| 单词 | Levant |
| 例句 | Levant shook his head and put the magazine on the floor. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z “Get Levant. Tell him I need him right away. Find Levant for this.” Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z “Everything’s dated,” Levant pointed out, finding a place for a lantern. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z At the bottom of the stairs, in an anteroom, he found Levant slowly paging through the Saturday Evening Post beside a kerosene floor heater. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z About 100,000 years ago, some Sapiens groups migrated north to the Levant, which was Neanderthal territory, but failed to secure a firm footing. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z Levant led the way to the records room on the second floor, which was stacked floor to ceiling with wooden crates, file cabinets, and duffel bags. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z He knew that wind: people called it the levanter, because on it the Moors had come from the Levant at the eastern end of the Mediterranean. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z “He couldn’t have left the fifteenth,” said Levant. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z Evidence of such settlements has been discovered throughout the Middle East, particularly in the Levant, where the Natufian culture flourished from 12,500 BC to 9500 BC. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z Levant was tall enough to be a basketball player, six five or six six, with a large Adam’s apple and tightly curled black hair, and he carried a lantern and a flashlight. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z “I can spare Levant to help you out for a couple of hours, tops. ” Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z South Americans learned how to raise potatoes and llamas, unaware of what was going on in either Mexico or the Levant. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z “I want you to see if you can find Levant. Find Levant and tell him to come down here. Tell him to bring a couple kerosene lanterns. Tell him I need him right away.” Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z “There’s a guy shorthands all the radio transmissions,” Levant explained to him. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z The production said Hayes had been interested in Levant for several years before he started working with Adjmi. That Oscar Levant Play Had an Earlier Version. Its Writer Is Unhappy. 2022-10-06T04:00:00Z As he learned more about Levant, Hayes said he began to feel an affinity for him. To Become Oscar Levant, Sean Hayes Revisited His First Role 2023-04-11T04:00:00Z Whether or not Levant minded it, it’s true that by Gershwin standards he failed; few people today remember him. ‘Good Night, Oscar’ Review: Sean Hayes With Demerol and Cadenzas 2023-04-24T04:00:00Z But on the evidence of the character as written, and especially as impersonated by Sean Hayes in a gloomy if accurate performance, Levant doesn’t erase the line so much as fudge it. ‘Good Night, Oscar’ Review: Sean Hayes With Demerol and Cadenzas 2023-04-24T04:00:00Z Warning, though: Not even the snarkiest older sibling has anything on the caustic virtuosity of Oscar Levant, who serves as a vital counterpoint to the weightless joys of Gene Kelly and Leslie Caron. Movie Listings for Feb. 13-19 2015-02-13T05:00:00Z Wright said he, too, was fascinated by Levant, having grown up with “a really entertaining, outrageous, brilliant father who was severely bipolar and refused medication, so Oscar’s mood swings were really familiar to me.” To Become Oscar Levant, Sean Hayes Revisited His First Role 2023-04-11T04:00:00Z For me, watching Hayes as Levant — like watching kinescopes of Levant himself — is excruciatingly sad. ‘Good Night, Oscar’ Review: Sean Hayes With Demerol and Cadenzas 2023-04-24T04:00:00Z Mostly it’s just a cry; Levant doesn’t seem brilliant but ill. ‘Good Night, Oscar’ Review: Sean Hayes With Demerol and Cadenzas 2023-04-24T04:00:00Z “You can’t say hummus is Syrian or Lebanese, and you can’t say tabbouleh is Palestinian. So the Arabic cuisine I cook, I call it ‘Food from the Levant.’ In Israel, a New Passion for Palestinian Cuisine 2016-11-01T04:00:00Z This is how Hayes alters himself to play Oscar Levant, the pianist and raconteur, in the new Broadway play “Good Night, Oscar,” which opens on April 24 at the Belasco Theater. To Become Oscar Levant, Sean Hayes Revisited His First Role 2023-04-11T04:00:00Z A major musical talent with a sideline in comedy, Mr. Weinstein presents himself as a highbrow dandy in the tradition of Jack Benny, Victor Borge and Oscar Levant. Review: Aaron Weinstein, Wunderkind as Highbrow Dandy 2016-06-03T04:00:00Z Mr. Plummer proves himself an aphorist worthy of inclusion alongside Oscar Wilde and Oscar Levant when he says that middle age is “when you stop combing your hair and start arranging it.” Critic’s Notebook: Christopher Plummer and John Hirsch Solo Shows at Stratford 2012-08-21T21:46:20Z Similar anxieties — though amplified — prey upon the Levant depicted in “Good Night, Oscar.” To Become Oscar Levant, Sean Hayes Revisited His First Role 2023-04-11T04:00:00Z Adjmi said he had begun working with Hayes in 2012 on another play that did not move forward, and that he then proposed writing a play about Levant for the actor. That Oscar Levant Play Had an Earlier Version. Its Writer Is Unhappy. 2022-10-06T04:00:00Z Through a meandering inner dialogue that mirrors Vesta’s own solitary and stumbling escapades through the Levant woods, Vesta looks for Magda while inventing her existence. Review | Ottessa Moshfegh’s ‘Death in Her Hands’ kicks off like a murder mystery. But the missing dead body is beside the point. 2020-06-23T04:00:00Z In similar fashion, Hayes said, “I’m not really Oscar Levant. I’m playing Oscar Levant. This is my interpretation of Oscar Levant.” To Become Oscar Levant, Sean Hayes Revisited His First Role 2023-04-11T04:00:00Z At every turn, there’s a caress waiting, even if it’s a gambit for affection: “I got a lot on my mind, and I gotta share the pain,” Saint Levant avers. The Weeknd’s ‘Avatar’ Anthem, and 8 More New Songs 2022-12-16T05:00:00Z “I’d like to acknowledge Oscar Levant, whose wit and irascibility and virtuosity is not only inspirational but a true original,” Hayes said in his acceptance speech. Sean Hayes Wins Best Leading Actor in a Play for ‘Good Night, Oscar’ 2023-06-11T04:00:00Z She was the quietly heroic epitome of what Betty Friedan called the feminine mystique, and nothing was more misconceived than Oscar Levant’s sneery wisecrack about knowing Day “before she was a virgin”. Doris Day: the wholesome face of postwar American optimism 2019-05-13T04:00:00Z He wore a zip-up sweatshirt and playfully shook his hair, a mixture of copper and silver strands, which he has grown out so it can be styled like Levant’s wavy coif. To Become Oscar Levant, Sean Hayes Revisited His First Role 2023-04-11T04:00:00Z “If I had nothing to do with this show, I would be absolutely enthralled with this human being that is Oscar Levant — he’s just incredible,” Hayes said in a telephone interview. Sean Hayes to Star in Broadway Play About Oscar Levant 2022-09-19T04:00:00Z The weight of shoring up the point of the play thus falls heavily on Levant’s pianism — and Hayes’s. ‘Good Night, Oscar’ Review: Sean Hayes With Demerol and Cadenzas 2023-04-24T04:00:00Z He still remembers his reaction: “Who the hell is Oscar Levant?” Sean Hayes to Star in Broadway Play About Oscar Levant 2022-09-19T04:00:00Z The vessels and their contents paint a picture of ships carrying goods on routes from the Black Sea, Greece, Asia Minor, Italy, Spain, Sicily, Cyprus, the Levant, Egypt and north Africa. Ancient shipwrecks found in Greek waters tell tale of trade routes 2018-10-11T04:00:00Z Hayes, no longer the adorable sprite from “Will and Grace,” has clearly made a careful study of Levant’s mannerisms, many of them the result of a longtime addiction to painkillers. ‘Good Night, Oscar’ Review: Sean Hayes With Demerol and Cadenzas 2023-04-24T04:00:00Z Here’s Saint Levant sitting in a chair wearing a tank top, looking rakish and unhurried. The Weeknd’s ‘Avatar’ Anthem, and 8 More New Songs 2022-12-16T05:00:00Z It distracts Vesta from her grief and very real new life — though to be fair, there's not much to do in Levant. Brit Bennett's "The Vanishing Half" and 4 more must-read novels out in June 2020-06-14T04:00:00Z And Sean Hayes, best known for “Will and Grace,” won for playing the depressive raconteur-pianist Oscar Levant in “Good Night, Oscar.” ‘Kimberly Akimbo’ Wins Best Musical Tony and ‘Leopoldstadt’ Best Play 2023-06-11T04:00:00Z When another friend suggested Hayes think about Levant as a character, he got serious — watching archival footage, reading Levant’s books, and imagining some kind of performance. Sean Hayes to Star in Broadway Play About Oscar Levant 2022-09-19T04:00:00Z To address the built-in problem of revealing such a locked-down soul, and in the manner of period psychiatric melodramas like “Now Voyager” and “Bigger Than Life,” Wright gives Levant occasional reality breaks and hallucinations. ‘Good Night, Oscar’ Review: Sean Hayes With Demerol and Cadenzas 2023-04-24T04:00:00Z At the empire’s height, their sway ranged from western north Africa via Sicily to Yemen and the Levant. The Art Lovers Who Founded Cairo 2018-03-19T04:00:00Z This restaurant in Miami Beach provides Middle Eastern flavors with a focus on the cuisine of the Levant region, but with an unusual twist. The Sentry Flatiron, Atop the Hotel Henri, Opens in the Flatiron District 2021-04-06T04:00:00Z Jordanian kitchens rely on mostly the same ingredients that define the food of other countries in the Levant. Freshen Up Your Cooking With Ingredients Straight From Jordan 2022-02-28T05:00:00Z Its collection of more than 100 Impressionist works includes Monet’s “Impression Soleil Levant, 1873,” for which the movement was named, as well as works by Manet, Degas, Renoir and others. What to Pair With Monet? Try Classical Music. 2010-04-18T10:00:00Z He settled on an S-bend that abutted desert tracks running from the Levant to Persia. A history of violence 2014-06-12T04:00:00Z Molokhia is a dark green leaf, a bit like spinach, that’s hugely popular throughout the Levant and in parts of North and West Africa. Yotam Ottolenghi’s recipes to mark the #CookForSyria campaign 2016-10-29T04:00:00Z During that interview, Levant said his recent behavior had been “impeccable”: “I’ve been unconscious for the past six months,” he explained. To Become Oscar Levant, Sean Hayes Revisited His First Role 2023-04-11T04:00:00Z Sean Hayes, who portrays the witty but troubled pianist Oscar Levant in “Good Night, Oscar,” won the Tony for best lead actor in play. Sean Hayes Wins Best Leading Actor in a Play for ‘Good Night, Oscar’ 2023-06-11T04:00:00Z Everyone," says Robert Newman, "always goes on about the East India Company, but the Levant Company are the real template for the way that a corporation can capture and control the state. The Trade Secret by Robert Newman – review 2013-06-07T17:35:01Z Directed by Brian Levant of "Are We There Yet?" fame, "Spy" is entertaining in spots but too obviously low-budget. 2010-01-14T04:44:00Z In the wake of her husband’s death, Vesta moves into an abandoned summer camp for girls in Levant, a remote East Coast town. Review | Ottessa Moshfegh’s ‘Death in Her Hands’ kicks off like a murder mystery. But the missing dead body is beside the point. 2020-06-23T04:00:00Z Levant would crack wise to Paar about his hospitalizations, the prescriptions he was taking or abusing, and the fragile state of his mental health. To Become Oscar Levant, Sean Hayes Revisited His First Role 2023-04-11T04:00:00Z What that is becomes clearer when, in the second half of the 100-minute play, Levant finally sits down for the live broadcast, after proving himself merely tiresome for the first half. ‘Good Night, Oscar’ Review: Sean Hayes With Demerol and Cadenzas 2023-04-24T04:00:00Z One play that’s almost done is called “The Stumble,” about the composer Oscar Levant and his obsession with George Gershwin. Misery and Megalomania: How David Adjmi Became a Playwright 2020-06-24T04:00:00Z Originally commissioned by the pianist and Hollywood celebrity Oscar Levant, it is a concerto with a kick in its step as it modernizes an old Mozartean tradition. Gustavo Dudamel celebrates his 36th birthday with some Schoenberg 2017-01-27T05:00:00Z Parsley and arugula from the Levant took well, as did red spinach from India. Sharky Brings Locavore to Myanmar 2014-08-25T04:00:00Z The history of the Levant — at a crossroads of trade, history and geography — is marked by countless forces shaping its cuisine, thus making it difficult to delineate the origins of every dish. Perspective | Here’s why Palestinians object to the term ‘Israeli food’: It erases us from history 2020-02-14T05:00:00Z Wright also happened to be the screenwriter for the unproduced Spielberg film about Gershwin, who for a time was a close collaborator with Levant. Sean Hayes to Star in Broadway Play About Oscar Levant 2022-09-19T04:00:00Z “I’d like to acknowledge Oscar Levant, whose wit and irascibility and virtuosity is not only inspirational but a true original,” Hayes said in his acceptance speech. Sean Hayes Wins Best Leading Actor in a Play for ‘Good Night, Oscar’ 2023-06-11T04:00:00Z Such was the case with Saint Levant’s “Very Few Friends” — or, rather, with the 10 or so seconds of it that became a TikTok sensation last month. The Weeknd’s ‘Avatar’ Anthem, and 8 More New Songs 2022-12-16T05:00:00Z Rather than a sign of a dysfunctional relationship, such behavior can actually be interpreted as the sign of health, said Ronald Levant, a professor of psychology at the University of Akron. Quality Time, Redefined 2011-04-30T04:37:02Z Levant’s interviews with Paar are their own little sliver of TV history — shocking to audiences in their day and still potent for their candor. To Become Oscar Levant, Sean Hayes Revisited His First Role 2023-04-11T04:00:00Z This ode to the food of the Levant is a sibling to Shuka, the Middle Eastern and Mediterranean restaurant in SoHo, which is also owned by the Bowery Group. Angie Mar’s Latest, Les Trois Chevaux, Opens 2021-07-06T04:00:00Z After a lunch meeting where Hayes demonstrated how he would play Levant, Wright said, he left “more passionate about it than ever before.” To Become Oscar Levant, Sean Hayes Revisited His First Role 2023-04-11T04:00:00Z Loomer, 24, is a journalist and activist for The Rebel Media, the Canadian right-wing organization founded by Ezra Levant. “Julius Caesar” stage crasher nets financial windfall 2017-06-21T04:00:00Z Harry Levant, a public health advocate from Philadelphia and a recovering gambling addict, is an official with the group Stop Predatory Gambling. 