Iran asks West to leave Persian Gulf amid heightened tensions
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani says US and Western "presence has always been a calamity for this region and the farther ...
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Pompeo: If US deterrence won't work against Iran, Trump will take action
"Our mission set is to avoid war," Pompeo tells Fox News. "You saw what Secretary Esper announced on Friday, we ...
NGO: PA raises salaries of bomb makers behind deadly 2003 attacks
Measure is part of President Abbas' "pay-to-slay" policies, in which terrorists and their families get monthly pay. Since 2004, the ...
Sarsour: I would be proud to elect America's first Jewish president
Anti-Israel activist Linda Sarsour says Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders would usher in a “transformative foreign policy” that “sees Palestinians as ...
Is Trump-Taliban deal dead in the water?
Secret peace talks between the US and Afghan presidents and Taliban leaders were canceled after the Taliban killed a dozen ...
To set up 'safe zone,' US wades into muddled Syria politics
Turkey is hoping that some of the 3.6 million Syrian refugees it is hosting will return to north-eastern Syria. Washington ...
US backs Israel, points finger at Iran over Lebanon border tensions
“The United States fully supports Israel’s right to self-defense. … This is another example of the destabilizing role of Iranian ...
Report: US seeks to enter into direct talks with Iran-backed rebels
The Wall Street Journal reports on possible major shift in US policy toward Houthi insurgency in Yemen, potentially creating path ...
Israeli, US militaries simulate ship hijacking amid Gulf tensions
Israeli officials say the two militaries "exercised regaining control of a hijacked ship and extracting forces from enemy territory." Exercise ...
Pompeo: 'Clock is ticking' on Iran arms embargo
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo urges America’s allies to stop Iran from engaging in “destabilizing behavior,” warning of a ...