| France Moves to Free Man Who Killed Iran Official The release of Ali Vakili Rad, convicted of assassinating an exiled former Iranian prime minister, comes a day after Tehran freed a young French academic. nytimes.com |
Palestinians and Police Collide in East Jerusalem The city plans to raze 22 Palestinian homes to make way for a tourist area. feeds.nytimes.com |
Iranian Lawyer in Stoning Case Fled to Turkey A leading lawyer who fled Iran after taking on the case of a woman sentenced to death by stoning has made it to Turkey and is seeking asylum, the Turkish police said on Friday. nytimes.com |
My Nine Years as a Middle-Eastern American Was the Bush era better for U.S. Muslims? nytimes.com |
Drought Withers Lush Farmlands in Syria Ancient irrigation systems have collapsed and villages have been abandoned in the Fertile Crescent. nytimes.com |