Middle East

"I've been following this from a distance for a really long time, and I've never felt like Americans really care that much about Palestinians," Reid said.

A third of a year into its tenure, the new White House appears to be pulling out all the stops in its efforts to reengage with Tehran, and to demolish the "maximum pressure" policy of its predecessor in the process.

As so often happens with controversial matters involving the Jewish state of Israel, prominent figures around the world have sounded off seemingly in an effort to inflame tensions rather than ease them.

Eyewitnesses captured the Islamic National Bank in Khan Yunis as it was hit by an Israeli airstrike on Thursday.

The Biden administration must maintain and even increase sanctions related to Iran's support for terrorism, its ballistic missile program and ongoing human rights violations.

Syria's neighbors, many of whom detest Bashar al-Assad and funneled arms and money to their favorite rebel groups earlier in the war, now acknowledge he isn't going anywhere.

The Left will not let facts or rudimentary morality get in the way of its preferred woke narrative.

Hamas is outrageously using false claims to instigate a terror war against Israel, replete with an unprecedented volume of rocket attacks directed at Israeli civilians.

Palestinians are now certain they will be rewarded, not punished, for their aggression.

An Iranian delegate reiterated that a new deal to halt Iran from having a nuclear bomb is dependent on the lifting of U.S. sanctions placed on the Middle Eastern country.

Europe is increasingly being enmeshed in Middle Eastern rivalries and geopolitical strife.

This latest war began, in some measure, because of Palestinian miscalculations.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed to restore peace and order to all parts of the country following the worst outbreak of violence between Israelis and Palestinians in years.

Beijing's foreign ministry has called for a resumption of U.N.-led peace talks after dozens were reported dead and hundreds more injured.

Hamas militants have fired thousands of rockets into Israel after hostilities erupted into riots and targeted strikes this week

"Under Biden, the world is getting more violent and more unstable because Biden's weakness and lack of support for Israel is leading to new attacks on our allies," Trump claimed in a statement on Tuesday.

Iran denounced the U.S. Navy on Tuesday, saying it employed "provocative and aimless shooting," after a Coast Guard cutter fired warning shots at Revolutionary Guard vessels.

Rear Admiral Marc Aussedat, the head of a task force that features the Charles de Gaulle nuclear-powered aircraft carrier, said reconnaissance flights are being carried out to help French forces on the ground observe the Islamic State and that weapons will be used if needed.

Hours after the Taliban announced a cease-fire, 11 bus passengers died and at least 24 were wounded in a roadside bombing.

Iran has been burned by the U.S. and it is for America to make the grand gestures if it wants to be taken seriously.

Murphy was headed this week to Oman, Qatar and Jordan to discuss political solutions to the war in Yemen.

The ultimate aim for the two countries' societies, economies and future is to be so interdependent that conflict would be unthinkable.

The thing about hatred is that when it is not confronted, it grows.

Human Rights Watch's report can, and should, serve as a wake-up call.

Diplomatic negotiations should come from a position of strength.

As President Joe Biden prepares to wave goodbye to his first 100-day stretch, those in the realist and restraint community are at least breathing a sigh of relief—things could be better, but they could also be worse.

The fire Saturday at the Ibn al-Khatib hospital's coronavirus ward in Baghdad burned for hours and resulted in 82 dead and 112 injured. One doctor, Sabah Samer, said he heard at least 20 explosions.

The general said that Iraq needs the U.S. support "to continue the fight against ISIS."

Throughout the Cold War, the view of both parties was that "politics stops at the water's edge." No more.

Recent events highlight that the relationship between Presidents Erdogan and Putin is transactional, and that Washington and Ankara still share the same historic rival.