http://www.bostonherald.com/news/international/middle_east/?srvc=rss The Boston Herald online: The closest distance between you and the news en-us Copyright 2009, Herald Interactive, Inc. Thu, 16 Jul 2009 14:23:58 -0400 bill@heraldinteractive.com (Bill Gaffney) 120 http://news.bostonherald.com/siteImages/news_adlogo.gif http://www.bostonherald.com/news/international/middle_east/?srvc=rss 126 37 The Boston Herald online: The closest distance between you and the news http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/bostonherald/news/international/middle_east/~3/48SNl_YRmrs/view.bg TEHRAN, Iran - The head of Iran's nuclear agency has resigned, the government said Thursday, a move that may have been connected to the country's postelection turmoil. Officials... Thu, 16 Jul 2009 10:05:35 -0400 http://www.bostonherald.com/news/international/middle_east/view.bg?articleid=1185288&srvc=rss http://www.bostonherald.com/news/international/middle_east/view.bg?articleid=1185288&srvc=rss http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/bostonherald/news/international/middle_east/~3/keriX0GQSzI/view.bg JERUSALEM - Ultra-Orthodox Jews clashed with police using horses and water cannon in Jerusalem Thursday in the third day of rioting over the arrest of a mentally ill Hasidic... Thu, 16 Jul 2009 09:22:06 -0400 http://www.bostonherald.com/news/international/middle_east/view.bg?articleid=1185278&srvc=rss http://www.bostonherald.com/news/international/middle_east/view.bg?articleid=1185278&srvc=rss http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/bostonherald/news/international/middle_east/~3/xPzIIUbB1Zw/view.bg TEHRAN, Iran - Investigators have recovered two black boxes belonging to a Russian-made jetliner that crashed shortly after taking off from Tehran, Iran's state radio... Thu, 16 Jul 2009 09:16:24 -0400 http://www.bostonherald.com/news/international/middle_east/view.bg?articleid=1185275&srvc=rss http://www.bostonherald.com/news/international/middle_east/view.bg?articleid=1185275&srvc=rss http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/bostonherald/news/international/middle_east/~3/yyFU1ah_BEQ/view.bg KABUL - July is on track to be the deadliest month of the eight-year-long Afghan war for U.S.-led international forces. At least 46 international troops, including 24... Wed, 15 Jul 2009 19:53:58 -0400 http://www.bostonherald.com/news/international/middle_east/view.bg?articleid=1185169&srvc=rss http://www.bostonherald.com/news/international/middle_east/view.bg?articleid=1185169&srvc=rss http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/bostonherald/news/international/middle_east/~3/0dwlYw2eDd4/view.bg BAGHDAD - A suicide bomber today killed six people, including an Iraqi policeman, in an attack on security forces in a former insurgent stronghold in Iraq's western Anbar... Wed, 15 Jul 2009 15:24:31 -0400 http://www.bostonherald.com/news/international/middle_east/view.bg?articleid=1185112&srvc=rss http://www.bostonherald.com/news/international/middle_east/view.bg?articleid=1185112&srvc=rss http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/bostonherald/news/international/middle_east/~3/gCm7NpGQEzE/view.bg JERUSALEM - Israeli soldiers who fought in last winter's Gaza War say the military used Palestinians as human shields, improperly fired incendiary white phosphorous shells... Wed, 15 Jul 2009 13:43:08 -0400 http://www.bostonherald.com/news/international/middle_east/view.bg?articleid=1185018&srvc=rss http://www.bostonherald.com/news/international/middle_east/view.bg?articleid=1185018&srvc=rss http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/bostonherald/news/international/middle_east/~3/8dp8zUm3po0/view.bg TEHRAN, Iran - A Russian-made Iranian passenger plane carrying 168 people crashed shortly after takeoff Wednesday, smashing into a field northwest of the capital and shattering... Wed, 15 Jul 2009 11:31:22 -0400 http://www.bostonherald.com/news/international/middle_east/view.bg?articleid=1185016&srvc=rss http://www.bostonherald.com/news/international/middle_east/view.bg?articleid=1185016&srvc=rss http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/bostonherald/news/international/middle_east/~3/SvFpySNgrf4/view.bg BEIRUT, Lebanon - A Lebanese military prosecutor today formally charged and demanded life in prison for a car dealer who allegedly passed information about Hezbollah