31M Americans to bet on Super Bowl, gambling group estimates 2022-02-08T05:00:00Z The nomadic heartland at the crossroads of international trade running from Yemen and the Gulf to the Levant and East Africa was certainly open to multiple influences. Review: 'Routes of Arabia'' Exhibition at Louvre Is Startling 2010-07-23T11:56:00Z Levant famously did a number of television interviews with Jack Paar when Levant talked openly and perhaps a bit scandalously about his battles with depression and mental illness. Live Performance in New York: Here’s What to See This Spring 2023-02-22T05:00:00Z The first anise spirit, made as early as the 12th century, arak is based on a neutral alcohol made from grapes, and is the classic beverage of the Levant, or the eastern Mediterranean region. Why you should get excited about anise spirits 2022-01-02T05:00:00Z The nested shoeboxes of Rachel Hauck’s handsome set, representing Paar’s office and, when that breaks away, Levant’s dressing room, now disappear entirely to reveal a fully padded television studio with a Steinway center stage. ‘Good Night, Oscar’ Review: Sean Hayes With Demerol and Cadenzas 2023-04-24T04:00:00Z “I Guess” is Saint Levant’s follow-up, and he’s doubling down. The Weeknd’s ‘Avatar’ Anthem, and 8 More New Songs 2022-12-16T05:00:00Z Levant said the rapid rise of in-game betting feeds into a compulsive gambler’s desire for more and faster opportunities to bet. 31M Americans to bet on Super Bowl, gambling group estimates 2022-02-08T05:00:00Z Hayes said he and Levant, although quite different in many ways, share traits that make the role interesting. Sean Hayes to Star in Broadway Play About Oscar Levant 2022-09-19T04:00:00Z Then, much to her delight, she received a care package with Jordanian tea and spices, plus a recipe for maqluba, a rice-based dish served throughout the Levant, from the EscapingNY founder, Cassandra Brooklyn. We Can Still Travel — With Photoshop and a Dream 2020-04-07T04:00:00Z It was two decades ago when a friend first suggested to Sean Hayes that he consider playing Oscar Levant. Sean Hayes to Star in Broadway Play About Oscar Levant 2022-09-19T04:00:00Z In those last few minutes only, you see into Levant’s soul. ‘Good Night, Oscar’ Review: Sean Hayes With Demerol and Cadenzas 2023-04-24T04:00:00Z Joined by Playyard, who rounds out the song with rangy, lithe R&B, Saint Levant remains committed to the bit. The Weeknd’s ‘Avatar’ Anthem, and 8 More New Songs 2022-12-16T05:00:00Z He led a unit in Greece as the country fell in spring 1941, impersonated a German spy in the Levant, and negotiated with the Vichy government. Robert Macfarlane: rereading Geoffrey Household's Rogue Male 2013-03-15T12:03:22Z As Vesta begins to fabricate Magda’s past, with some help from the Levant public library computer and the search engine Ask Jeeves, the reader learns more about Vesta’s past. Review | Ottessa Moshfegh’s ‘Death in Her Hands’ kicks off like a murder mystery. But the missing dead body is beside the point. 2020-06-23T04:00:00Z Long before the play’s 2022 debut at the Goodman Theater in Chicago, Hayes said he had been working on Levant’s voice, mannerisms, tics and physical bearing. To Become Oscar Levant, Sean Hayes Revisited His First Role 2023-04-11T04:00:00Z Most involve George Gershwin: Levant’s friend, benefactor and bête noire, dead 20 years yet still a kind of Oedipal rival. ‘Good Night, Oscar’ Review: Sean Hayes With Demerol and Cadenzas 2023-04-24T04:00:00Z After Hayes’s Tony-nominated run in the 2010 Broadway revival of “Promises, Promises,” he and the show’s executive producer, Beth Williams, began discussing a possible Levant project for the stage. To Become Oscar Levant, Sean Hayes Revisited His First Role 2023-04-11T04:00:00Z Instead, it offers a spray of Levant’s most famous quips, like the one about Elizabeth Taylor: “Always a bride, never a bridesmaid.” ‘Good Night, Oscar’ Review: Sean Hayes With Demerol and Cadenzas 2023-04-24T04:00:00Z Perhaps the most glaring absence from the exhibition, however, is that of “Impression, Soleil Levant,” the seminal 1873 work that gave Impressionism its name. In France, a Rediscovery of Monet 2010-09-24T12:29:00Z The actor is planning to star next spring in a new play, “Good Night, Oscar,” about the witty pianist Oscar Levant, who became well known for his appearances on radio, television and film. That Oscar Levant Play Had an Earlier Version. Its Writer Is Unhappy. 2022-10-06T04:00:00Z In Arabic, the Levant — the landmass that today is carved into Syria, Lebanon, Jordan, Israel and the Palestinian territories — is called A-Sham. In Israel, a New Passion for Palestinian Cuisine 2016-11-01T04:00:00Z “There was going to be an Oscar Levant mention in there, and if you don’t know who he is, that’s OK! Look it up,” Sherman-Palladino said. Why ‘Gilmore Girls’ Endures 2020-11-23T05:00:00Z Oscar Levant came in and said, ‘Oh, who have you got in there, Joan Crawford and Clark Gable?’ The Hollywood Hostess Connie Wald Recalls the Storied Stars Circling Her Table 2012-02-24T22:30:32Z Whether it succeeds will depend largely on Hayes’s ability to embody the dour Levant, a sort of public neurotic who may no longer be familiar to contemporary audiences. To Become Oscar Levant, Sean Hayes Revisited His First Role 2023-04-11T04:00:00Z The newly formed Levant Company began an illegal trade shipping old tin and lead, stripped from deconsecrated churches and monasteries, to the Ottomans to reforge as armaments. A Rich, Old-Fashioned Spy Thriller Set in Elizabethan England 2020-02-11T05:00:00Z Her mother retired as an aesthetician and the owner of Levant Skin Care Institute de Beaute in San Mateo, Calif. Mileen Zarin, Taylor Barrett-Wilsdon 2019-10-20T04:00:00Z Their first songs, released before Abdelhamid took on the Saint Levant name, mapped out his interests. For Saint Levant, Sexy Music Is Personal, and Political 2023-03-06T05:00:00Z Levant answered, “I stumble and then I fall into a coma.” To Become Oscar Levant, Sean Hayes Revisited His First Role 2023-04-11T04:00:00Z “The Hebas are 18 to 24. They probably grew up in the Middle East. Maybe hijabi. She likes Saint Levant because he’s pushing Arab culture, but also because he’s good-looking,” Abdelhamid said. For Saint Levant, Sexy Music Is Personal, and Political 2023-03-06T05:00:00Z And instead of dramatizing how marvelous Levant was, it just says so repeatedly. ‘Good Night, Oscar’ Review: Sean Hayes With Demerol and Cadenzas 2023-04-24T04:00:00Z But there is no body and, after Vesta does some Googling, it's unclear if there was ever actually a Magda in the town of Levant. Brit Bennett's "The Vanishing Half" and 4 more must-read novels out in June 2020-06-14T04:00:00Z This dish is known as fatteh in the Levant, where as breakfast it is intended to turn the previous day’s stale pita bread into a hearty meal. Fatteh: Pita and chickpea salad with yogurt and mint is breakfast in Beirut, tastes great all day 2023-08-30T04:00:00Z Other discoveries included semiprecious stones such as amber from the Baltics and lapis lazuli and carnelian from Mesopotamia and the northern Levant, according to Fischer. Jewelry, ornate pottery show 3,000-year-old Cypriot city was a key trading hub, scientist says 2023-07-11T04:00:00Z According to Ms Tsurkov's website, her research focuses on the Levant - a historical term that refers to a large geographical region including present-day Israel, Syria and other areas - and "the Syrian uprising and civil war". Israel concerned for researcher kidnapped in Iraq 2023-07-06T04:00:00Z Raja Abdulrahim is a Middle East correspondent based in Jerusalem covering the Levant. With a Hand From the U.S. Military, Aid Finally Reaches a Syrian Camp 2023-06-23T04:00:00Z On top of that, human-driven climate change is projected to raise global temperatures and cause more frequent droughts in the Levant. In the West Bank, UNESCO site Battir could face a water shortage from a planned Israeli settlement 2023-06-21T04:00:00Z In Turkey, Armenia and the Levant, a meat-topped flatbread known as lahmajoun comes topped with spiced ground lamb, tomatoes and bell pepper. A family-friendly dinner to satisfy Dad: Weeknight lahmajoun ‘pizza’ with spiced ground lamb 2023-06-12T04:00:00Z Sean Hayes won lead actor in a play for “Good Night, Oscar,” which dramatizes a long night’s journey into the scarred psyche of pianist Oscar Levant, now obscure but once a TV star. Tony Awards telecast makes inclusive history and puts on quite a show despite Hollywood strike 2023-06-12T04:00:00Z That movement, Zionism, saw a slow but growing migration of European Jews settling in the Levant, at the time still part of the Ottoman Empire. Western Civilization: A Concise History 2020-01-01T00:00:00Z He greatly expanded Egypt’s territorial control, leading armies up the Nile into Kush and into the Levant. World History: to 1500 2023-04-19T00:00:00Z Ezra Levant, publisher of Rebel News, tweeted: “Sports Illustrated goes trans for their swimsuit issue. I guess the Bud Light ad wizards had to land somewhere.” Sports Illustrated features transgender model on cover of swimsuit issue 2023-05-15T04:00:00Z It described Maulawi Rajab as a senior leader of the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant, and Sultan Aziz Azam as a spokesperson of the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant. Britain adds two designations under its Islamic State sanctions regime 2023-04-27T04:00:00Z Sean Hayes stars on Broadway in ‘Good Night, Oscar,’ Doug Wright’s dark comedy following pianist Levant as he’s being treated for mental illness. 'New York, New York’ the film is not good. The new Broadway musical is worse 2023-04-26T04:00:00Z By 1099, the crusaders had captured Jerusalem and much of the Levant, forming a series of Christian territories in the heart of the Holy Land. Western Civilization: A Concise History 2020-01-01T00:00:00Z Increasing numbers of Semitic- speaking peoples from the Levant flowed into Egypt, possibly the result of increased trade between Egypt and the Levant at first. World History: to 1500 2023-04-19T00:00:00Z Oscar Levant, one of the great interpreters of George Gershwin’s music, was as renowned for his rueful wit as he was for his virtuosic piano skills. Unhappiness made Oscar Levant a laugh riot. Sean Hayes carves a portrayal in a marble of suffering 2023-04-24T04:00:00Z The Codex Sassoon is thought to have been created about 1,100 years ago by a scribe in Egypt or the Levant. Oldest most complete Hebrew Bible goes on display in Israel before sale 2023-03-22T04:00:00Z The codex’s writing style suggests its creator was an unspecified early 10th-century scribe in Egypt or the Levant. Sotheby’s hopes for record sale of ancient Hebrew Bible 2023-03-22T04:00:00Z The new findings revealed a previously unknown lineage of donkeys present in the Levant from around 200 B.C. At Long Last, a Donkey Family Tree 2023-03-14T04:00:00Z The Ayyubids, who ruled the Levant and Egypt beginning in the eleventh century, had established their dynasty by breaking away from the Abbasid Caliphate. World History: to 1500 2023-04-19T00:00:00Z A shambling, melancholic truth-teller, with a talent for riling up censors, Levant said things that weren’t supposed to be spoken aloud on national TV. Unhappiness made Oscar Levant a laugh riot. Sean Hayes carves a portrayal in a marble of suffering 2023-04-24T04:00:00Z The Canadians are among the many foreign nationals in Syrian camps run by Kurdish forces that reclaimed the war-torn region from the extremist group Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant. Judge orders Canada to repatriate 4 men held in Syrian camps 2023-01-20T05:00:00Z But a new technique, which makes use of consistently reliable geomagnetic data, allows scientists to study the history of the Levant with greater confidence. Archaeologists Devise a Better Clock for Biblical Times 2022-12-20T05:00:00Z Historically, families across the Levant produced their own wine and arak, which they would share with guests visiting during Christmas. In the holy land, a Christmas spirit is reborn 2022-12-18T05:00:00Z The Ayyubids left important marks on the history of the Islamic Levant. World History: to 1500 2023-04-19T00:00:00Z Levant, portrayed in all his hobbled hilarity by Sean Hayes, becomes the subject of an unusual Freudian case study. Unhappiness made Oscar Levant a laugh riot. Sean Hayes carves a portrayal in a marble of suffering 2023-04-24T04:00:00Z No, the Z&Z in question refers to “zayt” and “za’atar,” an oil and a spice blend, two items that grace just about every table in the Levant, and beyond. Z&Z Manoushe is a family-run bakery dedicated to a taste of home 2022-12-05T05:00:00Z Isil is another name for IS, meaning "Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant". Shamima Begum joined IS with eyes open, UK lawyers says 2022-11-24T05:00:00Z The team believe the location of such freshwater areas offers a clue to the route followed by early man on its migration out of Africa to the Levant and further afield. Ancient fish teeth reveal earliest sign of cooking 2022-11-15T05:00:00Z Did the crusading movement, both in Iberia and the Levant, do more to help or harm the relationship between the Christian church and the rulers of western Europe in this period? World History: to 1500 2023-04-19T00:00:00Z Having accepted that he’d never write a piece of music as sublime as Gershwin’s “Rhapsody in Blue,” Levant adopted the role of court jester to showbiz royalty. Unhappiness made Oscar Levant a laugh riot. Sean Hayes carves a portrayal in a marble of suffering 2023-04-24T04:00:00Z The Gaza Strip, a Palestinian coastal enclave sandwiched between Israel and Egypt, was a bustling trade route between Egypt and the Levant in ancient times. Palestinian farmer discovers rare ancient treasure in Gaza 2022-09-15T04:00:00Z Marx also shares memorable encounters with towering figures of the day, including critic Alexander Woollcott, the wits of the Algonquin Round Table, Howard Hughes and pianist