Tag: Middle East

Beltway Confidential

Netanyahu’s empty support of the Kurds helps no one

Michael Rubin · October 11, 2019 4:23 pm

This photo taken and released by the official news agency of the Iranian Oil Ministry, SHANA, on Friday, Oct. 11, 2019 shows Iranian oil tanker Sabiti traveling through the Red Sea off the coast of Saudi Arabia. Two missiles struck the Iranian tanker Sabiti traveling through the Red Sea off the coast of Saudi Arabia on Friday, Iranian officials said, the latest incident in the region amid months of heightened tensions between Tehran and the U.S.

National Security

Missiles hit Iranian oil tanker off coast of Saudi Arabia

Zach Halaschak · October 11, 2019 1:15 pm

Turkish forces poised to invade northern Syria within 24 hours

Ellie Bufkin · October 9, 2019 2:31 am

Real American interests justify President Trump's personal effort to win the trust of his Turkish counterpart, Recep Tayyip Erdogan. President Erdogan, however, has imprisoned hundreds of journalists, purged thousands of independent judges, and has spent upwards of $600 million building himself a 1,150 room palace full of the self-aggrandizing chic of the sort once favored by Saddam Hussein. (Pool Photo via AP)

‘Stain on America’s honor’: Trump gives Turkey green light to attack US-Kurdish allies in northern Syria

Jamie McIntyre · October 7, 2019 2:17 pm

The U.S. is home to the Permian Basin, the world's most productive oil field.

The US shale oil boom has made a Middle East war less likely

Merrill Matthews · October 7, 2019 1:50 pm

More than eight in 10 (83 percent) said it is important President Obama to discuss the Islamic State, with 62 percent saying it is "very important" and 21 percent saying "somewhat important." (AP Photo)

Despite $380M in US aid for religious minorities persecuted by ISIS, 1 million from Nineveh Plains remain displaced

Jeffrey Cimmino · September 26, 2019 11:18 pm

Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan taps his heart as he waits to address the 74th session of the United Nations General Assembly, Tuesday, Sept. 24, 2019.

National Security

Lawsuit by Hamas victims against Turkish bank aims to expose Ankara’s support for Palestinian terror

Russ Read · September 25, 2019 2:09 am

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu chairs the weekly cabinet meeting, in Jerusalem, Sunday, Feb. 16, 2020.

Israeli Arab lawmakers reject Benjamin Netanyahu, but he’s still in the race

Joel Gehrke · September 24, 2019 2:45 am

President Donald Trump arrives to speak about the coronavirus in the James Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House, Tuesday, March 31, 2020, in Washington's Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, watches.

Iran crisis prompts rare Trump effort to unite allies

Rob Crilly · September 19, 2019 10:39 pm

Iran's President Hassan Rouhani waits for Turkey's parliament speaker and former Prime Minister, Binali Yildirim, for their meeting, after a six-nation conference on fighting terrorism in Tehran, Iran, Saturday, Dec. 8, 2018.

Beltway Confidential

Stand up to Iran’s oil market terrorism

brenda-shaffer, Mark Dubowitz · September 17, 2019 5:46 pm

Beltway Confidential

What will happen in Israel’s very exciting Tuesday election?

Tom Rogan · September 14, 2019 7:54 pm

Ambassador-at-Large for International Religious Freedom Sam Brownback speaks to reporters.

Trump religion envoy blames ‘guilt complex’ for Western reluctance to protect Christians

Jeffrey Cimmino · September 11, 2019 2:37 pm