Tag: Middle East

"This will be a big week for Infrastructure. After so stupidly spending $7 trillion in the Middle East, it is now time to start investing in OUR Country," Trump tweeted. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Trump touts infrastructure plan as alternative to ‘stupidly’ blowing money in the Middle East

Mandy Mayfield · February 12, 2018 1:19 pm

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu chairs the weekly cabinet meeting at the Prime Minister's office in Jerusalem, Sunday, Feb. 11, 2018. (Ronen Zvulun, Pool via AP)

National Security

Benjamin Netanyahu: Airstrikes dealt ‘severe blows’ to Iran, Syria

Associated Press · February 11, 2018 2:06 pm

Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has refused to lift the state of emergency that has resulted in arrests and dismissal of tens of thousands of government employees, including many scientists and teachers. (AP Photo/Burhan Ozbilici)

Beltway Confidential

The heartbreaking story of Turkey sentencing an American NASA scientist to 7.5 years in prison

Eugene Chudnovsky · February 10, 2018 5:01 am

Unlike protests in 2009, the overwhelming majority of those engaged in the recent 142-city uprising in Iran were from poor and underprivileged backgrounds. The difference made an impact that wasn't lost, not even on Ayatollah Khomeini. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)

An Iran without the ayatollah is no longer unthinkable

Ivan Sascha Sheehan · February 9, 2018 5:01 am

America’s aluminum industry needs Trump’s fair-trade vision

Mike Bless · February 9, 2018 5:01 am

After troops backed by Syrian President Bashar Assad attacked U.S.-backed anti-Islamic State fighters on Wednesday, Defense Secretary Jim Mattis called the whole episode "perplexing." (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Jim Mattis: Syria’s ill-conceived attack on US-backed fighters ‘perplexing’

Jamie McIntyre · February 8, 2018 11:16 pm

President Donald Trump speaks during the National Prayer Breakfast, Thursday, Feb. 8, 2018, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

National Security

Trump touts military, victory over ISIS at National Prayer Breakfast

Sarah Bedford · February 8, 2018 2:19 pm

After a beneficiary of the diversity visa lottery program funneled funds to a terrorist overseas, Attorney General Jeff Sessions used the case to push for changes to immigration law. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)

Feds: Diversity visa recipient sent money to terrorist

Joel Gehrke · February 7, 2018 11:13 pm

Al Jazeera is in the final stages of preparing a documentary concerning the role of pro-Israel advocacy groups in the U.S. (Christopher Cox/Bloomberg News)

Pro-Israel lobby groups brace for Al Jazeera hidden-camera exposé

Eddie Scarry · February 7, 2018 12:27 am

A Thursday court ruling marked, the last of the pending cases brought against the government "by groups alleging that their tax-exempt status was delayed by the IRS based on inappropriate criteria." (Daniel Acker/Bloomberg)

Beltway Confidential

Government reaches settlement against pro-Israel nonprofit targeted by the IRS

Margot Cleveland · February 2, 2018 10:43 pm

A three-year study found that events at the University of California, Los Angeles, Center for Near Eastern Studies were disproportionately focused on Israel and the Israeli-Arab conflict, with 93 percent of Israel-related events being anti-Israel.

Jewish and civil rights groups urge Congress to prevent abuse of federal education funds

Jackson Richman · February 1, 2018 8:01 am

In a statement Wednesday evening, Homeland Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen said: "After carefully considering conditions on the ground, I have determined that it is necessary to extend the Temporary Protected Status designation for Syria." (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)

DHS extends temporary protected status for thousands of Syrians

Anna Giaritelli · February 1, 2018 2:09 am