Tag: Middle East

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

Yair Netanyahu at the Western Wall in Jerusalem, Israel.

Beltway Confidential

Benjamin Netanyahu’s son is in trouble for his dog’s pooping habits

Tom Rogan · August 5, 2017 4:01 am

Tech. Sgt. David Board was in Kuwait supporting Operation Inherent Resolve, a Combined Joint Task Force meant to defeat the Islamic State. (AP Photo/Jonathan Ernst, Pool)

US airman casualty in Kuwait identified as Tech. Sgt. David Board

Leah DePiero · August 3, 2017 9:50 pm

The battle lines of the next conflict would be ripe for propaganda purposes as well. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)

Hezbollah’s media relations department

Sean Durns · August 2, 2017 4:01 am

Mike Bell, a retired Army colonel who served in the Iraq War, was previously the National Security Council's director of Persian Gulf affairs. He will soon be President Trump's top Middle East adviser on the NSC. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Mike Bell promoted to be Trump’s top Middle East adviser: Reports

Josh Siegel · August 1, 2017 11:33 pm

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. The West Bank has to realize that Israel cannot lower its guard with the fence so long as they are still regularly blocking threats.

Beltway Confidential

Relaxed security is not the answer for Israelis or Palestinians

Peter Burns · August 1, 2017 9:22 pm

"What do we offer that's unique? I don't know. I'm sure everyone that's tried this has been unique in some ways, but again we're trying to follow very logically," White House adviser Jared Kushner. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Jared Kushner on negotiating peace in the Middle East: ‘What do we offer that’s unique? I don’t know’

Melissa Quinn · August 1, 2017 3:35 pm

The Trump administration is considering support for regime change as part of its policy toward Iran, which is currently under review. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)

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New Iran sanctions succeed where the nuclear deal failed

Washington Examiner · July 31, 2017 4:58 pm

Like "politics," "regime change" has many faces. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)

Beltway Confidential

Regime change in Iran? It might not mean what you think

Tom Rogan · July 31, 2017 4:09 pm

Last week, Iran deal supporters in the administration, led by Tillerson, talked Trump into sticking with the deal and certifying Iran compliance for the second time of his presidency. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

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Looks like Rex Tillerson tricked Trump into keeping the Iran deal forever

Philip Klein · July 27, 2017 7:31 pm

This picture released by the official website of the Iranian Defense Ministry on Thursday, July 27, 2017, claims to show the launching of Simorgh satellite-carrying rocket in an undisclosed location, Iran. (Iranian Defense Ministry via AP)

Iran claims launch of satellite-carrying rocket into space

Associated Press · July 27, 2017 4:43 pm