Tag: Middle East

In this April 11, 2013 file photo, Jason Rezaian, right, an Iranian-American correspondent for the Washington Post, and his wife Yeganeh Salehi, an Iranian correspondent for the Abu Dhabi-based daily newspaper, The National, smile as they attend a presidential campaign of President Hassan Rouhani in Tehran, Iran. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi, File)

National Security

Imprisoned reporter’s trial in Iran starts Tuesday

Paige Winfield Cunningham · May 25, 2015 9:01 pm

Rejuvenated Royals

Hussain Abdul-Hussain · May 25, 2015 4:00 am

‘A Perverse Consequence’

Michael Makovsky, William Kristol · May 25, 2015 4:00 am

People observe ancient artifacts at the Iraqi National Museum after its reopening in the wake of the recent destruction of Assyrian archaeological sites by the Islamic State group in Mosul, as they visit the museum in Baghdad. (AP Photo/Karim Kadim, File)

Islamic State’s ‘brutal’ assault on other faiths

Charles Hoskinson · May 18, 2015 9:00 am

Zogby Presidential Report Card: Bruises on trade, foreign policy

Paul Bedard · May 16, 2015 11:00 am

President Barack Obama delivers remarks alongside Kuwaiti Emir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah (L) and Qatar's Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani, following the Gulf Cooperation Council-U.S. summit on May 14, 2015 at Camp David, Maryland. (Getty Image)

Under heavy criticism, Obama defends Camp David summit

Susan Crabtree · May 16, 2015 9:00 am

Asking presidential candidates whether they support or would change past foreign policy decisions, like whetherÂ President Bush should have sent the U.S. military into Iraq to depose Saddam Hussein in 2003,Â is the most common line of questioning among members of the media. (Getty Image)

We’re asking presidential candidates all the wrong questions

Pete Hoekstra · May 15, 2015 9:00 am

If tens of thousands of vulnerable Afghan kids have rejected the call to extremism by embracing peace, shouldn't we give peace education a chance in America, too? (AP Photo)Â

Combat home-grown terror by teaching peace

Suraya Sadeed · May 15, 2015 9:00 am

President Obama, with Kuwaiti Emir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah, left, and Qatar's Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani, right, as he makes a statement to members of the media after meeting with Gulf Cooperation Council leaders and delegations at Camp David in Maryland, Thursday, May 14, 2015. (AP)

National Security

Obama says talks at Gulf summit were ‘candid, extensive’

Susan Crabtree · May 14, 2015 10:22 pm

"[T]here is a new sense of urgency; and I think we do want to take that sense of urgency and make it concrete." (AP File Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

WH: No indication of an arms race in the Gulf

Susan Crabtree · May 14, 2015 7:54 pm

Watch: Obama’s embarrassing mistake as he greets Saudi princes

Barbara Boland · May 14, 2015 5:23 pm

President Barack Obama and Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmed Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, Emir of the State of Kuwait, turn enter the White House as as Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmed Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, arrives at the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, Wednesday. Gulf nation leaders gathered in Washington to warn President Barack Obama of the risks of completing a nuclear deal with Iran. Obama will try to convince them of the potential benefits for the region. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)Â

Top senator: Arab nations start arms race, worried over U.S. ‘commitment’

Paul Bedard · May 14, 2015 2:57 pm