Tag: Middle East

Congress has since requested a report from the Obama administration on who is receiving those visa waivers. (AP Photo/ Nick Ut )

DHS: Iran travel could be exempt from tighter visa rules

Curt Mills · January 21, 2016 7:56 pm

Gates: Cruz, Trump not being honest about Islamic State

Gates: Cruz, Trump not being honest about Islamic State

Anna Giaritelli · January 21, 2016 1:29 am

"The results of this massive gamble should now be clear to us all: No new order has emerged in the Middle East, only chaos," John McCain said in his opening statement. (AP Photo)

National Security

McCain: Obama created ‘chaos’ in Middle East

Jacqueline Klimas · January 20, 2016 7:02 pm

Editorial cartoon: Who pays the price when sanctions on Iran are lifted?

Editorial cartoons

Editorial cartoon: Who pays the price when sanctions on Iran are lifted?

Washington Examiner · January 19, 2016 9:32 pm

Vice President joe Biden will meet with civil society groups in Istanbul on Friday and has a meeting planned with Turkish President Recept Tayyip Erdogan on Saturday. (AP Photo/Emrah Gurel)

National Security

Biden to talk Islamic State with Turkey

Susan Crabtree · January 16, 2016 1:49 am

"This is in the interest of our country, in the interest of our environment and the world and the interest of our alliances," said former Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

National Security

Hagel: Congress not voting on war authorization is ‘dishonest’

Jacqueline Klimas · January 14, 2016 12:34 am

Two Iraqi-born Palestinians who came to the United States as refugees have been arrested on federal terrorism charges (AP Photo/Nasser Nasser)

National Security

Two Middle East refugees arrested on terror charges

Kelly Cohen · January 8, 2016 2:05 pm

Obama Sides With Iran–Again

Lee Smith · January 5, 2016 1:49 pm

President Obama is never asked by the media if he thinks leaving Iraq had something to do with the chaos engulfing the region, or the vulnerability of citizens here and in Europe to Islamic State-inspired attacks. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Obama’s pass from the press

Noemie Emery · January 5, 2016 5:03 am

In this Dec. 8, 1997 file photo, Saudi Arabia Crown Prince Abdullah Bin Abdul Aziz Al-Saud, center left, is greeted by Iranian President Mohammad Khatami. (AP Photo/Enric Marti, File)

Iran-Saudi Arabia tensions unlikely to affect oil prices, analysts say

Kyle Feldscher · January 4, 2016 10:40 pm

Iranian demonstrators burn representations of the U.S. and Israeli flags during a demonstration in front of the Saudi Arabian Embassy in Tehran, Iran, to protest the execution of Saudi Sheikh Nimr al-Nimr, a prominent opposition Shiite cleric (seen in posters) along with 46 others. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)

National Security

State: U.S. not looking to mediate Iran, Saudi fight

Pete Kasperowicz · January 4, 2016 9:34 pm

Saudis execute 47, including dissident Shiite cleric

Saudis execute 47, including dissident Shiite cleric

Curt Mills · January 2, 2016 4:11 pm