Tag: Middle East

In this Nov. 30, 2017, file photo, American soldiers wait on the tarmac in Logar province, Afghanistan.

The US should rethink its military presence across the Middle East

Tyler Koteskey · July 18, 2021 4:00 am

Survivors walk near the site of Friday's landslide that buried Abi-Barik village in Badakhshan province, northeastern Afghanistan, Sunday, May 4, 2014. As Afghans observed a day of mourning Sunday for the hundreds of people killed in a horrific landslide, authorities tried to help hundreds of families displaced by the torrent of mud that swept through their village. (AP Photo/Massoud Hossaini)

Taliban kill 22 Afghan commandos attempting to surrender: Report

Kaelan Deese · July 14, 2021 3:59 pm

Biden selects Jeff Flake for Turkey ambassadorship

Jeremy Beaman · July 13, 2021 8:57 pm

A Lebanese boy stands on his balcony next of a large portrait of Hezbollah leader Sheik Hassan Nasrallah at the site of a car bombing in a southern suburb of Beirut, Lebanon, Wednesday, Jan. 22, 2014. An explosion ripped through a Shiite neighborhood in south Beirut on Tuesday targeting supporters of Lebanon's militant Shiite Hezbollah group. Hezbollah has sent its gunmen to fight alongside Assad's forces, providing a significant boost to the Syrian government's overstretched military. Hezbollah's critics say the group's armed intervention in Syria has stoked sectarian tensions at home and needlessly dragged Lebanon into the maelstrom next door. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)

Beltway Confidential

Hezbollah and allies drive Lebanon toward state failure

Tom Rogan · July 12, 2021 8:08 pm

In this photo released by the Syrian official news agency SANA, officials and journalists gather outside the embassy of the United Arab Emirates, in Damascus, Syria, Thursday, Dec. 27, 2018. Syria said the UAE will reopen its embassy in Damascus on Thursday, for the first time in seven years, a reflection of improved relations between President Bashar Assad and some of his Arab foes as the war winds down.

FBI helped UAE track down prime minister’s runaway daughter: Report

Brady Knox · July 9, 2021 7:44 pm

A Nigerien soldier provides rear security for his squad while they performed a dismounted patrol during Exercise Flintlock 2017 in Diffa, Niger, March 11, 2017. Flintlock exercises strengthen security institutions, promote multilateral sharing of information, and develop interoperability among partner nations in the Trans-Sahara.

Magazine - Washington Briefing

On former Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld

Jamie McIntyre · July 9, 2021 3:00 am

Saudi Arabia's ambassador to the U.S., Prince Khalid bin Salman, arrives on Capitol Hill in Washington.

Beltway Confidential

The Saudi middle ground

Daniel DePetris · July 8, 2021 5:18 pm

Massive explosion on container ship rocks Dubai

Jake Dima · July 7, 2021 8:49 pm

Ever Given released after monthslong seizure by Suez Canal authorities

Jeremy Beaman · July 7, 2021 2:57 pm

Lebanon’s struggling army resorts to offering helicopter joyrides to tourists

Brady Knox · June 30, 2021 8:42 pm

Pentagon spokesman John Kirby speaks during a media briefing at the Pentagon, Wednesday, Feb. 17, 2021, in Washington.

Pentagon announces airstrikes against Iran-backed militias in Iraq-Syria border region

Jeremy Beaman · June 27, 2021 11:49 pm

Israel's new prime minister Naftali Bennett sits with Yair Lapid, left, during a Knesset session in Jerusalem Sunday, June 13, 2021. Israel's parliament has voted in favor of a new coalition government, formally ending Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's historic 12-year rule. Naftali Bennett, a former ally of Netanyahu became the new prime minister.

The new Middle East emerges in the Knesset

Josh Block · June 26, 2021 4:00 am