to Israel. Lebanese... Wed, 15 Jul 2009 11:08:42 -0400 http://www.bostonherald.com/news/international/middle_east/view.bg?articleid=1185068&srvc=rss http://www.bostonherald.com/news/international/middle_east/view.bg?articleid=1185068&srvc=rss http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/bostonherald/news/international/middle_east/~3/gNqs6s91zZ0/view.bg RAMALLAH, West Bank - The Palestinian government today suspended the West Bank operations of the Arabic news channel Al-Jazeera, a day after a guest on the station accused... Wed, 15 Jul 2009 10:13:53 -0400 http://www.bostonherald.com/news/international/middle_east/view.bg?articleid=1185055&srvc=rss http://www.bostonherald.com/news/international/middle_east/view.bg?articleid=1185055&srvc=rss http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/bostonherald/news/international/middle_east/~3/pwynD6d7l4k/view.bg CAIRO - Several dozen families camp outside Iran's daunting Evin prison, trying to learn the fate of loved ones who vanished in post-election turmoil. A month into the... Tue, 14 Jul 2009 14:02:18 -0400 http://www.bostonherald.com/news/international/middle_east/view.bg?articleid=1184870&srvc=rss http://www.bostonherald.com/news/international/middle_east/view.bg?articleid=1184870&srvc=rss http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/bostonherald/news/international/middle_east/~3/d-K1l0-fWao/view.bg TEHRAN, Iran - A top aide says Iranian opposition leader Mir Hossein Mousavi will create an umbrella group made up of reform-minded political parties to challenge hard-liners... Tue, 14 Jul 2009 12:21:21 -0400 http://www.bostonherald.com/news/international/middle_east/view.bg?articleid=1184846&srvc=rss http://www.bostonherald.com/news/international/middle_east/view.bg?articleid=1184846&srvc=rss http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/bostonherald/news/international/middle_east/~3/3K6dwIrq17I/view.bg TEHRAN, Iran - Authorities in southeastern Iran on Tuesday hanged 13 members of a Sunni Muslim rebel group convicted of bombings and killings in the area, the official IRNA... Tue, 14 Jul 2009 10:01:00 -0400 http://www.bostonherald.com/news/international/middle_east/view.bg?articleid=1184822&srvc=rss http://www.bostonherald.com/news/international/middle_east/view.bg?articleid=1184822&srvc=rss http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/bostonherald/news/international/middle_east/~3/yRySSGplnVc/view.bg BAGHDAD - Iraqi officials tightened security around churches in Baghdad and in two mostly Christian towns on Monday and braced for possible violence this weekend when huge... Mon, 13 Jul 2009 13:32:32 -0400 http://www.bostonherald.com/news/international/middle_east/view.bg?articleid=1184577&srvc=rss http://www.bostonherald.com/news/international/middle_east/view.bg?articleid=1184577&srvc=rss http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/bostonherald/news/international/middle_east/~3/ko4YLbEYHOg/view.bg TEHRAN,Iran - Iran's defeated conservative candidate criticized both the government and opposition protesters, warning that more post-election turmoil could destabilize... Mon, 13 Jul 2009 08:49:02 -0400 http://www.bostonherald.com/news/international/middle_east/view.bg?articleid=1184576&srvc=rss http://www.bostonherald.com/news/international/middle_east/view.bg?articleid=1184576&srvc=rss http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/bostonherald/news/international/middle_east/~3/j_eVMxhlvzQ/view.bg TEHRAN, Iran - Five Iranian officials who were held in Iraq for more than two years by U.S. forces on suspicion of aiding local Shiite militants returned to Iran Sunday,... Sun, 12 Jul 2009 08:07:00 -0400 http://www.bostonherald.com/news/international/middle_east/view.bg?articleid=1184367&srvc=rss http://www.bostonherald.com/news/international/middle_east/view.bg?articleid=1184367&srvc=rss http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/bostonherald/news/international/middle_east/~3/WOvf69ti_tg/view.bg NEW YORK - An Iranian-American scholar whom Iran once accused of fomenting political unrest has been arrested by authorities there for the second time in two years, his family... Fri, 10 Jul 2009 14:06:31 -0400 http://www.bostonherald.com/news/international/middle_east/view.bg?articleid=1184092&srvc=rss http://www.bostonherald.com/news/international/middle_east/view.bg?articleid=1184092&srvc=rss