle East to spend Thanksgiving with the Wyoming National Guard troops deployed over there.

Windham County Sheriff Keith Clark will be deployed to Afghanistan early next year as a member of the Vermont Army National Guard.

By Army Sgt. Benjamin R. Kibbey Special to American Forces Press Service Nov. 20, 2009 - A Basra, Iraq, native brings 50 years of experience as an architect, a master's degree and a resume that reads like a travel guide ranging across Europe and the Middle East and even Japan to his job as leader of the Iraqi facilities engineering team here.

Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger is stopping in Jerusalem to participate in a moderated conversation at a Middle East policy conference Sunday before heading to Iraq next week, an aide said Friday.

When the international advocacy and fundraising organization Susan G. Komen for the Cure called two Israeli advocates to invite them to a breast cancer conference in Egypt, "we were very excited about it," one of the women said.

A Kuwaiti firm with US$8.5 billion in contracts to supply food to US troops in the Middle East has been indicted for fraud, accused of taking elaborate measures to overbill the Pentagon.

Gov. Haley Barbour is spending part of this week in the Middle East, where more than 3,500 Mississippians are serving in Iraq.

An international symposium on friendship and cooperation between the Middle East and Turkey was held in Antakya on Nov.

The 35-year-old La Grange resident, attorney, and member of the Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 10778 in Western Springs, comes from a military family.

Gov. Sonny Perdue on Tuesday visited Georgia National Guard units fighting in Iraq.

In two weeks' time, more than 3m Muslims will descend on Mecca for Hajj, the annual festival and fifth and final pillar of Islam.

DON'T tell anyone but the Federal Government is spending $87.5 million on a new Middle East military base.

Visiting Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao is more than delighted when he talks with African trainees face-to-face and via a video system at the Middle East and North Africa training center of Huawei, a leading Chinese company in communication technology, "My Chinese name is Hua Mulan," a woman at Huawei's Nigerian training center introduced herself to ...

P resident Barack Obama will be undertaking an extensive diplomatic tour of Asia beginning next week.

Political activist Noam Chomsky says that although President Obama views the Iraq invasion merely as "a mistake" or "strategic blunder," it is, in fact, a "major crime" designed to enable America to control the Middle East oil reserves.

Brightly colored flags are waving, held by children in First Communion attire, priests and Sisters, travelers from countries around the world.

Turkey extended a regional peace drive to Iraqi Kurds when Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu met with top Kurdish officials in a landmark visit to Arbil.

"Could this be Turkeya s Century in the Middle East? Thu, 29 October 2009 Paul Salem In the month of October Turkey lifted border restrictions with Syria, signed a large number of trade and political agreements with Iraq, and spoke out in defense of Iran.