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The Trump administration has notified Congress of a $325 million arms sale to Kuwait for tank maintenance, part of broader efforts to strengthen Gulf...
Trump’s ambassador to Ankara told a Turkish TV news outlet that American troops will eventually draw down to a single base in Syria, but that...
Tom Barrack's dual role is likely to give Trump more direct finger on the pulse of his Syria policy as the president has vowed to lift decades of US...
Qatar's offer to provide the US president with $400 million aircraft is likely to reinforce Democratic opposition to recently announced major arms...
Only about 30 people turned up Thursday at this year's Jewish pilgrimage on Tunisia's island of Djerba amid safety concerns following a deadly 2023...
In a hearing with Senate lawmakers, the White House’s pick to become the State Department’s top diplomat on the Middle East argued for...
Agreement aims to modernize Riyadh’s air force and space capabilities, air and missile defenses, maritime and coastal fleet and border security...
Negotiations with Iran over its nuclear program have placed the Trump administration's strategic approach to the Middle East in a holding pattern.
The incident marks an inauspicious end to the latest chapter in the US military's confrontation with Yemen's Iran-backed Houthi rebels.
Israeli warplanes bombed the airport in Yemen's rebel-held capital Sanaa on Tuesday, the latest retaliation for a missile strike by the Iran-backed...
“They don’t want to fight anymore,” the US president said, announcing a pause in strikes on Yemen’s Houthi rebels.
The next US National Defense Strategy is expected to more forcefully prioritize countering China's ambitions in Asia, but Washington's ability to do...
Israeli police have been searching for a man reported missing following a suspected shark attack off the country's Mediterranean coast, the force said...
US President Donald Trump on Tuesday said he had spoken with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and that they were united on issues including...
Trump's first foreign trip in his second term is aimed at reassuring Gulf partners over the Iranian threat and attracting new investments.
Fewer than 1,000 US troops would remain in the country in order to retain limited oversight of ISIS prisons controlled by Kurdish-led forces across...
The vote marks a win for skeptics within the GOP of liberal deployment of US military power.
US stealth B-2 bombers began striking Houthi facilities in Yemen last week as the Trump administration hastens to pressure Iran into coming to the...
A new exhibition opening in Paris on Friday showcases archaeological artifacts from Gaza, once a major commercial crossroads between Asia and Africa,...
The Pentagon has opened the aperture on al-Shabaab in recent months, allowing AFRICOM to ramp up strikes on the al-Qaeda offshoot in the Horn of...
The Pentagon has been quietly amassing forces in the Middle East amid concerns that Iran's IRGC could lash out at US bases in the Arabian Peninsula...
The stealth bombers are the only warplanes in the US arsenal capable of delivering the massive conventional bombs thought to be needed to effectively...
Qatar would be the first Gulf state to receive the drones, the sale of which the Pentagon tacitly supported for years despite concerns within the...
A report by Washington’s top intelligence office suggests Tehran will struggle to rebuild its proxy militia bulwark after Israeli attacks, but the...
The USS Carl S. Vinson is expected to vastly increase Washington's strike capabilities in the Gulf region as Trump gives Tehran a two-month deadline...
As the civilian death toll climbs in Gaza, can the self-proclaimed peacemaker president get both sides back to the negotiating table?
The Trump administration green-lit a $100 million sale of air-to-air missiles for Saudi Arabia as the Pentagon weighs deployments of additional air...
Pentagon spokesman Sean Parnell stressed that the US has a "moral obligation to have a clear-cut end-state" for combat operations abroad, as well as...
Experts warn an expanded US strike campaign in Yemen is unlikely to deter the Houthis.
A new report reveals that the Houthis are incorporating Chinese-made hydrogen fuel cells into their drones, potentially improving their range and...
A new report reveals that the Houthis are incorporating Chinese-made hydrogen fuel cells into their drones, potentially improving their range and...
More than 70 people were killed and dozens more wounded in Syria in fighting between government security forces and militants loyal to deposed ruler...
A major Israeli offensive which over several weeks has displaced tens of thousands of Palestinians and ravaged refugee camps increasingly appears to...
Fierce fighting between Syrian security forces and gunmen loyal to deposed ruler Bashar al-Assad killed 48 people on Thursday, a war monitor said.The ...
A US delegation is set to be in Saudi Arabia next week, as confirmed by Trump's Middle East envoy Steve Witkoff in an effort to establish an initial...
The United States sent a third sortie of B-52 bombers over the Middle East this week after the aircraft carrier USS Truman returned to the Red Sea.
The Trump administration has rejected a joint Arab proposal for postwar Gaza out of hand, insisting on its plan to treat Gaza as a real estate...
Abandoning his prior stance, Elbridge Colby promised that if confirmed, he would provide US military options to the White House to prevent Iran from...
Riyadh seeks US support to establish a nuclear energy program along with formal defense guarantees from Washington.
Strategic bomber sorties come as the Donald Trump administration says it prefers to halt Iran’s uranium enrichment through diplomatic negotiations...
The US military signals continuity in the region as Saudi Arabia hosts Trump’s push for a dramatic reset with Russia over the Ukraine war.
US President Donald Trump announced plans Thursday for sweeping "reciprocal tariffs" hitting both allies and competitors, in a dramatic escalation of...
The ship's recent departure from the Red Sea has left Middle Eastern waters without a US aircraft carrier for the third time in 15 months.
WASHINGTON — The Trump administration formally notified Congress on Friday of more than $7.4 billion worth of munitions and guidance kits to Israel...
On his second trip abroad as Trump's secretary of state, Marco Rubio is expected to be in full damage-control mode after the president suggested the...
The opening shot of Trump's rebooted "maximum pressure" campaign against Iran comes after the president suggested this week that its leaders should...
Prior to the bilateral meeting, the White House tried to put a humane spin on Trump's proposal, which critics and experts have likened to ethnic...
Lawmakers vowed to challenge the takeover of the agency, with or without the support of Republicans members of Congress.
US funding to Lebanon's armed forces remained in limbo despite the State Department backpedaling on its near-total halt to foreign aid abroad.
The Senate Foreign Relations Committee chair says a stronger stance on Yemen's Houthi rebels will be part of Trump's renewed maximum pressure campaign...