Tag: Middle East

Reversing his past calls for a speedy exit, President Trump recommitted the United States to the 16-year-old war in Afghanistan Monday night, declaring U.S. troops must "fight to win." A top US commander for the Middle East says first new forces will arrive in Afghanistan within days or weeks. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Justin T. Updegraff, Operation Resolute Support via AP, File)

National Security

Top US commander for the Middle East says first new forces will arrive in Afghanistan within days or weeks

Associated Press · August 22, 2017 6:02 pm

The three state-owned Gulf carriers - Emirates, Qatar Airways and Etihad Airways - have received over $50 billion in subsidies from their governments in the last decade, skewing the free market and putting American jobs at risk. (AP Photo/Michael Probst, File)

Gulf carrier cheaters threaten US aviation jobs

Andrea Newman · August 22, 2017 4:01 am

"The mission in Afghanistan has lost its purpose and I think it is a terrible idea to send any more troops into that war." (AP Photo/Bryan Woolston)

Rand Paul: Trump’s reported plans to send more troops to Afghanistan a ‘terrible idea’

Anna Giaritelli · August 21, 2017 11:08 pm

"Unbelievable," the British author tweeted. "He actually did bring the Middle East together." (Photo by Joel Ryan/Invision/AP)

J.K. Rowling jokes that Trump united the Middle East with his Charlottesville comments

Naomi Lim · August 18, 2017 4:52 am

Israel has revoked the press permit of one of its citizens, Elias Karram. Karram, who works for Al Jazeera and once described himself as a member of the "resistance," is accused of being a partisan agent of Palestinian terrorist groups. (AP Photo/Mahmoud Illean)

Beltway Confidential

Israel is wrong to revoke an Al Jazeera journalist’s permit

Tom Rogan · August 16, 2017 7:01 pm

Sens. Roy Blunt, R-Mo., John Cornyn, R-Texas, and Thom Tillis, R-N.C., met with National Council of Resistance of Iran President Maryam Rajavi and members of the People's Mojahedin Organization of Iran. Rajavi thanked the senators for their firm position toward Iran, especially the adoption of new sanctions against the ruling regime and the Revolutionary Guards for their human rights abuses, Iran's ballistic missile program, and the export of terrorism. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)

Beltway Confidential

Why is Tehran terrified of US senators meeting with the Iranian opposition?

Washington Examiner · August 16, 2017 4:01 am

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani warned President Trump not to impose sanctions on the regime or face the prospect of the Iranians restarting their nuclear program "within hours" in retaliation. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani: We could restart ‘advanced’ nuke program ‘within hours’

Joel Gehrke · August 15, 2017 9:59 pm

If Trump and Kushner are serious about draining the Beltway swamp, the quickest, most effective and lasting way might be to eliminate the grants-in-aid regime that produces so much of the bureaucratic mire. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Jared Kushner to Return to Middle East for Peace Talks, White House Says

Andrew Egger · August 11, 2017 6:29 pm

Secretary of State Rex Tillerson is now pushing for a new statement that the department's mission is to "Lead America's foreign policy through global advocacy, action, and assistance to shape a safer, more prosperous world." Some old hands at Foggy Bottom are in an uproar. They believe the new statement would mean the abandonment of American values. They are wrong. (AP Photo/Bullit Marquez)

New direction — Tillerson at the tiller of the ship of State

Washington Examiner · August 10, 2017 7:40 pm

Secretary of State Rex Tillerson walks with Qatari Minister of Foreign Affairs Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani. On June 5, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, and Bahrain declared a full blockade of Qatar by land, sea, and air. They cited Qatar's alleged support for terrorism as justification. (Alexander W. Riedel/State Department via AP)

The world must take Qatar’s side against the blockade

Noor Ahmed AlKhori · August 10, 2017 4:01 am

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Wednesday accused the media of being on "an obsessive, unprecedented hunt against me and my family to carry out a regime change" during a rally held by the Likud party. (Amir Cohen/Pool Photo via AP)

Benjamin Netanyahu accuses ‘leftist media’ of promoting regime change in Israel

Sean Langille · August 9, 2017 7:25 pm

An F/A-18E Super Hornet preparing to land on the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz was forced to take evasive action Tuesday, when an Iranian drone came dangerously close to the U.S. warplane over the Arabian Gulf, according to the U.S. Navy. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man, File)

Iranian drone interferes with US F-18 landing on carrier in Gulf

Jamie McIntyre · August 8, 2017 5:07 pm