The Mediterranean Sea is a sea connected to the Atlantic Ocean surrounded by the Mediterranean region and almost completely enclosed by land: on the north by Anatolia and Europe, on the south by North Africa, and on the east by the Levant.
A representative of the Iranian students holds up a portrait of a blindfolded American hostage during a press conference in the U.S. Embassy in Tehran, Nov. 5, 1979. | AP Photo Iranians storm U.S. Embassy, Nov. 4, 1979
December 28, 2013  The attack on the U.S. diplomatic post in the Libyan city on Sept. 11, 2012, killed four Americans, including Ambassador Christopher Stevens. The newspaper says the attack was led by local fighters and was fueled in large part by anger at a video denigrating Islam.