and neurotic wit Oscar Levant. Review | In Susan Fleming Marx’s memoir, Harpo is an angel. Groucho, not so much. 2022-07-21T04:00:00Z Traditionally made with leftover pita, seasonal vegetables and a dressing that includes the tart spice sumac, fattoush is as popular throughout the Levant as panzanella is in Italy. How to turn Middle Eastern fattoush into a party platter 2022-07-24T04:00:00Z Although it remained in control of Egypt and the Levant until it was defeated by the Ottomans in 1517, the sultans’ rule was never secure. World History: to 1500 2023-04-19T00:00:00Z The stakes are artificially inflated so that we’re meant to believe that the future of independent television, and not just Levant’s well-being, are on the line with this perilous broadcast. Unhappiness made Oscar Levant a laugh riot. Sean Hayes carves a portrayal in a marble of suffering 2023-04-24T04:00:00Z Andrews canceled Alexander’s citizenship based on an Australian intelligence report that he had joined the group Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant and had likely engaged in fighting and recruiting for the extremist group. Australian court curtails government’s citizenship powers 2022-06-08T04:00:00Z Lebanon and Israel are located in the Levant Basin, where a number of big sub-sea gas fields have been discovered since 2009. Explainer: Israel-Lebanon sea boundary row obstructs energy development 2022-06-06T04:00:00Z Gaza, a narrow enclave on the Mediterranean Sea, boasts a trove of antiquities and archaeological sites as it was a major land route connecting ancient civilizations in Egypt, the Levant and Mesopotamia. Ancient goddess sculpture found by farmer in Gaza Strip 2022-04-25T04:00:00Z Muslims seemed well positioned to expel Christians from the Levant and make gains against the dying Byzantine Empire. World History: to 1500 2023-04-19T00:00:00Z The weight of Levant’s mental illness comes through with powerful monotony. Unhappiness made Oscar Levant a laugh riot. Sean Hayes carves a portrayal in a marble of suffering 2023-04-24T04:00:00Z It is not “the Ukraine” — that is, not a province, not a territory, which is indeed the whiff given off by that “the,” as in, reaching back into history, “the Levant” or “the Crimea.” Opinion | Kyiv vs. Kiev, Zelensky vs. Zelenskyy, and the immense meaning of ‘the’ 2022-03-09T05:00:00Z Much of Ukraine’s harvest was due to be exported to North Africa, the Middle East, and the Levant. Ukraine’s farmers stalled, fueling fears of global food shortages 2022-03-11T05:00:00Z Christie loved Egypt and the Levant; she worked on digs there alongside her archaeologist husband. Review: Page-to-Screen: Kenneth Branaugh misses the boat in 'Death on the Nile' 2022-02-11T05:00:00Z The First Crusade, near the end of the eleventh century, had been the most successful, reestablishing Christian control over areas of Palestine and Syria and creating four Christian-ruled sovereign states in the Levant. World History: to 1500 2023-04-19T00:00:00Z Hayes, an accomplished piano player, delivers a mini concert of Gershwin that pays homage to Levant’s impassioned artistry. Unhappiness made Oscar Levant a laugh riot. Sean Hayes carves a portrayal in a marble of suffering 2023-04-24T04:00:00Z All these dishes clearly were inspired by the Levant, yet each seemed utterly original. Ciudad chef brings a fresh perspective — and confidence — to her inspired Middle Eastern dishes, like this Sweet Potato Kibbeh with Lamb 2021-10-12T04:00:00Z Much more is known about early human settlements in the Levant region — modern-day Israel, Jordan, Lebanon and parts of Syria — where extensive archaeological research has been carried out for more than a century. Once green, prehistoric Arabia drew early humans from Africa 2021-09-01T04:00:00Z ISIS-K, or the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant in the Khorasan Province, is the branch of the militants operating in the South Asia and Central Asia region, which includes Afghanistan. ‘I am devastated’: Rep. Adam Schiff demands ‘every effort’ to protect Americans, allies in Kabul 2021-08-26T04:00:00Z For instance, ancient Egyptian inscriptions tell us that the “Sea Peoples” destroyed the Hittite Empire and numerous kingdoms in the Levant to the north of Egypt. World History: to 1500 2023-04-19T00:00:00Z No stranger to zingers from his years of playing Jack McFarland on “Will & Grace,” Hayes submerges himself in the despair and despondency that were the fuel for Levant’s storied wit. Unhappiness made Oscar Levant a laugh riot. Sean Hayes carves a portrayal in a marble of suffering 2023-04-24T04:00:00Z ISIS-K, or the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant in the Khorasan Province, is the branch of the Islamic militants operating in the South Asia and Central Asia region, which includes Afghanistan. Biden accused of bowing to Taliban on Afghanistan pullout timetable 2021-08-24T04:00:00Z "The European Neanderthal actually began here in the Levant and migrated to Europe, while interbreeding with other groups of humans." New type of ancient human discovered in Israel 2021-06-24T04:00:00Z It is exciting that they are seeing this pattern in the Levant as well. New fossils reveal a strange-looking Neanderthal in Israel 2021-06-24T04:00:00Z In the eastern empire, including Egypt and the Levant, complex local life likewise persisted even as elites hoped to gain prominence in the imperial system. World History: to 1500 2023-04-19T00:00:00Z Quips are delivered but the only one who isn’t laughing is Levant, whose entire body seems weighed down by an inner gravity. Unhappiness made Oscar Levant a laugh riot. Sean Hayes carves a portrayal in a marble of suffering 2023-04-24T04:00:00Z A woman in Levant lost all her teeth and worries that her broken dentures will fall out at work; now she sees her college-age daughter starting to go through the same things. Editorial Roundup: New England 2021-05-07T04:00:00Z The group, also known as the “Organization for the Liberation of the Levant,” is a militant group that aims to overthrow the regime of Syrian President Bashar Assad. California man charged with trying to help terrorist group 2021-02-19T05:00:00Z Schools including Howard and Emory have integrated classics with Ancient Mediterranean studies, turning to look across the sea at Egypt, Anatolia, the Levant and North Africa. He Wants to Save Classics From Whiteness. Can the Field Survive? 2021-02-02T05:00:00Z Avni said that for a long time, academics weren’t sure what happened to cities in the Levant and Mesopotamia conquered by the Muslims in the early 7th century. By Sea of Galilee, archaeologists find ruins of early mosque 2021-01-28T05:00:00Z Levant’s guest appearance comes courtesy of a medical furlough that June arranged under false pretenses. Unhappiness made Oscar Levant a laugh riot. Sean Hayes carves a portrayal in a marble of suffering 2023-04-24T04:00:00Z As the woman from Levant told lawmakers, all that delay does is make it more difficult for someone to get out of the circumstances that led to the problems in the first place. Editorial Roundup: New England 2021-05-07T04:00:00Z Concerned about the spread of the coronavirus, Treworgy Family Orchards in Levant, Maine, voiced regrets this week about Trump’s visit to their business on Sunday. As virus surges, Trump rallies keep packing in thousands 2020-10-29T04:00:00Z Jonathan Kenerson of Treworgy Family Orchards in Levant said he was also upset by the lack of social distancing and mask use at the event. Winter sports in Maine delayed as virus cases keep growing 2020-10-28T04:00:00Z In response, Canadian attorney Ezra Levant worried about the consequences for MacFarlane's students. SCOTUS battle prompts threats, calls for arson: 'Burn Congress down' 2020-09-19T04:00:00Z The psychiatric distress of Hayes’ Levant isn’t susceptible to simple explanations. Unhappiness made Oscar Levant a laugh riot. Sean Hayes carves a portrayal in a marble of suffering 2023-04-24T04:00:00Z But it’s still a mystery why glasses from Egypt and the Levant exhibit different ratios of hafnium isotopes. The Romans Called it ‘Alexandrian Glass.’ Where Was It Really From? 2020-07-31T04:00:00Z The first London coffeehouse only opened its doors in 1652, a century after the Levant.” Mediterranean shipwrecks reveal 'birth of globalisation' in trade 2020-04-18T04:00:00Z I wanted to keep the soup vegan and light and continue to channel flavors of the Levant. This jewel-toned beet soup with herby pistachios will brighten any wintry evening 2020-02-18T05:00:00Z Even an Israeli supermarket aisle is confusing for a shopper expecting what a North American would consider Jewish food: the shelves are heavy on couscous, eggplants and the rest of the pantry of the Levant. Opinion | Israel’s Rihanna Is Arab and Jewish 2020-02-26T05:00:00Z The discovery is described in the journal Levant. Ancient Biblical era temple discovered in Israel 2020-02-17T05:00:00Z Roman glassmakers in coastal regions of Egypt and the Levant filled furnaces with sand. The Romans Called it ‘Alexandrian Glass.’ Where Was It Really From? 2020-07-31T04:00:00Z The message exhorted the “soldiers of the caliphate” especially in Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula and across the Levant to attack Jewish targets as they are near to Israel. IS vows to attack Israel and blasts US Mideast plan 2020-01-27T05:00:00Z The extent of the damage was unknown, and no damage estimates were given for the pier or the ship, the Levant, the Coast Guard said. No injuries or fuel spill reported after tanker hits Whatcom County pier 2019-12-24T05:00:00Z The extent of the damage was unknown and no damage estimates were given for the pier or the ship, the Levant, the Coast Guard said. No injuries reported in tanker collision at Washington pier 2019-12-24T05:00:00Z Ezra Levant, a conservative commentator on Canada’s Rebel News, said the alliance is “not a thing. It’s a one-page homemade website set up by some guy in the forestry department at Oregon State University.” ‘Climate emergency’ declaration takes heat for fictional ‘world scientists’ 2019-11-11T05:00:00Z “Arabicity” features 17 artists — of whom just four are female — working in diverse media and with roots in six Arab countries, primarily from the Levant and Egypt. Two new D.C. art spaces put contemporary Middle Eastern artists in the spotlight 2019-11-06T05:00:00Z Then, of course, Carter would ominously foreshadow America’s future reversals in the deserts of the Levant with a failed rescue of those hostages. What the dismantling of the Berlin Wall means 30 years later 2019-11-02T04:00:00Z In April 2013, al-Baghdadi announced what amounted to a hostile takeover of the Nusra Front, merging it into a new group known as the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant. Islamic State leader leaves a legacy of terror 2019-10-27T04:00:00Z Over time, more of his fighters and possibly al-Baghdadi himself relocated to Syria, pursuing their plans to restore a medieval Islamic state, or caliphate, spanning both Iraq and greater Syria, also known as the Levant. Islamic State leader leaves a legacy of terror 2019-10-27T04:00:00Z “I’m sorry, but that’s a joke,” Mr. Levant said on his Thursday show. ‘Climate emergency’ declaration takes heat for fictional ‘world scientists’ 2019-11-11T05:00:00Z “Their tolerance of Iran and Hezbollah has lowered significantly. The ‘Lebanese exception’ is gone,” said Sami Nader, Beirut-based director of the Levant Institute for Strategic Affairs. Lebanon, pushed to the brink, faces reckoning over graft 2019-10-18T04:00:00Z They were domesticated in the Levant and brought to Saudi Arabia. Uncovering secrets of mystery civilization in Saudi Arabia 2019-10-02T04:00:00Z The altar and sanctuary were recently described in the journal Levant. Biblical war revealed on 2,800-year-old stone altar 2019-08-27T04:00:00Z A sliver of land on the Mediterranean, Gaza was a major trade route between Egypt and the Levant going back to ancient times. Gazans struggle to protect antiquities from neglect, looting 2019-08-06T04:00:00Z “This will deepen the problem,” Sami Nader, a financial and political analyst and the director of the Beirut-based Levant Institute for Strategic Affairs, said. Why Lebanon’s People Are Turning on Their Politicians 2019-07-12T04:00:00Z Other supporters inside included Ezra Levant, the founder of Canadian far-right platform the Rebel Media. Tommy Robinson given nine-month jail term for contempt of court 2019-07-11T04:00:00Z The new study proposes that the Levant and Turkey could have been migration routes for early modern humans to reach southeast Europe. Enigmatic skull suggests our human species reached Europe 210,000 years ago 2019-07-10T04:00:00Z If at least some early modern humans left Africa more than 210,000 years ago, they may have settled in the Levant before expanding west into Europe, which was already home to Neanderthals. Piece of skull found in Greece ‘is oldest human fossil outside Africa’ 2019-07-10T04:00:00Z This evidence from Apidima, along with other discoveries, demonstrates that, on more than one occasion, modern humans kept pushing north and westwards from Africa and the Levant into Europe. An early dispersal of modern humans from Africa to Greece 2019-07-09T04:00:00Z Ancient ruins and medieval castles bear witness to the fact that conflict between the peoples of the Levant is nothing new. Scars on Middle East landscape bear witness to past peace failures 2019-06-22T04:00:00Z The billions of dollars returned from the United States via the 2015 Iran nuclear deal were long ago squandered on proxy armies in the Levant and Iraq. Time is running out for Iran’s corrupt mullahs 2019-06-20T04:00:00Z Levant claimed that Soros was a Nazi collaborator as a young boy; the Toronto Sun retracted his vicious lie about Soros, who is a Jewish survivor of Hitler’s occupation of Hungary. Scapegoating George Soros: How media-savvy far-right activists spread lies 2019-06-04T04:00:00Z IS said it burned the farms of “the apostates in Iraq and the Levant” and called for more. Crop fires, a weapon of war, ruin Iraqi, Syrian harvests 2019-05-30T04:00:00Z IS said it burned the farms of "the apostates in Iraq and the Levant" and called for more. Crop fires, a weapon of war, ruin Iraqi, Syrian harvests 2019-05-30T04:00:00Z But “it was very well designed not to justify a violent reaction,” said Sami Nader, director of the Levant Institute for Strategic Affairs in Beirut. Trump