This Blog is intended for use by students in the Islamic Middle East course at Northfield Mount Hermon School and guest students and teachers from other participating schools.
November 21st 2008 Iraqis protest against troop deal Supporters of Shia cleric Moqtada Sadr stage protests in Baghdad against a deal to allow US troops to remain in Iraq.
November 21st 2008 Security increase in tense Hebron Israel increases security in the West Bank city of Hebron ahead of a Jewish pilgrimage there by an expected 20,000 people.
November 21st 2008 Shoot-out in north Lebanon city One person is killed and three are wounded in a shoot-out in the northern Lebanese city of Tripoli, security forces say.
November 20th 2008 Security draws Iraqi doctors home Improved security in Iraq has led to 800 doctors returning so far this year, a senior health ministry official says.
November 18th 2008 Iraq leader defends US troop deal Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri Maliki defends a deal on the presence of US forces in Iraq, saying it preserves Iraqi sovereignty.
November 21st 2008 Gaza activists 'on hunger strike' Three human rights activists detained with Palestinian fishermen off Gaza by Israel say they have gone on hunger strike.
November 21st 2008 US global dominance 'to wane' US dominance is likely to weaken by 2025 as India and China grow stronger, a new Washington intelligence report says.
November 21st 2008 Lockerbie families claim victory The families of US victims of the 1988 Lockerbie Pan Am bombing claim victory in their quest for justice.
November 20th 2008 US convicts Syrian arms dealer A Syrian-born arms dealer is convicted by a US court of conspiring to sell weapons to left-wing Colombian rebels.
November 20th 2008 Somalia 'to become pirate magnet' Somalia must be helped by the international community to stop it becoming a "magnet for pirates," a senior Egyptian official has said.