List of Middle East and North Africa articles
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BRUSSELS, BELGIUM - MAY 25: US President, Donald Trump and British Prime Minister, Theresa May are pictured ahead of a photo opportunity of leaders as they arrive for a NATO summit meeting on May 25, 2017 in Brussels, Belgium. The North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) is made up of 28 countries. This year's summit is held at their new headquarters in Brussels. The US President Donald Trump will meet other leaders to discuss NATO taking a greater role in the fight against ISIS. (Photo by Dan Kitwood/Getty Images) SitRep: Trump Stomps Feet in Brussels; U.S. Avoids Responsibility in Mosul Strike; Russian Military Buildup;
New AUMF Floated; Kushner in FBI’s Sights; Pyongyang’s Rocket Men; and Lots More
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A man carries a young girl who was injured in a reported barrel-bomb attack by government forces on June 3, 2014 in Kallaseh district in the northern city of Aleppo. Some 2,000 civilians, including more than 500 children, have been killed in regime air strikes on rebel-held areas of Aleppo since January, many of them in barrel bomb attacks. AFP PHOTO / BARAA AL-HALABI (Photo credit should read BARAA AL-HALABI/AFP/Getty Images) The U.S. Is Helping Allies Hide Civilian Casualties in Iraq and Syria
The Pentagon is doing its partners in the anti-Islamic State campaign a favor, at the expense of its own transparency.
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Jakarta's Governor Basuki Tjahaja Purname, also known as Ahok, arrives for his court hearing in Jakarta on April 20, 2017. The first Christian to govern the capital in more than 50 years, Purnama is on trial accused of blasphemy over remarks he made about the Koran. / AFP PHOTO / POOL / Tatan Syuflana (Photo credit should read TATAN SYUFLANA/AFP/Getty Images) The Islamic World Has a Blasphemy Problem
How have such bad laws gotten on the books in Muslim countries? It's complicated.
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JERUSALEM, ISRAEL - MAY 23: (ISRAEL OUT) US President Donald Trump (L) and Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu shake hands after delivering a speech during a visit to the Israel Museum on May 23, 2017 in Jerusalem, Israel. U.S. President Donald Trump spend his second and final day visited Mahmoud Abbas in Bethlehem, then visit the Yad Vashem Holocaust memorial and delivering an address at the Israel Museum, both in Jerusalem, before departing for the Vatican. (Photo by Lior Mizrahi/Getty Images) Trump’s Plan for Middle East Peace Could Actually Work
If only the president were willing to put some effort into it.
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trump netanyahu Israel Changed Intelligence Sharing With U.S. After Trump Comments to Russians
The United States’ closely ally in the Middle East did a “spot repair” following the president’s decision to overshare.
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iranmajd Iran Just Proved Trump Wrong
The gravest extremist threat in the Middle East isn't the nation that just voted overwhelmingly for peaceful coexistence with the international community.
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EAST SEA - JULY 26: (EDITORS NOTE: Image has been reviewed by U.S. Military prior to transmission.) In this handout image provided by the U.S. Navy, U.S. Navy and South Korean ships sail in a 13-ship formation led by the Los Angeles-class attack submarine USS Tuscon (SSN 770) on July 26, 2010 in the East Sea off of the Korean peninsula. The United States and South Korea are conducting the combined alliance maritime and air readiness exercise "Invincible Spirit" in the seas east of the Korean peninsula from July 25-28, 2010. This is the first in a series of joint military exercises that will occur over the coming months in the East and West Seas. The exercise, the first joint drill after the sinking of the South Korean corvette Cheonan in March 2010, has drawn condemnation from Pyongyang, North Korea. (Photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Adam K. Thomas/U.S. Navy via Getty Images) SitRep: Trump Talks Nuke Carrier Locations; Former CIA Boss Lays Out Elex Worries; Nikki Haley’s Foreign Policy
Everyone Rips Trump’s Defense Budget; Pentagon Finally Gets Some Staffers; More on Manchester; Air Force Keeps Planes, Navy Gets No New Ships in Budget, And Lots More
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Bracelets bearing portraits of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad (R), his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin (L) and Hassan Nasrallah (C) the leader of the Lebanese Shiite movement Hezbollah, are displayed at a handicrafts shop in the Syrian capital, Damascus, on February 4, 2016. Syrian government troops moved closer to encircling rebels in the country's second city Aleppo, threatening a total siege after cutting their main supply line. / AFP / JOSEPH EID (Photo credit should read JOSEPH EID/AFP/Getty Images) Are the U.S. and Iran on a Collision Course in Syria?
With Iran and its Shiite proxies determined to thwart American influence in Syria, Washington could soon find itself fighting a second front.
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JERUSALEM, ISRAEL - MAY 23: (ISRAEL OUT) In this handout photo provided by the Israel Government Press Office (GPO), Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks with US President Donald Trump prior to the President's departure from Ben Gurion International Airport in Tel Aviv on May 23, 2017 in Jerusalem, Israel. Trump arrived for a 28-hour visit to Israel and the Palestinian Authority areas on his first foreign trip since taking office in January. (Photo by Kobi Gideon/GPO via Getty Images) Donald Trump Playacts Peace in the Middle East
On his first visit to Israel, the president stressed his “personal commitment” to ending the country’s conflict with the Palestinians but did nothing to prove it.
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A picture taken on May 21, 2017 shows US Ambassador to the UN Nikki Haley (L) meeting with Syrian refugee students in the Jordanian capital Amman. / AFP PHOTO / AP POOL / Raad Adayleh (Photo credit should read RAAD ADAYLEH/AFP/Getty Images) At Odds With Trump, Nikki Haley Charts Her Own Foreign-Policy Path
Trump’s U.N. envoy travels to Middle East to highlight needs of Syrian refugees while White House presses budget cuts that could harm them.
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oh you two Netanyahu, Abbas, and Trump Agree on Need for Peace, But Not Much Else
Before meeting Pope Francis, the president admits peace could indeed be difficult to achieve.
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US President Donald Trump (R) and Qatar's Emir Sheikh Tamim Bin Hamad Al-Thani take part in a bilateral meeting at a hotel in Riyadh on May 21, 2017. / AFP PHOTO / MANDEL NGAN (Photo credit should read MANDEL NGAN/AFP/Getty Images) Qatar Needs to Do Its Part
The tiny emirate is a two-faced friend.
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GettyImages-603118702crop Russia’s Hearts-and-Minds Campaign in Syria Is Aimed at Home
The country's latest humanitarian efforts in the Middle East are designed to win over its own increasingly testy Muslims.
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UNIVERSAL CITY, CA - JANUARY 17: Fox Network logo is displayed during the 2005 Television Critics Winter Press Tour at the Hilton Universal Hotel on January 17, 2005 in Universal City, California. (Photo by Frederick M. Brown/Getty Images) *** Local Caption *** Fox The Seth Rich ‘Scandal’ Shows That Fox News Is Morally Bankrupt
The network I once respected as a necessary antidote to liberal media now peddles craven lies and Russian disinformation.
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trump and bibi Israel Won’t Let Trump’s Stumbles Get in the Way of Good Relations With Washington
Netanyahu said, "intelligence cooperation is terrific." And that was after Trump seemed to confirm he shared classified information.