risks credibility with policy that veers between threats and inaction 2019-05-17T04:00:00Z Entertainers including Groucho Marx and Oscar Levant were variously credited with the much-repeated quip: “I’ve been around so long, I can remember Doris Day before she was a virgin.” Doris Day, singer and perpetually chaste movie star of the 1950s and ’60s, dies at 97 2019-05-13T04:00:00Z Former Sun TV host and Rebel Media right-wing provocateur Ezra Levant has tried to create anti-Soros hysteria. Scapegoating George Soros: How media-savvy far-right activists spread lies 2019-06-04T04:00:00Z You predicted the formation of a “security arc” from the Levant to the Persian Gulf — from Lebanon through Syria and Iraq to Iran. Sharmine Narwani on the end of the Syrian war and the "post-imperial Middle East" 2019-04-28T04:00:00Z In April 2013, al-Baghdadi announced what amounted to a hostile takeover of the Nusra Front, saying he was merging it into a new group known as the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant. IS loses all territory but its shadowy leader still at large 2019-03-23T04:00:00Z The Conservative Canadian political commentator Ezra Levant wrote: “A shaving ad written by pink-haired feminist scolds is about as effective as a tampon ad written by middle aged men … Count this 30-year customer out.” Gillette #MeToo ad on 'toxic masculinity' cuts deep with men's rights activists 2019-01-14T05:00:00Z “I dare anybody to say that ISIS-K is defeated in Afghanistan,” Graham said, referring to Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant – Khorasan Province, a branch of Islamic State, active in Afghanistan and Pakistan. Senator Graham calls for hearings on troops in Syria, Afghanistan 2018-12-21T05:00:00Z Hossein received threatening anonymous texts: “O secular, O infidel, you will be deprived of the blessed land of the Levant.” Syria’s Last Bastion of Freedom 2018-12-03T05:00:00Z But selecting a name that signals the geographical breadth of members’ work — which spans North Africa to the Caucasus, and the Levant to Afghanistan — proved challenging, Ackerman says. ‘Oriental’ archaeology society reconsiders its name 2018-11-12T05:00:00Z But the Revolutionary Guard Corps is unlikely to retreat from Iraq or the Levant, even if the price is more hardship for an already restless population back home. Opinion | The Trump administration wants to force Iran to change. Can it? 2018-11-07T05:00:00Z The flash drive contained not only SARs, but also "highly sensitive material relating to Russia, Iran, and the terrorist group known as the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant," prosecutors said. Accused Treasury leaker had ‘co-conspirator’ in plot to spill dirt on Trump officials: court files 2018-10-18T04:00:00Z It boasts affiliates across North Africa, the Levant and parts of Asia, and it remains strong around the Afghanistan-Pakistan border. Seventeen years after Sept. 11, al-Qaida may be stronger than ever 2018-09-10T04:00:00Z It boasts affiliates across north Africa, the Levant and parts of Asia, and it remains strong around the Afghanistan-Pakistan border. Seventeen years after Sept. 11, Al Qaeda may be stronger than ever 2018-09-10T04:00:00Z The al-Qaida-linked Levant Liberation Committee remains the dominant force there, and any deal would most likely entail intensified Turkish efforts to oust the militants. Iran summit seeks to avert a bloodbath in northwestern Syria 2018-09-06T04:00:00Z I have always been a fan of Levant’s talent. Calendar Letters: Remembering the Queen of Soul 2018-08-25T04:00:00Z The ministry in a statement on Saturday quoted unnamed sources saying that the Levant Liberation Committee is preparing an attack against civilians in the northwestern Idlib province to blame it on the Syrian government. Russia’s military warns of possible chemical attack in Syria 2018-08-25T04:00:00Z Joel Rayburn would become deputy assistant secretary for Levant affairs and “special envoy for Syria.” Pompeo taps Ford executive to lead North Korea negotiations 2018-08-23T04:00:00Z Joel Rayburn, an official with the National Security Council, to be deputy assistant secretary of State for the Levant and and serve as another special envoy for Syria. U.S. ending funding for Syria recovery projects, shifting burden to other nations 2018-08-17T04:00:00Z But In his heart, Levant was first and foremost a composer and performer of classical music. Remembering the brilliant, troubled Oscar Levant 2018-08-17T04:00:00Z However, if I were to ask both my kids who Oscar Levant is, I doubt if they would know. Calendar Letters: Remembering the Queen of Soul 2018-08-25T04:00:00Z It says the depot was run by an arms dealer close to the al-Qaida-linked Levant Liberation Committee. Blast in northern Syria kills at least 18; cause unclear 2018-08-12T04:00:00Z WLBZ-TV reports that first responders including police and firefighters searched for the plane in a heavily wooded area of Levant. False alarm leads to frantic search for airplane 2018-08-05T04:00:00Z “Things are getting better but slowly,” Sleik said as he prepared a sandwich of french fries in pitta bread for a customer at his shop, named Zaman al-Sham, Arabic for “Era of the Levant.” Price of peace: calm returns to Damascus as Assad eyes victory 2018-07-22T04:00:00Z There are also two previously unreleased studio recordings, including a Bach Partita and “Blue Plate Special,” a frenetic, jazz-inflected piece that Levant wrote and recorded in 1947. Remembering the brilliant, troubled Oscar Levant 2018-08-17T04:00:00Z My mother, Ruth Lewis, worked on Levant’s TV show in the 1950s. Calendar Letters: Remembering the Queen of Soul 2018-08-25T04:00:00Z “Things are getting better but slowly,” Sleik said as he prepared a sandwich of french fries in pita bread for a customer at his shop, named Zaman al-Sham - Arabic for “Era of the Levant.” In Damascus, Syrians dare to hope that war’s end may be near 2018-07-22T04:00:00Z Iranian officials are the instigators of war across the Levant. Shameless Iran, tone-deaf Europe and the death knell for the regime in Tehran 2018-07-05T04:00:00Z "In Syria and Lebanon, and the Levant in general… it's not like Jacob or something where you kind of hear it every fourth or fifth person, but it's not uncommon by any means," he explains. 'My wife can never call my name in public' 2018-07-04T04:00:00Z The child of Russian Jewish immigrants, Levant was born in Pittsburgh in 1906 and showed unusual prowess on the piano at a young age. Remembering the brilliant, troubled Oscar Levant 2018-08-17T04:00:00Z On more than one occasion, she had to go to Levant’s house and with his wife, June, actually pull him out of bed. Calendar Letters: Remembering the Queen of Soul 2018-08-25T04:00:00Z Authorities say Alex Malone, of Levant, was killed when his van left the road and overturned on Interstate 95 in Howland. Police: 22-year-old killed in rollover car crash 2018-07-02T04:00:00Z In part this reflects a shift in the Arab world’s centre of gravity, away from the troubled Levant and towards the wealthy Gulf. A Muslim monarch and religious diplomat wins some overdue recognition 2018-06-27T04:00:00Z They range from well-established families of Arab origin from Egypt and the Levant whose first generation arrived in the 1970 to very recent migrants from Afghanistan, South Asia and west Africa. Where Islam flourishes despite being half-underground 2018-05-27T04:00:00Z Somehow, amid the din of his hectic life in New York and Hollywood, Levant managed to pursue a career in classical music composition, performance and recording. Remembering the brilliant, troubled Oscar Levant 2018-08-17T04:00:00Z Likewise Petra, the rose-red city half as old as time still so beloved by travelers in the Levant and still Jordan’s star attraction: It was done in by an unanticipated earthquake in the 6th century. Review | The dire future that awaits San Francisco, New Orleans, Los Angeles and Seattle 2018-05-25T04:00:00Z This corresponds to the spread of Phoenician traders and settlers from their home cities in the Levant into the western Mediterranean, and the consequent exploitation of galena mines in Iberia. Arctic ice brings an understanding of ancient Europe’s economy 2018-05-17T04:00:00Z The malice was aggregated and proliferated by alt-right media sites such as The Rebel, owned by Alberta’s infamous and Islamophobic pundit Ezra Levant. What is Canada like for a refugee? 2018-05-13T04:00:00Z Iran regards its presence in Syria as crucial for its influence in the Levant. Only the US can prevent more clashes between Israel and Iran in Syria | Lina Khatib 2018-05-11T04:00:00Z Levant suffered a massive heart attack in 1952 and it shattered his confidence, plunging him into a downward spiral of depression and addiction to painkillers. Remembering the brilliant, troubled Oscar Levant 2018-08-17T04:00:00Z Consider the fact that all over the Ottoman empire, from Turkey to the Levant, the segment of society that showed the strongest orientation to capitalism was precisely the Orthodox Christian minority. In religion and economics, cause and effect are very hard to prove 2018-05-04T04:00:00Z At the crossroads between the Levant and the Gulf, Jordan would seem to be in an enviable place. Unstable neighbours and bad policy are just two of Jordan’s problems 2018-04-26T04:00:00Z Arabic in North Africa is almost incomprehensible to an Arabic speaker from the Levant such as Lebanon. Let's banish the term 'Arab world'. What does it mean anyway? | Neheda Barakat 2018-04-18T04:00:00Z As long as Iran feels that it has the ability to retain its influence in the Levant, it will continue to meddle in Lebanon and Syria and provoke Israel. Only the US can prevent more clashes between Israel and Iran in Syria | Lina Khatib 2018-05-11T04:00:00Z But Levant charged into the final chapter of his life as a confessional trailblazer, a man who spoke freely and outrageously about his deteriorating mental state on live television. Remembering the brilliant, troubled Oscar Levant 2018-08-17T04:00:00Z The single finger bone—the first ancient human fossil discovered in Saudi Arabia—is the oldest reliable evidence of early humans outside Africa and the Levant, an area along the Mediterranean that includes Israel. A Fossilized Finger Bone Offers New Clues to Human History 2018-04-09T04:00:00Z He turned restlessness into a profession by becoming a landscape painter, travelling to Italy, Greece, Albania, the Levant, Egypt and India. Remembering Edward Lear, painter and poet 2018-04-05T04:00:00Z Now a severe drought was carving a path of destruction through the ancient Levant, killing crops, cattle and people. Faced With Drought, the Pharaohs Tried (and Failed) to Adapt 2018-03-30T04:00:00Z With Iraq being of far greater importance to Iran than the Levant, both because of its geographical proximity and religious significance for the Shia community, Iran will not want to see Iraq destabilised. Only the US can prevent more clashes between Israel and Iran in Syria | Lina Khatib 2018-05-11T04:00:00Z In a 2006 retrospective, National Public Radio called Levant “America’s first publicly dysfunctional celebrity.” Remembering the brilliant, troubled Oscar Levant 2018-08-17T04:00:00Z That prospect has alarmed countries like France, which has historic ties to the Levant. In private, Trump has mused about Syria pullout for weeks 2018-03-30T04:00:00Z Versions made from grains, vegetables and nuts are popular in South Asia, Ukraine and parts of the Levant, but the most famous is sesame halvah from the Middle East, Turkey and Greece. The addictive joy of the sesame confection halvah, made in Los Angeles 2018-03-16T04:00:00Z The Levant Liberation Committee rejects any peace talks with the government and because of its ties to al-Qaida is considered a terror organization by the United Nations. Thousands of well-armed rebel fighters are in Syria’s Ghouta 2018-02-28T05:00:00Z The port of Ayla was active from the 7th to the 12th century, part of a trade route linking the Levant with other parts of the Middle East, Asia and Africa. Jordan underwater survey finds parts of Islamic-era port 2018-02-27T05:00:00Z The resolution would allow attacks directed at extremists from the Islamic State group and all al-Qaida affiliates, including the Levant Liberation Committee, to continue. Deaths mount in Syria bombing campaign near Damascus 2018-02-23T05:00:00Z “The risks are high,” said Sami Nadir of the Levant Institute for Strategic Affairs. Syria’s war mutates into a regional conflict, risking a wider conflagration 2018-02-12T05:00:00Z He is a former Syrian Army officer and a commander of the Levant Front, the largest faction of the Free Syrian Army. Some Syrian Refugees Are Going Back to War Alongside Turkey 2018-02-02T05:00:00Z That explanation would need to be tested with DNA samples, which are difficult to collect from fossils found in the arid Levant. In Cave in Israel, Scientists Find Jawbone Fossil From Oldest Modern Human Out of Africa 2018-01-25T05:00:00Z The find adds to evidence that our species was overlapping with human relatives such as Neanderthals in the crossroads of the Levant for longer than previously realized. Oldest Human Fossil Outside Africa Discovered 2018-01-25T05:00:00Z Until recently, early evidence for excursions outside Africa by Homo sapiens was limited to the Levant. Modern humans left Africa much earlier 2018-01-25T05:00:00Z The push by several factions, including the al-Qaida-linked Levant Liberation Committee, started overnight. Syrian insurgents in counteroffensive in northwestern area 2018-01-11T05:00:00Z The counteroffensive by several factions, including the al-Qaida-linked Levant Liberation Committee, started overnight. Syrian insurgents in counteroffensive in northwestern area 2018-01-11T05:00:00Z Indeed, early humans may have made multiple journeys through the Levant corridor. In Cave in Israel, Scientists Find Jawbone Fossil From Oldest Modern Human Out of Africa 2018-01-25T05:00:00Z The second in the Book of Dust trilogy sees Lyra as a young woman, studying and travelling to central Asia via the Levant. 2018 in books: a literary calendar 2018-01-06T05:00:00Z Rebel Media was founded by Ezra Levant, a Canadian broadcaster and political activist. Katie Hopkins joins far-right Canadian website Rebel Media 2018-01-03T05:00:00Z The government-controlled Syrian Central Military Media reported that Syrian troops and their allies captured Monday three new areas from al-Qaida-linked Levant Liberation Committee. Syrian troops capture new areas near Israeli-occupied Golan 2017-12-25T05:00:00Z By 2000 B.C.E., an organized trading system supplied materials from as far east as the Indus civilization and as far west as the Levant to the wealthy city-state of Ur. Was trading by nomads crucial to the rise of cities? 