Salim Ayyash, a senior operative in Hizballah’s assassination unit, led the hit squad that conducted the 2005 truck bombing that killed former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri and 21 others in Beirut. (Photo: AP)
The aircraft carrier Nimitz will remain in the Middle East for longer than previously ordered. (Photo: Associated Press/Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Elliot Schaudt/US Navy)