Tim Fitzsimons is a Beirut-based radio and print journalist focusing on the Middle East. He has reported from places such as Kashmir, Oman, Guantanamo Bay, and Worcester, Mass. His work has been published by GlobalPost, The Sunday Times, NPR, Salon, and Slate.
Post-war Lebanon is often praised as an example of inter-religious harmony, but the balance appears to be shifting.
An ISIS report said the new images suggest "further sanitization activity" at the Parchin complex, a site in Iran's suspected nuclear bomb program.
Turkey was an ally of Bashar al-Assad before the Syria's uprising began in early 2011.
The US, the Netherlands, France, Britain, Canada, Spain, Germany, and Italy joined Australia in expelling some or all of Syria's diplomatic staff.
The 24 percentage point lead is just ahead of the 22 percentage point lead John McCain, a veteran, had in August 2008.
The president will also deliver Memorial Day remarks at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington.
Weak storms like Beryl behave more erratically than hurricanes and tropical storms.
The New Orleans Times-Picayune, one of America's oldest papers, will print just three times per week.
Syrian National Council leaders say they need to keep up public sector paychecks and food subsidies.
NAACP, Obama endorsements of same-sex marriage may have helped; Maryland's gay marriage law will likely be upheld.
After a domestic dispute over a woman, heavily-armed shooters holed themselves up in an apartment in an upscale Beirut neighborhood.