2017-12-19T05:00:00Z The al-Qaida-linked Levant Liberation Committee that controls large parts of Idlib issued a religious edict Friday calling for general mobilization to “deter the savage attack of the criminal” government. Syrian troops march into rebel-held province of Idlib 2017-12-16T05:00:00Z In the video, he declares that “idols” will no longer be worshipped in the Levant before he smashes the statue in a northwestern Syrian village. AP FACT CHECK: Trump’s tax fiction and embrace of propaganda 2017-12-02T05:00:00Z The man in the clip says: "No-one but Allah will be worshipped in the land of the Levant," which could place him in Syria. UK repeats Trump tweet condemnation 2017-11-30T05:00:00Z Developing a reliable system of local food production, aka farming, emerged relatively recently, within the last 12,000 years in the Levant and even more recently in Europe. Prehistoric Women Had Stronger Arms Than Modern Athletes 2017-11-29T05:00:00Z In the video, he declares that “idols” will no longer be worshipped in the Levant before he smashes the statue, half his size, in the Yakubiya village in northwestern Syria. AP FACT CHECK: Anti-Muslim videos misrepresent what happened 2017-11-29T05:00:00Z At the time the Balfour Declaration was signed, Palestine was a colony held by the Ottoman Empire, which ruled this part of the Levant from 1516 until its defeat by the British. A century later, the Balfour Declaration still haunts the Middle East 2017-11-02T04:00:00Z Earlier this month, IS attacked the Levant Liberation Committee again, in what was seen as a revenge attack after the defections. Al-Qaida set to gain as Islamic State disintegrates 2017-10-17T04:00:00Z He was midway through the second volume — Lyra was in the Levant, and she still had to get to Central Asia. Philip Pullman Returns to His Fantasy World 2017-10-12T04:00:00Z But she was best known for “Henry Orient,” which was derived from her teenage crush on the pianist, actor and wit Oscar Levant. Nora Johnson, writer who created ‘The World of Henry Orient,’ dies at 84 2017-10-10T04:00:00Z The Levant Liberation Committee controls the northwestern Idlib province, on the other side of the country. World Digest: Oct. 4, 2017 2017-10-04T04:00:00Z The ministry said the missiles strikes from the Veliky Novgorod submarine earlier in the day targeted militants, ammunition depots and fortifications in Syria’s northwestern Idlib province, which is dominated by the al-Qaida-linked Levant Liberation Committee. Russian sub fires cruises missiles at militants in Syria 2017-09-22T04:00:00Z The Russia military said the missiles strikes from the Veliky Novgorod submarine earlier on Friday targeted militants, ammunition depots and fortifications in Syria’s Idlib province, which is dominated by the al-Qaida-linked Levant Liberation Committee. Russian sub fires cruises missiles at militants in Syria 2017-09-22T04:00:00Z About 38% of the ancestry of a 3,100-year-old livestock herder from Tanzania was related to ancient farmers from the Levant region. DNA sheds light on African history 2017-09-21T04:00:00Z Nestled in the eastern Mediterranean at the corner of Africa and the Levant, it attracted large numbers of Greeks, Italians, European Jews, Lebanese and others. The tragic tale of Egypt's decline: Is it also the story of America's future? 2017-08-27T04:00:00Z That quote - usually attributed to Dorothy Parker but more likely originated by Oscar Levant - might also apply to the Memphis-born, California-based actor, artist and writer Chris Ellis, but with this modification: Memphis native’s killer caricatures bring famed dead to life 2017-08-26T04:00:00Z Throughout the Rebel’s short existence, Levant has imported techniques used by political professionals into his operation. Alt-lite implosion: Video channel Rebel Media is collapsing in aftermath of Charlottesville violence 2017-08-23T04:00:00Z Self-styled “Rebel Commander” Ezra Levant said the domain — TheRebel.media — was abruptly terminated for roughly half of his global audience. Rebel Media website shut down; founder Ezra Levant says tech company gave 24-hours notice 2017-08-21T04:00:00Z "If this was a political censorship decision, it is terrifying - like a phone company telling you it is cancelling your phone number on 24 hours notice because it doesn’t like your conversations," Levant told Reuters. Conservative Canadian site The Rebel disrupted as its loses domain provider 2017-08-21T04:00:00Z With the departure of members of the Levant People’s Brigades rebel group and al-Qaida-linked fighters, only IS remains in the border area. Lebanese army takes new areas on the border with Syria 2017-08-15T04:00:00Z The Observatory said the explosion occurred near the office belonging to the al-Qaida-linked Levant Liberation Committee adding that two of the militant group’s fighters were killed and several others were wounded. Russian military police deploy north of Syrian city of Homs 2017-08-04T04:00:00Z It was a strange place to be given that Levant is Jewish. Alt-lite implosion: Video channel Rebel Media is collapsing in aftermath of Charlottesville violence 2017-08-23T04:00:00Z “It was just too far, and we said goodbye,” Mr. Levant said in a YouTube video uploaded Aug. 17. Rebel Media website shut down; founder Ezra Levant says tech company gave 24-hours notice 2017-08-21T04:00:00Z "If this was a political censorship decision, it is terrifying - like a phone company telling you it is cancelling your phone number on 24 hours notice because it doesn’t like your conversations," Levant told Reuters. Conservative Canadian site The Rebel disrupted as its loses domain provider 2017-08-21T04:00:00Z What is known about the Canaanites is that they lived and traded along the eastern coast of the present-day Mediterranean, a region that was known as the Levant. Fate of Ancient Canaanites Seen in DNA Analysis: They Survived 2017-07-27T04:00:00Z Archaeologists, however, identify the Canaanites as a collection of tribes of varying ethnicities that appears in the Levant around the beginning of the second millennia B.C. Living Descendants of Biblical Canaanites Identified Via DNA 2017-07-27T04:00:00Z Oftentimes when Rebel Media has come under criticism, Goldsbie says, Levant would accuse his opponents of anti-Semitism. Alt-lite implosion: Video channel Rebel Media is collapsing in aftermath of Charlottesville violence 2017-08-23T04:00:00Z This finding fits with other recent studies of the Levant. Ancient DNA counters biblical account of the mysterious Canaanites 2017-07-27T04:00:00Z That supports past studies that documented a ‘back to Africa’ migration several thousand years ago: these migrants were closely related to early farmers from the Levant region in the Middle East. Ancient-genome studies grapple with Africa’s past 2017-07-05T04:00:00Z The artwork is named “Soleil Levant” — French for “Sunrise” — and was inaugurated Tuesday, which was World Refugee Day. Migrant life jackets turned into artwork in Copenhagen 2017-06-23T04:00:00Z The artwork is named “Soleil Levant” - French for “Sunrise” and was inaugurated Tuesday, which is World Refugee Day. Migrant lifejackets turned into artwork in Copenhagen 2017-06-20T04:00:00Z In an email to Goldsbie, Levant said that he “chose both headlines.” Alt-lite implosion: Video channel Rebel Media is collapsing in aftermath of Charlottesville violence 2017-08-23T04:00:00Z The researchers estimate these Eastern migrants arrived in the Levant and started mixing with locals around 5000 years ago. Ancient DNA counters biblical account of the mysterious Canaanites 2017-07-27T04:00:00Z The artwork is named “Soleil Levant” — French for “Sunrise” and was inaugurated Tuesday, which is World Refugee Day. Migrant lifejackets turned into artwork in Copenhagen 2017-06-20T04:00:00Z Its founder, Ezra Levant, said Mr. Posobiec was no longer employed there. A Pro-Trump Conspiracy Theorist, a False Tweet and a Runaway Story 2017-06-10T04:00:00Z Instead, their closest relatives were people living during the Neolithic and Bronze ages in an area known as the Levant. Mummy DNA unravels ancient Egyptians’ ancestry 2017-05-29T04:00:00Z They discovered that ancient Egyptians closely resembled ancient and modern Near Eastern populations, especially those in the Levant. Scientists thought ancient Egyptian mummies didn’t have any DNA left. They were wrong 2017-05-30T04:00:00Z Around 4000 years ago, they built cities across the Levant, which includes present-day Lebanon, Israel, Jordan, and part of Syria. Ancient DNA counters biblical account of the mysterious Canaanites 2017-07-27T04:00:00Z The Levant Liberation Committee, which often fights alongside of rebels against Syrian pro-government forces, says the so-called “de-escalation” agreement signed between Russia, Turkey, and Iran earlier this month is a “betrayal” of Syria’s 2011 uprising. The Latest: Turkey says US arms for Syrian Kurds is ‘crisis’ 2017-05-10T04:00:00Z At the end of the Ice Age, an ancient people called the Natufians settled in the Levant, where they built the world's first semi-permanent stone dwellings. Mice have been infesting homes ever since humans started building them 2017-03-28T04:00:00Z Was it the result of migration, or were the Stone Age hunter-gatherers of northern Africa genetically similar to those of the Levant? Mummy DNA unravels ancient Egyptians’ ancestry 2017-05-29T04:00:00Z His research is based on studies of teeth from the remains of rodents found in the southern Levant. How the mouse came to live alongside humans - BBC News 2017-03-27T04:00:00Z That operation is also spearheaded by the al-Qaida-linked Levant Liberation Committee. US forces ferry Syrian-Kurdish fighters behind IS lines 2017-03-22T04:00:00Z Some background: McInnes is part of The Rebel Media, a right-wing website run by Ezra Levant, who is more or less Canada’s answer to Glenn Beck. Bad boy gone worse: Vice co-founder Gavin McInnes slides from right-wing provocateur to the neo-Nazi fringe 2017-03-16T04:00:00Z The high profile attacks were claimed by an al Qaeda-linked insurgent coalition known as the Levant Liberation Committee, formerly known as the Nusra Front. Suicide bomber strikes Damascus justice building, killing 30 2017-03-15T04:00:00Z The Levant Liberation Committee said in a statement Sunday that the attack was carried by two of its suicide attackers, claiming that they targeted pro-Iranian and pro-government militiamen. Al-Qaida-linked group claims deadly attack in Syrian capital 2017-03-12T05:00:00Z No one wants to see this get to the point where the PR solution is a sombre acoustic version of I Was Only Joking, performed in an undisclosed Levant location for hero Brit special forces. Rod Stewart’s ‘beheading’ is less offensive than tabloid hypocrisy | Marina Hyde 2017-03-03T05:00:00Z The Levant refers to a larger area on the eastern end of the Mediterranean, encompassing Syria and also Lebanon and other countries. It’s ISIS, not ISIL, the Pentagon informs staff in new memo 2017-02-24T05:00:00Z The swift, high-profile attacks against the Military Intelligence and State Security offices were claimed by an al-Qaida-linked insurgent coalition known as the Levant Liberation Committee. Syrian warplanes pound rebel-held area in central city 2017-02-26T05:00:00Z The attacks against the Military Intelligence and State Security offices, among Syria’s most powerful, were claimed by an al Qaeda-linked insurgent coalition known as the Levant... Attacks on Security in Syria’s Homs Kill Dozens 2017-02-25T05:00:00Z An insurgent coalition linked to Al Qaeda and known as the Levant Liberation Committee claimed responsibility for the attacks, which left another high-ranking officer seriously wounded. Attacks on 2 Syrian Security Offices Kill Dozens 2017-02-25T05:00:00Z The term “Levant” that Obama preferred refers to a region larger than today’s Iraq and Syria, including Lebanon, Israel, the Palestinian territories and Jordan. Pentagon: Out with ‘ISIL,’ in with ‘ISIS’ 2017-02-24T05:00:00Z Opponents say "public feeling is high" about the ticket machine at Levant Mine in Cornwall. Poldark's Levant Mine parking fees 'insensitive' - BBC News 2017-02-15T05:00:00Z He warned of coming “ethnic and religious inter-communal miseries of hatred, bloodshed and political paralysis reminiscent of late twentieth century Yugoslavia’s or the Levant’s”. Oxford scholar who was mentor to Neil Gorsuch compared gay sex to bestiality 2017-02-03T05:00:00Z Its history consists of a bloody, centuries-long retreat forced by infidels, from the Levant to Rhodes and finally to the island-fortress of Malta, where, instead of disappearing, it underwent a metamorphosis. Pope Francis Is the Anti-Trump 2017-02-01T05:00:00Z The Levant denotes an area larger than Syria, including Lebanon, Jordan and Israel. Trump’s Plan to Fight ISIS Includes Calling It by That Name 2017-01-29T05:00:00Z The Levant denotes an area larger than Syria. Trump Toughens Some Facets of Lobbying Ban and Weakens Others 2017-01-28T05:00:00Z Aleppo’s history is crucial to the fate of a vast region that stretches from Iran through the Levant and down into Egypt. Aleppo: Elegy for a doomed city whose history spans centuries 2016-12-18T05:00:00Z All those influences are evident at Mbar where Stratton straddles the beam, like a culinary gymnast, with one foot in Europe, another in the Levant. Mbar is an engaging supper club in the sky 2016-12-15T05:00:00Z The United Nations estimates that about 10 percent of the 8,000 rebel fighters in the city belong to a Qaeda-linked group, the Levant Conquest Front. Syrian Government Moves Closer to Completely Controlling Aleppo 2016-12-12T05:00:00Z Al Qaeda, for its part, has for more than a decade cultivated five transnational branches—in North Africa, the Arabian Peninsula, South Asia, the horn of Africa, and the Levant. After the Islamic State 2016-12-04T05:00:00Z Tensions were rising between the Qaeda-linked group, the Levant Conquest Front, formerly known as the Nusra Front, and the other groups, according to fighters in the enclave. Syrian Troops Push Deep Into Aleppo; Airstrikes Kill Dozens in Idlib Province 2016-12-04T05:00:00Z