Israel-Hamas war has profoundly altered the Middle East’s geopolitical landscape. Iran and Russia, once dominant forces, have ...

This strategy has been launched in the Middle East, and if the U.S. does not take notice, China stands to gain significantly. Washington must recognize Beijing as a competing power in the Middle East.

On the campaign trail, Donald Trump, now U.S. president-elect, promised that “the Middle East is going to get solved” but offered few details on how he might achieve such an outcome. When he returns ...

A warning has gone out to seafarers in the Persian Gulf over what appear to be attempts by Iran’s Revolutionary Guard to compel ships to enter Iranian waters. While Iran has a history of ...

In 1982 an uprising in the city of Hama by the Muslim Brotherhood, a Sunni Islamist group originating in Egypt, challenged ...

Sen. Dave McCormick (R-Pa.) will chair a key subcommittee on Middle East affairs, ascending to the role after campaigning as a resolute defender of Israel and fierce critic of Biden-era policies ...

Over the past two decades, China has rapidly emerged as an economic, political, and security actor in the Middle East. CHINESE PRESIDENT Xi Jinping speaks with Russian President Vladimir Putin at ...

President-elect Trump tapped Morgan Ortagus, a former State Department spokesperson, to serve as deputy special presidential envoy for Middle East peace in his next administration. Trump noted in ...

President-elect Donald Trump’s envoy to the Middle East, Steve Witkoff, is considering a visit to the war-torn Gaza Strip as part of his efforts to keep a ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas ...

Nowhere else do the world’s political tensions manifest as vividly as in the Middle East. The region is once again under intense international scrutiny amid Israel’s incursion into Gaza ...

For Jimmy Carter, who died on Sunday, Dec. 29, 2024, aged 100, it was the Middle East. There, he reached his highest point as a peacemaker and his lowest one as a seemingly inept protector of ...

The ceasefire between Israel and Hamas will go into effect at 8:30 a.m. local time (0630 GMT) on Sunday, mediator Qatar said. The ceasefire will pause the fighting after 15 months of war and see ...