Tag: Middle East

While thousands of Americans remain stuck in Afghanistan under Taliban rule, President Joe Biden appears to have scheduled a long weekend for himself. On Wednesday, journalist Jack Posobiec tweeted that ...

Ryan Crocker was at the helm of the U.S. Embassy in Kabul under two different presidents -- George W. Bush and Barack Obama. According to the Spokane Spokesman-Review, Crocker reopened ...

"I can’t believe the world abandoned Afghanistan."

A CNN reporter who was covering the Taliban's takeover of Afghanistan referred to soldiers chanting "death to America" as seemingly "friendly." CNN Chief International Correspondent Clarissa Ward was reporting Monday ...

An Algerian judo athlete and his coach have been temporarily suspended after withdrawing from the Olympics to avoid competing against an Israeli. Fethi Nourine and his coach Amar Benikhlef will ...

"This decision was made in close coordination with host nations."

Former Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu stepped down from power Sunday, vowing to fight on. Netanyahu, who was brought to bay by a wide-ranging, fragile coalition of parties across the ...

"The Houthis’ assault on Marib is the action of a group not committed to peace or to ending the war afflicting the people of Yemen."

The gathering coincided with increasing tensions between Iran and the United States in the last days of President Donald Trump's administration, and many in the crowd demanded revenge.

Backers of the sale also described the UAE as an important U.S. partner in the Middle East.

The breakthrough, overseen by U.S. President Donald Trump, is a foreign policy flourish ahead of his reelection bid next month. For the U.S. allies, it is a chance to close ...

That group is alleged to have detained or killed Western hostages, including U.S. journalists James Foley and Steven Sotloff and aid workers Kayla Mueller and Peter Kassig.

President Donald Trump hosted the White House ceremony, capping a dramatic month when first the UAE and then Bahrain agreed to reverse decades of ill will without a resolution of ...

"This is a historic breakthrough to further peace in the Middle East."

Israel and the UAE agreed last month to normalize relations in a deal that Trump helped orchestrate.

The United States has around 5,200 troops that were deployed in Iraq to fight the Islamic State militant group.

Kushner later flew to Bahrain and then Saudi Arabia and is expected also to visit Qatar.

On board the packed airliner, passengers were welcomed in Arabic as well as English and Hebrew.

"That is meant to be one of the outcomes of the talks in the next 24 hours in the Emirates - setting a date for the signing."

President Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan issued a decree abolishing a boycott law as part of "the UAE's efforts to expand diplomatic and commercial cooperation with Israel.