Putin is quite prepared to leave the Antarctic ice sheets to Kerry while he sets his sights on Eastern Europe and the Levant. For Democrats, the road back 2016-11-24T05:00:00Z The Sea Suspended show exhibits modern Arab art from the 1940s to the 1990s from places such as Egypt, Iraq, north Africa, the Levant and the Arabian peninsula. Tehran museum hosts exhibition of modern Arab art 2016-11-17T05:00:00Z A statement declaring the start of the campaign identified targets including the leader of the Levant Front and the head of its security office. Syrian rebels battle each other north of Aleppo 2016-11-14T05:00:00Z “The old idea is that people might have come from the east, from the Levant, out of Africa, and these modern humans may have come with a package of innovative technologies,” he said. Man looking for a place to pee stumbles upon one of Australia’s oldest prehistoric sites 2016-11-08T05:00:00Z Some accused the Levant Conquest Front of raiding food and weapons storehouses that belonged to other groups, including Faylaq al-Sham, one of those receiving American aid. Syrian Troops Push Deep Into Aleppo; Airstrikes Kill Dozens in Idlib Province 2016-12-04T05:00:00Z “Aoun’s election is a clear victory for the pro-Iranian axis in the Levant and another climb down for Saudi Arabia,” wrote Paul Salem, vice president for policy and research at the Washington-based Middle East Institute. Hezbollah ally set to become president of Lebanon 2016-10-28T04:00:00Z Factions involved in the attack include Free Syrian Army groups and Jaish al-Fatah, an alliance of Islamist factions, the Levant Front official said. Syrian rebels launch Aleppo counter attack 2016-10-28T04:00:00Z All of the peoples of the Levant, Iraq, Iran, Turkey and North Africa have always prided themselves on the same thing. Miri Regev’s Culture War 2016-10-20T04:00:00Z Overseas, as the fight to uproot the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant gained momentum, they joined the war effort, launching more than 600 rockets during their nine-month tour of duty. For loved ones, emotional JBLM reunion with soldiers fighting ISIS 2016-10-25T04:00:00Z In June 2014 the Islamist group which calls itself the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant captured Iraq's second city, Mosul. What is the significance of the battle for Mosul? - BBC News 2016-10-23T04:00:00Z In the 1990s, archaeologists largely concluded that farming in the Fertile Crescent began in Jordan and Israel, a region known as the southern Levant. How the First Farmers Changed History 2016-10-17T04:00:00Z Mr. Baghdadi sent a top officer into Syria’s war to set up a new Al Qaeda franchise: the Nusra Front, now known as the Levant Conquest Front. Straightforward Answers to Basic Questions About Syria’s War 2016-09-18T04:00:00Z The stories march you through quasi-linear maps linked to historical battles that transpired in French countrysides, the Italian alps and southern Levant. Review: 'Battlefield 1' Is One of the Year's Best Shooters 2016-10-17T04:00:00Z “It signifies the consolidation of Iran’s control over Iraq and the Levant, which in turn confirms their hegemonic regional ambitions,” he said. Amid Syrian chaos, Iran’s game plan emerges: a path to the Mediterranean 2016-10-08T04:00:00Z A senior official in an Aleppo-based rebel faction, the Levant Front, told Reuters the weapons appeared designed to bring down entire buildings. Syrian government seizes area in Aleppo attack, death toll climbs 2016-09-24T04:00:00Z Their haul included DNA from early farmers in Iran, as well as from bones from another site in the Southern Levant like Ain Ghazal. How the First Farmers Changed History 2016-10-17T04:00:00Z A senior official in the Levant Front, an Aleppo-based rebel group, told Reuters: "The Russians only want surrender. They have no other solution." Warplanes hit Aleppo in heaviest attack in months, defy U.S. 2016-09-22T04:00:00Z UN and US officials generally use Isil, an acronym of the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant. What it’s like to be called Isis: ‘People ask, where’s your machine gun?’ 2016-09-20T04:00:00Z Authorities are investigating the attack as “a potential act of terrorism,” and a news agency thought to speak for the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant claimed credit. Excerpts from recent Minnesota editorials 2016-09-19T04:00:00Z The rebels are said to include some extremists, including the al-Nusra Front and al-Qaeda in the Levant, an opponent of the Islamic State group. Gary Johnson Mixes Up More Syrian Details Trying to Fix Aleppo Flub 2016-09-08T04:00:00Z Instead of the southern Levant, the oldest sites with evidence of full-blown agriculture are in northern Syria and southern Turkey. How the First Farmers Changed History 2016-10-17T04:00:00Z Her captors were an Islamist group, Jabhat al Nusra, formerly an affiliate of al-Qaida, but now known as the Levant Conquest Front. American journalist detained in Turkey for 'violating a military zone' 2016-09-02T04:00:00Z The ministry said the missiles hit a garrison, a command center and a weapons depot belonging to the Levant Conquest Front, until recently called the Nusra Front and officially affiliated with Al Qaeda. Russia Asserts Its Military Might in Syria 2016-08-19T04:00:00Z This may suit the interests of Russian and Iranian interlopers, who will shed few tears over the human suffering in Aleppo as they expand their influence in the Levant. Russia’s Growing Military Ties With Iran. 2016-08-17T04:00:00Z Also in 2010, both countries invited Lebanon and Jordan to create the “Levant Quartet,” aimed at fostering economic and cultural integration and introduced visa-free travel among its members. Why better relations with Russia won’t likely change Turkey’s position that Syria’s Assad must go 2016-08-15T04:00:00Z Driver, originally from Winnipeg, Manitoba, and in his mid-20s, was under a court order from earlier this year to not associate with any terrorist organization, including the Islamic State group and the Levant. Canada terror suspect dead after police operation 2016-08-11T04:00:00Z The Levant Conquest Front posted pictures of loot from one of the military academies, the artillery school, including armored vehicles and ammunition. Syrian Rebels Breach Government-Imposed Siege on Aleppo 2016-08-07T04:00:00Z An air campaign against the Levant Conquest Front may ultimately be detrimental to the wider anti-Assad opposition. Beyond Aleppo, Syria's war rages on with no end in sight 2016-08-05T04:00:00Z But the move took place with the endorsement of al-Qaida's central leadership, and its ideology remains the same, raising questions whether the change really goes beyond the new name, the Levant Conquest Front. Syria Nusra Front leader claims to cut ties with al-Qaida 2016-07-28T04:00:00Z But the move took place with the endorsement of al-Qaida’s central leadership, and its ideology remains the same, raising questions whether the change really goes beyond the new name, the Levant Conquest Front. Syria Nusra Front leader claims to cut ties with al-Qaida 2016-07-28T04:00:00Z But if rebels grow closer to an ostensibly "al-Qaida-free" Levant Conquest Front, they are likely to see such an air campaign as just a pretext for Moscow to help Assad defeat insurgents. AP EXPLAINS: Nusra Front's break from al-Qaida 2016-07-28T04:00:00Z But if rebels grow closer to an ostensibly “al-Qaida-free” Levant Conquest Front, they are likely to see such an air campaign as just a pretext for Moscow to help Assad defeat insurgents. AP EXPLAINS: Nusra Front's break from al-Qaida 2016-07-28T04:00:00Z Some Nusra Front supporters said on social media that Nusra Front will change its name to The Front to Conquer the Levant. Syrian troops tighten Aleppo siege, tell gunmen to give up 2016-07-26T04:00:00Z Standing strongly against Erdogan's growing dictatorship would mean sacrificing much of the ability to influence events in the Levant. Come at the King, You Best Not Miss 2016-07-19T04:00:00Z Because new kinds of food preparation tools turn up first in the Levant, Bar-Yosef thinks farming sprouted here: “Zagros foothills people adopted agriculture from the Levant.” The world's first farmers were surprisingly diverse 2016-07-14T04:00:00Z According to the Carnegie Endowment, most of the rebel groups in the Levant Front coalition likely receive support from the Military Operations Center, a Turkey-based rebel facility that the U.S. helps operate with its allies. U.S.-backed Syrian rebels committing war crimes, torture, abductions; imposing harsh Sharia law: Report 2016-07-11T04:00:00Z Al-Qaeda in Iraq eventually morphed into the Islamic State of Iraq, which later became the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, or ISIS. Chilcot report: British intel warned Iraq war would strengthen al-Qaeda and extremists; Blair invaded anyway 2016-07-07T04:00:00Z If we are to remain committed to countering Da’esh in the Levant without committing ground forces, the best option is to protect and empower the moderate Syrian opposition. The State Department’s Dissent Memo on Syria: An Explanation 2016-06-22T04:00:00Z The team found stark differences between the genomes of Neolithic individuals from the southern Levant region, including Israel and Jordan, and those living across the Zagros Mountains in western Iran. Farming invented twice in Middle East, genomes study reveals 2016-06-19T04:00:00Z "The regime is trying to advance on the ground. It takes a point or two, then loses them," said Abu Yassine, head of the Levant Front rebel group, speaking to Reuters. 'Road of death' to Aleppo pounded as air strikes cut off rebel areas 2016-06-12T04:00:00Z In Aleppo, the “Supreme Judicial Council” run by the Levant Front told Amnesty that the punishment for apostasy is execution. U.S.-backed Syrian rebels committing war crimes, torture, abductions; imposing harsh Sharia law: Report 2016-07-11T04:00:00Z But these efforts are facing strong headwinds, including a current of radicalism welling up from the Levant and spilling through a Balkan neighborhood still scarred from the sectarian warfare of the 1990s. In Albania — NATO member and U.S. ally — worries about the emergence of ISIS 2016-06-11T04:00:00Z They drew, like their Italian counterparts, on cotton from the Levant. Germany is defying 700 years of history 2016-06-03T04:00:00Z Southern Levant farmers made a trek to Africa, perhaps bringing new farming traditions to East Africa. Farming invented twice in Middle East, genomes study reveals 2016-06-19T04:00:00Z There were the ingredients for a dressing as well: miso paste from Japan; tahini from the Levant; local honey; a knob of ginger; a bright red pepper. Kale, Coconut and Grace in a Salad 2016-05-12T04:00:00Z Picot was a promoter of France’s self-proclaimed civilising mission and liked to summon up his country’s centuries-old engagement with the Levant, dating back to the Crusades. Sykes-Picot: The Centenary of A Deal That Did Not Shape the Middle East 2016-05-13T04:00:00Z In brief, the Global War on Terror sledgehammer strategy has spread jihadi terror from a tiny corner of Afghanistan to much of the world, from Africa through the Levant and South Asia to Southeast Asia. Noam Chomsky: America has made the world a more dangerous place 2016-05-11T04:00:00Z But Professor Bill Finlayson, of the Council for British Research in the Levant, which supports research into the archaeology of the region, sounded a note of caution. Palmyra's Arch of Triumph recreated in London - BBC News 2016-04-18T04:00:00Z Vikings conquered Normandy in France - the land of the Northmen - even parts of Italy and the Levant. New evidence of Viking life in America? - BBC News 2016-03-31T04:00:00Z Daesh, “the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant,” is a direct product of the disintegration of the Iraqi regime, and more generally the collapse of the system of regional borders established in 1920. Thomas Piketty: Social Investment Can Stop Jihad 2016-03-24T04:00:00Z Prior to his execution, the video assails the Levant Front for failing to adhere to Islamic law and for cultivating ties with the West. Syrian Regime's Success Helps Jihadist Groups Grow 2016-02-11T05:00:00Z We believe that President Obama can no longer avoid providing stronger American leadership to reverse this tidal wave of suffering and violence in the Levant. The diplomatic case for America to create a safe zone in Syria 2016-02-04T05:00:00Z The area, which contains the highest points on Cyprus, offers access to the Levant, North Africa, and Turkey, The Intercept reports. GCHQ and the NSA spied on Israeli drone video feeds 2016-01-29T05:00:00Z “The so-called ‘Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant’ continues to commit systematic and widespread violence and abuses of international human rights law and humanitarian law,” the report says. Hell on Earth for Iraqis: 19,000 civilians killed in less than two years — roughly 28 per day 2016-01-22T05:00:00Z But the family struggled to adapt to their new surroundings, far from the temperate Levant. Palestinian refugee driven into new exile by Islamic State group in Iraq 2016-01-14T05:00:00Z I recently hosted another dinner party, and at dessert, my guests were charmed by the Dapper Animals, though some preferred the Soleil Levant plates. Dessert Plates That Sweeten any Dinner 2016-01-20T05:00:00Z Levant said the move is intended to let Daily Illini staff focus more on the paper’s website and distribution through social media. U of Illinois newspaper cuts back to 2 days a week 2016-01-06T05:00:00Z The group, which had called itself the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant, shortens its name to Islamic State. How Isis spread its deadly ideology – a timeline 2016-01-03T05:00:00Z In one letter, Abu Sayyaf is said to have experience in dealing with “people in the Levant who work in the field of antiquities,” people who are “weak of faith.” The Real Value of the ISIS Antiquities Trade 2015-12-04T05:00:00Z It is about perceived Russian interest and securing its position in the Levant. Reckless Russia 2015-12-02T05:00:00Z From the more traditional Soleil Levant collection, I chose four dessert plates gilded with an Egyptian papyrus motif that reminded me of my Middle Eastern upbringing. Dessert Plates That Sweeten any Dinner 2016-01-20T05:00:00Z It is most often translated as either Syria — in the sense of a greater Syria that no longer exists — or as the Levant, the closest English term for the territory it describes. AP EXPLAINS: What's in a name? The thorny question of what to call the Islamic State group 2015-12-02T05:00:00Z The two attacks in Paris are a reminder of the group’s deadly ambitions outside the Levant. The Facts About Terrorism 2015-11-24T05:00:00Z The Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant constitutes a global and unprecedented threat to international peace and security,” said the resolution. 