Tag: Middle East

In 2010, Hobby Lobby President Steve Green personally executed a deal to purchase over 5,500 artifacts, comprised of cuneiform tablets and bricks, clay bullae and cylinder seals, for $1.6 million. (AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki, File)

National Security

Hobby Lobby agrees to $3 million settlement with US over ancient Iraqi artifacts

Josh Siegel · July 5, 2017 11:36 pm

Egypt, Saudia Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, and Bahrain gave Qatar until Wednesday to respond to a list of 13 stipulations, including ending ties to jihadist organizations, reducing its relationship with Iran, and closing down the Doha-funded Al Jazeera.

Arab nations: Qatar had ‘very negative’ response to list of demands to resolve crisis

Leah DePiero · July 5, 2017 6:56 pm

The Downside of the Middle East ‘Peace Process’

Elliott Abrams · June 26, 2017 9:45 am

He said some of the demands Gulf nations have made of Qatar are not feasible. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)

Rex Tillerson urges calm in Qatar dispute with Arab states

Sean Higgins · June 25, 2017 5:01 pm

Jared Kushner reportedly had a dust up with the Palestinian president. (AP)

National Security

White House shoots down reports Trump considering leaving Middle East talks

Mandy Mayfield · June 25, 2017 4:54 pm

Earlier in the week Jared Kushner, who is Trump's son-in-law, and Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas held a meeting that an Abbas adviser characterized as "tense" to reporters. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

White House rumored to be pulling back from Israel-Palestine talks

Sean Higgins · June 24, 2017 8:32 pm

The Harm in Trying

Elliott Abrams · June 23, 2017 5:40 am

The incident comes just after Ramadan's Night of Power, the holiest day in Islam. (AP Photo, File)

National Security

Watch: ISIS blows up historic mosque in Mosul

Anna Giaritelli · June 22, 2017 2:53 pm

The U.S. is barring passengers on some international flights from mostly Middle Eastern and North African countries from bringing laptops, tablets, electronic games and other devices on board in carry-on bags. (AP Photo/ Abdeljalil Bounhar)

National Security

Trump’s team using laptop ban to force global airport security upgrades

Joel Gehrke · June 22, 2017 2:21 pm

Saudi Arabia's King Salman has appointed his 31-year-old son Mohammed bin Salman as crown prince, removing the country's counterterrorism czar and a figure well-known to Washington from the royal line of succession. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar, File)

Saudi King Salman upends royal succession, names son as first heir

The Associated Press · June 21, 2017 5:54 am

Secretary of State Rex Tillerson's team accused Saudi Arabia on Tuesday of trying to settle a score with a neighbor under the guise of fighting terrorism. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

State Department steps up criticism of Saudi Arabia

Joel Gehrke · June 20, 2017 8:09 pm

Ultimately, Kushner's appeal is not about Kushner. It's about the perception that Kushner is an extension of the President. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Beltway Confidential

Why Trump made Jared Kushner his second secretary of state

Tom Rogan · June 20, 2017 7:54 pm