Middle East

The study finished by the Pentagon and discussed by officials Monday revealed minor changes planned to be made regarding U.S. troop placements around the globe.

If "never again" is supposed to mean something, it should translate into action rather than lip service.

After months of buying time to further advance its nuclear program, Iran announced this month that it will return to nuclear negotiations by December.

A Liverpool couple said Emad Al Swealmeen, who converted from Islam to Christianity, spent time in a psychiatric hospital and stayed with them for eight months.

End the delusional fantasy that America can, let alone should, attempt to cavalierly export its values unto foreign lands.

The original objective of the JCPOA—to keep Iran one year from "breakout" to one-bomb's worth of weapons-grade uranium—is long gone.

We've assembled a team of LGBTQ+ citizen journalists in Tehran, Kabul, Beirut and around the region and world to tell human stories about the realities of being gay in parts of the world that liberals and corporations have left behind.

Inconvenient as the stories of refugees who returned and found themselves detained and tortured in Syria might be to governments eager to move on, they should not be ignored.

Just because the U.S. can find, track and kill terrorists wherever they are doesn't mean the U.S. shouldn't be judicious about utilizing this capability.

If Israel corroborates its charges, the six NGOs should be designated as terrorist charities here in America.

Today's Lebanon is a fool's paradise.

Abraham Accords signees should focus on helping Sudan create an environment for its future.

A weak deal with Iran is not a fait accompli, but Congress must get the order of operations right on any attempt at oversight.

Facebook whistleblower has exposed Facebook's poor handlings of terrorist content in the Middle East.

Support for Hamas is becoming a cost-free vote for many Democrats.

The U.S. is slowly but surely diverting its focus from the Middle East to the Indo-Pacific. For leaders like Mohammed Bin Salman and Mohammed Bin Zayed who are used to being catered to by the U.S., times are changing.

Scientists request that Middle East policymakers demand the switch from fossil fuels to renewable energy to avoid climate change-related effects.

If the international community, and the newly appointed Lebanese government, don't act quickly to rescue the country and its people, then the Lebanon that we all knew and loved might be lost forever.

The Syria "file" has dwindled in urgency for Team Biden.

Iran's President Ebrahim Raisi's crimes will not be forgotten or forgiven. His victims and their families demand justice.

The cat became a "source of comfort and an escape from the worry and pressures of the job" for the service member during her tour in the Middle East.

"They should go to countries that are friendly to them and us," Jim Lamon said. "We cannot continue to be the world's refugee camp."

Hezbollah's decisions on the make-up of the new government have telegraphed the basic contours of the group's plan.

A concerted regional effort that involves forward looking, tolerant governments must push the region toward prosperity, stability and security.

The integration of the Jewish state into CENTCOM is a historic opportunity to expand the Abraham Accords into the security realm.

Our time is still fraught and there is much work yet to be done.

Since it took office some seven months ago, the Biden administration has upended practically every aspect of its predecessor's approach to the region, with the 76 year U.S.-Saudi relationship one of the principal casualties.

The illustration shows Uncle Sam's severed legs as the twin towers of the World Trade Center.

We hope and pray that President Joe Biden will make the right decisions and not throw Iraq—especially Assyrians and Yazidis—to the wolves.

"This is surreal....Taliban itself is synonymous with fear in the minds of millions. This is just another proof," Iranian journalist Masih Alinejad tweeted.