'Paris attack scout' arrested with two others in Turkey, say reports 2015-11-21T05:00:00Z “The Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant constitutes a global and unprecedented threat to international peace and security,” said the resolution. Security council unanimously calls on UN members to fight Isis 2015-11-20T05:00:00Z Climate change worsened a drought in East Africa and in the Levant region of southern Syria. Half of Weather Disasters Linked to Climate Change 2015-11-05T05:00:00Z Second, Zawahri calls for creation of a jihadist state in Egypt and the Levant to fight what he called the alliance of America, Israel, Russia, Iran, Hezbollah and Syrian Alawis. Al-Qaida Leader Endorses Violence in Jerusalem 2015-11-03T05:00:00Z But when they headed north, they reached the Levant and met the Neanderthals at the southern edge of their European domain. Neanderthals ‘kept our early ancestors out of Europe’ 2015-10-17T04:00:00Z There was a huge outcry from Egypt and throughout the Gulf and Levant. ISIS Wants to Plant Its Black Flags In Europe. Will it Succeed? 2015-09-30T04:00:00Z France this month joined America in the increasingly crowded skies of the Levant. A new spectacle for the masses 2015-10-01T04:00:00Z The Levant was hardly unusual in this: big-power cartography left its fingerprints all over the world. After 4 years of ruinous war, Syria may face partition, or looser structure 2015-09-29T04:00:00Z Then, with black flags raised above Muslim capitals from the Levant to the Persian Gulf, they could begin the great apocalyptic showdown with the West. The king demanded vengeance and ‘Zarqawi’s woman’ was sent to the gallows 2015-09-24T04:00:00Z This probably occurred as modern humans were emerging from their African homeland and encountered Neanderthals in Europe or the Levant. This face tells us why we must rethink our views on our ancestors 2015-09-12T04:00:00Z It’s all part of the so-called Islamic state of Iraq and Levant. ISIS Wants to Plant Its Black Flags In Europe. Will it Succeed? 2015-09-30T04:00:00Z For the refugee, far from being a faceless habitué of the Levant, is the central figure of modern European history, both defining and exposing the limits of national sovereignty. The turmoil of today's world: leading writers respond to the refugee crisis 2015-09-12T04:00:00Z Ronald F. Levant, a clinical psychologist and professor of psychology at the University of Akron in Ohio says masculinity is also at play. How Long Should You Wait for Fatherhood? 2015-09-04T04:00:00Z The collapse in gazelle populations in the southern Levant and on the Arabian Peninsula has long been a matter for concern. Palestine mountain gazelle now endangered, say scientists 2015-09-03T04:00:00Z The contract also requires Zel to provide experts “in the areas of the Horn of Africa, Arabian peninsula, Somalia, Syria, Iran, north Africa, Trans-Sahel region, Levant region, Gulf states, and territorial waters”. Revealed: Private firms at heart of US drone warfare 2015-07-30T04:00:00Z British politicians, yet again hoping against experience to impress the natives with a show of force, want to bomb the Levant as well as Mesopotamia. How to think about Islamic State 2015-07-24T04:00:00Z The Maine Fire Marshal’s Office says Wyatt Parker of Levant was spending the night with two cousins when a fire swept through the mobile home Tuesday morning. 9-year-old boy killed in fatal fire in Hermon, Maine 2015-07-07T04:00:00Z Younger men tend to see themselves in the traditional or "macho man" sense because they're more insecure, Levant says. How Long Should You Wait for Fatherhood? 2015-09-04T04:00:00Z Digital analysis by Ottawa and Boston universities showed that Levant was the most influential user of the hashtag, followed by a rightwing website, a Conservative party strategist and two accounts run by oil industry lobbyists. Racist Twitter trolls launch attacks on Canadian environmentalist 2015-06-26T04:00:00Z Photograph: Alamy It has become a new orthodoxy that the Greeks were very similar to their Ancient Near Eastern neighbours, in Mesopotamia, Egypt, the Levant, Persia and Asia Minor. Classics for the people – why we should all learn from the ancient Greeks 2015-06-20T04:00:00Z Mr. Kirby was using an acronym for an alternate name for the group, the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant. ISIS Is Winning the Social Media War, U.S. Concludes 2015-06-12T04:00:00Z The snail evidence thus adds weight to the hypothesis that ancient people passed through the Levant on their way to Europe. Ancient Human Migration Route Marked by Snail Shell "Bread Crumbs" 2015-06-06T04:00:00Z The Arab world, from the Levant to Iran, from the Turkish border through the Arabian Peninsula, is embroiled in politically destabilizing warfare. A Net Assessment of the World 2015-05-19T04:00:00Z Levant told the National Observer that he did not support the racist abuse, but accused Moola of “playing the little lamb”. Racist Twitter trolls launch attacks on Canadian environmentalist 2015-06-26T04:00:00Z English leaflets left in the bus were headlined "Advent of the Islamic State!" and used a derogatory Arabic word for Shi'ites, accusing them of "barbaric atrocities ... in the Levant, Iraq and Yemen". Gunmen kill 43 in bus attack in Pakistan's Karachi 2015-05-13T04:00:00Z The State Department said on Tuesday it was offering rewards of up to $7 million for information on four key leaders of the group Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant. U.S. probing Islamic State claims it was behind Texas cartoon attack 2015-05-06T04:00:00Z Now there’s more support for the old view that humans traveled through the Levant on the way to Europe–in the form of the shells of edible marine snails. Ancient Human Migration Route Marked by Snail Shell "Bread Crumbs" 2015-06-06T04:00:00Z This character was in the Minnelli movie, played by the excellent Oscar Levant, but he didn’t say anything about Jews, and his last name was Cook. A New “American in Paris” 2015-04-13T04:00:00Z "Who are the ones killing us in Iraq today, except them? Who are the ones killing us in the Levant today, except them?" al-Arefe said in the same sermon. Saudi-Iran rivalry over Yemen deepens Mideast sectarianism 2015-04-16T04:00:00Z However, the more pressure is placed on the organization’s Levant home base, the more it will revert to cell-based terrorist operations in Arab countries. ISIS Defeats Could Trip Global Terror Campaign 2015-04-07T04:00:00Z Britain, the superpower of the time, would spend the next century seeking to check Russian expansion in Central Asia, the Levant, and Southeast Europe. History Says Tom Cotton And Mark Steyn Shouldn't Be Confident About Intervention In The Middle East 2015-03-29T04:00:00Z Emile Hokayem, a Middle East analyst and author of “Syria’s Uprising and the Fracturing of the Levant,” said the uproar is emblematic of deep skepticism of the United States among opponents of the Syrian regime. Kerry’s comments on Assad create uproar in the Middle East 2015-03-16T04:00:00Z The Islamic State is sometimes referred to as Iraq and the Levant, or ISIL, and is known for beheading hostages and brutalizing captive populations and non-Muslims. Jordan expands Islamic State bombing raids into Iraq after pilot burning death 2015-03-09T04:00:00Z More broadly, Sunnis fear that Obama is accommodating Assad's backers in Tehran to allow Iran to dominate Mesopotamia and the Levant. How ISIS Can Be Defeated 2015-02-17T05:00:00Z On Wednesday morning, the White House released the text of its resolution, which would authorize “the limited use of the United States Armed Forces against the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant.” Obama’s War on ISIS: Let the Debate Begin 2015-02-11T05:00:00Z We must remind ourselves that these issues and places are interrelated: Chaos in Yemen changes the dynamic in the Persian Gulf, just as the chaos in Syria changes the dynamic in the Levant. Obama's Foreign Policy Has Left the World in a Mess 2015-01-30T05:00:00Z “The southern Levant is the only place where anatomically modern humans and Neanderthals were living side by side for thousands and thousands of years,” Hershkovitz says. New Skull Could Be from Human Group that Interbred with Neandertals 2015-01-29T05:00:00Z The partial skull, found in Manot Cave in western Galilea, is the first recorded instance of modern humans being in the Levant region during that time period, archeologists claim in the journal Nature. Ancient Skull Yields Clues About Human Migration 2015-01-29T05:00:00Z Until now, there was no evidence of modern humans living in the Levant in the late Middle Palaeolithic, which ended 30,000ya. Humans And Neanderthals Were Neighbours 2015-01-28T05:00:00Z Archaic forms of our species outside Africa first appear around 90,000 years ago, in the Levant. Human history defies easy stories 2015-01-27T05:00:00Z The mantra evokes cuisines from Greece to Egypt, a medley of foods and flavors linking the Balkans with the Levant, whose geographical center is that beautiful, much-loved and long-suffering land, Lebanon. A Review of the Pita Spot in Mystic 2015-01-17T05:00:00Z “The dramatic increase in the number of Muslim foreign fighters in the Levant is mostly due to the large increase in the size of the online jihadi community,” he says in an interview. David Ignatius: The Internet isn’t to blame for radicalization 2015-01-15T05:00:00Z “It further consolidates Iran’s grip over the Levant and Iraq,” said Khedery, who resigned in protest over U.S. failure to thwart Iranian influence. Iran eclipses US as Iraq’s ally in fight against militants 2015-01-12T05:00:00Z The 1916 Sykes-Picot agreement, between France and England, created in the Levant states that are all but gone, collapsed under the weight of their own ineptitude. Are We Taking the ISIS Threat Too Seriously? It seems that the earliest modern humans got to the Levant and no farther. Human history defies easy stories 2015-01-27T05:00:00Z The Pentagon has begun referring to ISIS—which is also know as ISIL, for the Islamic State in the Levant—as Daesh, after prodding from its allies. Taking the Crisis Out of ISIS 2014-12-19T05:00:00Z “Rally around the mujahedeen, O Sunnis of the Levant, and stop your sons from joining the army and the Awakening councils.” Iraq and U.S. Find Some Potential Sunni Allies Have Already Been Lost 2014-11-15T05:00:00Z Modern Jordan is a mishmash of cultural influences, such as European/American “Westernization,” Sunni Islam, the “Arab world,” Palestinian traditions, Levant traditions, and others. NetAppVoice: 7 Tips Startups Can Learn From The Bedouin 2014-11-06T05:00:00Z Steve Warren said Monday morning, using the U.S. government’s preferred acronym for the Islamic State group, which stands for the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant. U.S. Airdrops Weapons, Supplies to Questionable Kurdish Fighters Battling ISIS 2014-10-20T04:00:00Z Central Command said in a statement, referring to the militant group by an acronym for one of its former names, Islamic State in the Levant. U.S. airdrops arms, medicine to Kurdish militia on Syrian border 2014-10-19T04:00:00Z “Islamic State in Iraq and Levant. Here to stay. We are the lion of the war. My nation, the dawn has emerged,” it said. U.S. Steps Up Fight to Block ISIS Volunteers 2014-10-08T04:00:00Z Yazidi and Christian women particularly have fallen prey to the Islamic State group – sometimes referred to as ISIL, for the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant. U.N. Report: Islamic State Group Committing Atrocities in Iraq 2014-10-02T04:00:00Z “The public execution … is yet another of the innumerable sickening crimes committed against the people of Iraq by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant,” Nickolay Mladenov, special representative of the U.N. Islamic State killed human rights lawyer in Iraq, U.N. says 2014-09-25T04:00:00Z The president’s rhetorical pairing of the turmoil in Ukraine and the Levant with that in Ferguson, Cheney said, was simply unacceptable. Neocons’ Ferguson freakout: Why their latest attack on Obama makes them look so silly 2014-09-25T04:00:00Z “The so-called Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant”—ISIS—“is a group that is killing more people today in Baghdad than they are killing in Damascus,” he told me. Iran and the “Coalition of Repenters” 2014-09-19T04:00:00Z However, there is another, similar, construction, Bilad al-Sham, which refers to greater Syria, which part of what we traditionally consider the Levant. ISIL, ISIS or IS? The Etymology of the Islamic State Fabius referred to the group Wednesday as Daesh, the acronym in Arabic for its full former name, Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant. France Ready to Participate in Iraq Airstrikes 2014-09-10T04:00:00Z The Islamic State until recently called itself the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, or ISIL. Iraqi forces, aided by U.S. airstrikes, launch ground offensive to secure dam in Anbar Earlier this year, Indian intelligence agencies said a handful of Indian men had joined the militancy in the Levant, among the first known cases of Indians joining foreign jihad. Indian states on alert after al Qaeda announces local wing 2014-09-04T04:00:00Z However, the rise of the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant may have cost President Obama his equanimity. Obama Administration Debates Bombing Syria To Fight Islamic State; Instead, Washington Should Allow Syria And Others To Battle Killer Radicals 2014-08-25T04:00:00Z Translated this way, the group's name is the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant. ISIL, ISIS or IS? The Etymology of the Islamic State President Obama calls the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant a “cancer.” Mideast Rivals Come Together Against ISIL 2014-08-25T04:00:00Z The Islamic State, formerly the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, declared a caliphate in June after capturing vast swathes of land in northern Iraq and eastern Syria. Boko Haram leader declares Islamic caliphate in Nigeria 2014-08-24T04:00:00Z It previously referred to itself as the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant while fighting in Syria against the rule of President Bashar Assad. Islamic authority: Extremists no ‘Islamic State’ 2014-08-24T04:00:00Z The Obama administration has sent mixed messages on the threat posed by the Islamic State, which previously called itself the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant. Islamic State targets Americans at home and abroad 2014-08-20T04:00:00Z When the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant changed its name to Islamic State it claimed supremacy within the fragmented, diverse and dynamic movement that is contemporary Sunni Muslim extremism. Islamic State: what factors have fuelled the rise of the militants? 