Reporter finds fiction clears Mideast fog of war
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In early 2001, Adnan Shahine was dragged into the chilly streets of Bethlehem and shot dead by Palestinian compatriots who accused him of spying for Israel.
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AP correspondents are in Lebanon and Israel covering the fighting and now the cease-fire. Here, in a combined weblog, they convey the impressions and challenges of their assignments.
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The silhouettes that roar through the Baghdad twilight are sleeker than the helicopters of an earlier time. The wind brings dust, not drenching monsoons. The river snaking seaward is called Tigris, not Mekong. And this war&#039;s not fought to the wail of Jimi Hendrix&#039;s guitar.
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As Israel marks 40 years after an extraordinary victory, there is far less exultation than questioning about the warâs impact on the country.
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Washington Post writer Bob Woodward says, in a new book, that the true extent of the Iraq war is being hidden.
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U.S. troops from Iraq are being  trained by the Israeli army in urban and guerrilla warfare  tactics at a military base in Israel, a local newspaper said on  Wednesday.
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âBlood and Tears: The Arab-Israeli Conflictâ methodically traces the battle over turf from its biblical origins to the fragile present.
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A new Mideast radio station is attracting both Palestinians and Israelis. How a format created during South Africaâs apartheid era is offering a fresh forum in a troubled region.
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Musician Michael Franti knew something was missing from the war coverage he saw on the nightly news.
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Palestinian leader's condition is obscured by rumor and intrigue.
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U.S. troops from Iraq are being trained by the Israeli army in urban and guerrilla warfare tactics at a military base in Israel, a local newspaper said on Wednesday.
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As in war, there&#39;s plenty of fog and smoke on the political battlefield that makes it hard to see what&#39;s going on. But there is one place in particular that you can go and cut through the competing messages and find a least a kernel of truth.
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A Pentagon analyst suspected of  passing classified information to Israel served as a U.S. Air  Force reservist in Israel, The Washington Post reported Sunday.
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As author Daniel Silva prepared for his fourth book, he knew the main character would be an Israeli spy. But there was another element he wanted for his character, something he couldn't quite put his finger on &#151; an "other side."
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Israel is facing a deluge of revelations about the conduct of its armed forces in the occupied territories, provoking concern about the price of fighting the Palestinians for
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A report to be released about his inconclusive 2006 war in Lebanon could determine whether Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert holds onto his job long enough to try to make peace with the Palestinians this year
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A review of Seymour Hersh's "Chain of Command: The Road from 9/11 to Abu Ghraib" by the Monitor's Washington editor.