2014-08-20T04:00:00Z Islamic State is also referred to as the Islamic State in Iraqi and the Levant, or ISIL. Obama hails important progress against Islamic State as Mosul Dam is retaken The Islamic State of Syria and the Levant is the latest result of Washington’s incessant and counterproductive meddling in the Middle East. With Democrat Hillary Clinton Likely 2016 Neoconservative Standard Bearer, Republicans Should Offer A Real Alternative -- Such As Rand Paul 2014-08-18T04:00:00Z The Islamic State increasingly represents an existential threat to the northern Levant and much of the Middle East. How Iraq and the U.S. Can Stop the Islamic State's Advance 2014-08-13T04:00:00Z Naturally, the Sunni Arab tribes of northern Mesopotamia and the Levant don't take kindly to this. Baghdadi of ISIS Pushes an Islamist Crusade 2014-08-10T04:00:00Z Militants from the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant, known as IS or Isis, declared the creation of a "caliphate" - an Islamic state last month. Briton tells of his 'fighting in Iraq' 2014-08-07T04:00:00Z Shia militias are positioned near Saddam's grave to fight the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant, also known as Isis, the Sunni militants who swept through northern Iraq in June and declared a caliphate. Saddam Hussein's body reburied in secret location 2014-08-06T04:00:00Z Arsal is the first major incursion into Lebanon by hardline Sunni militants - leading players in Sunni-Shi'ite violence unfolding across the Levant - which threatens the stability of Lebanon by inflaming its own sectarian tensions. As Lebanon ceasefire falters, Saudi offers $1 billion to army 2014-08-06T04:00:00Z This was the first major incursion into Lebanon by hardline Sunni militants - leading players in Sunni-Shi'ite violence unfolding across the Levant - which threatens the stability of Lebanon by inflaming its own sectarian tensions. Lebanon ceasefire falters; Saudi offers $1 billion to army 2014-08-06T04:00:00Z We see these newly formed pseudo-armies emerging across the Levant as well. Terrorist armies fight smarter and deadlier than ever Similar tactics are being used today in the warfare that is taking place throughout the Levant. Quora Question: What Are the Top Survival Tips in a Warzone for a Fresh Recruit? But these young refugees, baking in the blasting heat of the Levant and under constant threat of violence, polio and other illnesses, are the incongruous beneficiaries of a confluence of two UK technology initiatives. Syria's children learn to code with Raspberry Pi 2014-07-26T04:00:00Z His journey from Lancashire to the Levant is one of startling transformation. My brother, the suicide bomber: why British men go to Syria 2014-07-26T04:00:00Z Qaraqosh is one of the last refuges in northern Iraq for Christians fleeing persecution by the militants of Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant, who swept into the region in June. Iraq's Waterless Christians: The Campaign to Expel a Religion 2014-07-22T04:00:00Z Last month, Isis – the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant, one of a series of radical Sunni groups – carried out a stunning military advance. Revisiting Kurdistan: 'If there is a success story in Iraq, it's here' 2014-07-16T04:00:00Z U.S. advisers intend to work with Iraq’s army to counter the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant, a militant Sunni group on a violent land-grabbing offensive. Should the U.S. Send Military Advisers to Iraq Despite Safety Risks? 2014-07-14T04:00:00Z In its self-proclaimed status as an independent state, it claims the territory of Iraq and Syria, with implied future claims intended over more of the Levant, including Lebanon, Israel, Palestine, Jordan, Cyprus, and Southern Turkey. Quora Question: Who Is Responsible for the Mess in Iraq? When he returned to Iraq, the Sunni group then known as the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant had launched its lightning advance from Syria across the north of Iraq. Underage fighters drawn into Iraq sectarian war 2014-07-11T04:00:00Z The terrorist group that’s recruited the lion’s share of Western Muslims is the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, a splinter group – and now rival – of al-Qaida. Western 'Jihadists' Trekking to Syria, Iraq Pose New Terror Threat 2014-07-09T04:00:00Z Baghdadi preached and taught at various mosques and apparently led several smaller militant groups before he was promoted to a more prominent role in the Islamic State and the Levant, the Guardian reported. Florida editorial roundup 2014-07-08T04:00:00Z The Iraqi security forces have struggled to repel the swift advance of fighters for the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant, which has forced hundreds of thousands of people to flee their homes. Iraq parliament chaos deepens as MPs fail to agree on new speaker 2014-07-07T04:00:00Z But he said it became clear in early June, after the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant took over the northern Sunni hold of Mosul, that the country was breaking into three distinct parts. Iraqi Kurds: Time is ripe for Kurdish independence 2014-07-03T04:00:00Z Army Gen. Martin Dempsey tells reporters the Iraqi forces are stronger around the capital city as they seek to counter the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant. Dempsey: Iraqi forces can defend Baghdad 2014-07-03T04:00:00Z Militants from the extremist group known as the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant seized them June 9 in Mosul, Iraq's second-largest city. Militants free 32 Turkish truck drivers in Iraq 2014-07-03T04:00:00Z Militants from the al-Qaida-inspired group known as the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant seized the truck drivers on June 9 in the northern Iraqi city of Mosul. More Than 30 Turkish Truck Drivers Freed in Iraq 2014-07-03T04:00:00Z Another video showed what appeared to be fighters in the nearby Ishara village, announcing that they were ceasing their fight against the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant. Extremist group takes more towns in Syria 2014-07-03T04:00:00Z After the lightning advance of former Al Qaeda affiliate the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant, however, the United States acted fast. U.S. military to face growing crises, falling budgets 2014-07-02T04:00:00Z The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, or ISIL, says it is now called only the “Islamic State” to represent its new official territory spanning the Iraq-Syria border. ISIL Declares Victory in Iraq by Establishing New Islamic Caliphate 2014-06-30T04:00:00Z It now wants to be called simply Islamic State, moving past debates over transliterations of the former title, sometimes rendered as ISIL, for Levant instead of Syria, or al-Shams. ISIS dares to declare restoration of the Islamic Caliphate 2014-06-29T04:00:00Z Tikrit, the birthplace of former Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein, is a mainly Sunni city which fell to militants led by Isis - the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant - in recent weeks. Iraq military strikes Tikrit rebels 2014-06-28T04:00:00Z But now a new government is wanted urgently to face the lightning advance across the north and west of the country by the al-Qaida breakaway Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant. Iraq's Top Cleric Calls for Deal on Prime Minister by Tuesday 2014-06-27T04:00:00Z Wolfe planned to travel to the Middle East to support the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, the extremist Sunni group threatening Iraq’s government. Texas man pleads guilty to terrorism charge 2014-06-27T04:00:00Z They said the target was the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, a Sunni extremist group that seeks to carve out a purist Islamic enclave across both sides of the Syria-Iraq border. Kerry issues warning after Syria bombs Iraq 2014-06-25T04:00:00Z Ms. Pirro also designated the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant a “fanatical religious terrorist organization.” Russell Brand: Fox News is ‘more dangerous than ISIS’ 2014-06-25T04:00:00Z Al-Maliki's government is struggling to repel advances led by militants of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, a well-trained and mobile force thought to have some 10,000 fighters and allies inside Iraq. Iraqi PM calls on Iraqi politicians to unite 2014-06-25T04:00:00Z The lightening offensive by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant takes the group closer to its dream of carving out an Islamic state straddling both Syria and Iraq. AP News in Brief at 10:58 p.m. EDT 2014-06-22T04:00:00Z Obama says the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant poses a medium and long-term threat, and the United States must be vigilant. Obama: Threat from Iraq militants could grow 2014-06-22T04:00:00Z Fighters from the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant stormed the town of Muhassan on the Euphrates river after rebels from the Western-backed Supreme Military Council defected to the jihadi group, activists said. Syria jihadi group captures town near Iraq border 2014-06-21T04:00:00Z He and his 50-year-old mother, Shukriya, decided to leave the town after fighters from the al-Qaida breakaway group the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant shelled and burned down the neighboring village of Basheer. Fleeing Iraqis join large tide of displaced people 2014-06-20T04:00:00Z The reports concluded that Maliki and his government were creating so much animosity among Iraq's Sunnis that this would empower and embolden violent militant groups, such as the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant. U.S. spy agencies warned Maliki was 'alienating' Iraq's Sunnis 2014-06-20T04:00:00Z Iraq's senior Shi'ite religious cleric issued a call for unity, saying Shi'ites and Sunnis should rally behind the authorities to prevent the Sunni militant Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant from destroying the country. Iraqi forces ready push after Obama offers advisers 2014-06-20T04:00:00Z Kerry said the militant Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, or ISIL, is "more extreme than even al-Qaida and they are a threat to the United States and Western interests." Kerry denies Obama has been too passive in Iraq 2014-06-19T04:00:00Z He said helicopter gunships were flying over the facility to stop any advance by the militants of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant inside the refinery. Militants fly their black flags over Iraq refinery 2014-06-19T04:00:00Z The standard English term for this broad territory is ‘the Levant.’ Inside the Beltway: Seeking the big prize — a Republican majority 2014-06-18T04:00:00Z But the United States government and several news agencies call it the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant, or I.S.I.L. Islamic State in Iraq and Syria? Or Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant? 2014-06-18T04:00:00Z Beyond religious beliefs, much of the Middle East – particularly around Iraq and the Levant – is divided up largely along impartial and ill-conceived borders. Iraq: How We Got Here - Again 2014-06-18T04:00:00Z The insurgents are an al-Qaida splinter group, the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant. Editorial Roundup: Excerpts from recent editorials 2014-06-18T04:00:00Z Fighters of the al-Qaida-inspired Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant began their attack on the Beiji refinery, some 155 miles north of the capital, Baghdad, late Tuesday night, the security official said. Militants strike Iraq's largest oil refinery 2014-06-18T04:00:00Z The official said fighters of the al-Qaida-inspired Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant began their attack late Tuesday night and it continued into Wednesday morning. Militants attack Iraq's largest oil refinery 2014-06-18T04:00:00Z Because of the term’s French colonial associations, many Arab nationalists and Islamist radicals disdain it, and it is unlikely that the militant group would choose “Levant” to render its name. Islamic State in Iraq and Syria? Or Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant? 2014-06-18T04:00:00Z Iraqi police confirmed that pro-government Shiite militiamen killed nearly four dozen Sunni detainees at a prison in Baquba after Sunni fighters with the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant attempted to storm the facility. Iraqi Shiites take a stand against Sunni extremists heading for Baghdad 2014-06-17T04:00:00Z Its main aim is to establish an Islamic state in the Levant. ISIS in Iraq Creates Classic Foreign Policy Dilemma for Obama 2014-06-17T04:00:00Z Gold, along with crude oil, rose on safe-haven buying last week as militants with the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant gained control of some cities in the country. Gold Eases From Recent Highs On Profit-Taking Ahead Of Fed, Iraq Developments 2014-06-17T04:00:00Z At the same time, the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant and its jihadist affiliates are holding 80 Turkish citizens hostage. The Intrigue Lying Behind Iraq's Jihadist Uprising 2014-06-17T04:00:00Z So if neither “Levant” nor “Syria” will do to translate “al-Sham,” what would? Islamic State in Iraq and Syria? Or Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant? 2014-06-18T04:00:00Z |
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