List of Middle East and North Africa articles
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US Defense Secretary James Mattis (C) talks with a German (R) and a Lithuanian soldier as he meets with US troops deployed in Lithuania, with representatives of the Lithuanian Armed Forces, and with soldiers of the NATO enhanced Forward Presence Battalion Battlegroup in Lithuania at the General Silvestras ukauskas Training Area in Pabrad? on May 10, 2017. US Defence Secretary James Mattis holds talks with Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaite and defence ministers from the trio of Baltic NATO states where the alliance is deploying battle groups for the first time as tripwires against possible Russian adventurism. / AFP PHOTO / Petras Malukas (Photo credit should read PETRAS MALUKAS/AFP/Getty Images) SitRep: Trump Offers New Story on Comey Firing; President Confuses the Navy, Conjures F-35 Mission Over Tokyo; More Afghan Trouble
Mattis Supports Turkey; Russia Buzzes U.S. Spy Plane; Germany Careful About Increasing ISIS Fight
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GettyImages-655699066 SitRep: Comey Saga Just Beginning; Flynn Subpoenaed; Turks Warn Washington to Stay Clear of Kurds
Congress Wants Navy in South China Sea; CIA partners With South Koreans; Pentagon Helping Turkey target PKK; UAE Ships Planes to Libya
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rouhaniplane Flying Iran’s Friendly Skies to Victory
President Hassan Rouhani's overhaul of his country’s rickety airlines is a centerpiece of his re-election campaign. But will Donald Trump get in the way?
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WASHINGTON, DC - MAY 10: Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov (C) leaves the White House May 10, 2017 in Washington, DC. Lavrov met with U.S. President Donald Trump to discuss Ukraine, Syria and other bilaterial subjects, according to the White House. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images) Trump Should Not Have Met with Russia’s Foreign Minister
Way to give Vladimir Putin exactly what he wants, Mr. President.
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WASHINGTON, DC - MAY 3: Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, James Comey testifies in front of the Senate Judiciary Committee during an oversight hearing on the FBI on Capitol Hill May 3, 2017 in Washington, DC. Comey is expected to answer questions about Russian involvement into the 2016 presidential election. (Photo by Eric Thayer/Getty Images) SitRep: Comey Sacked; Russia At The White House; Arms For the Kurds; NATO Readies for Big Russian Exercise
North Korea Threatens U.S. Sub; France Ready For Kremlin Hackers; Baltics Looking for More American Help; The German Army’s Extremism Problem; And Lots More
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A member of the US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), made up of an alliance of Arab and Kurdish fighters, monitors in the town of Tabqa, about 55 kilometres (35 miles) west of Raqa city, on April 30, 2017, as they advance in their battle for the Islamic State group's stronghold. US-backed fighters have captured 80 percent of Syria's Tabqa from the Islamic State group, a monitor said on May 1, a week after they first entered the town. / AFP PHOTO / DELIL SOULEIMAN (Photo credit should read DELIL SOULEIMAN/AFP/Getty Images) Trump’s Plan to Arm Kurds Lays Bare the Strategic Vacuum in Syria
The administration’s plan to retake Raqqa from the Islamic State could further inflame tensions between Washington, Ankara, and Tehran.
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true druzhba Mr. Lavrov Comes to Washington
Will progress be made on Ukraine, Syria, or U.S.-Russian relations?
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Members of the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), one holding ammunition, stand on a street in the northern Syrian town of Manbij on August 7, 2016, as they comb the city in search of the last remaining jihadists, a day after they retook it from the Islamic State group. A coalition of Arab and Kurd fighters on August 6, 2016 seized the Islamic State (IS) group stronghold of Manbij, two months after launching an operation to capture the strategic city in northern Syria, a monitor said. The town had served as a key transit point along IS's supply route from the Turkish border to Raqa, the de facto capital of its self-styled Islamic "caliphate". / AFP / DELIL SOULEIMAN (Photo credit should read DELIL SOULEIMAN/AFP/Getty Images) SitRep: Trump Backing Kurds in Syria; Taliban Taking More Ground; U.S. Casualties Rise In Afghanistan, Iraq, Somalia
Pentagon About to Spend Big in Asia, French Hacks; Saudis About to Spend on U.S. Weapons; Taiwan Arms Sale in Question; White House Turns Down North Korea Tough Talk
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iceberg crop This Country Wants to Tow Icebergs From Antarctica to the Middle East
As early as 2018.
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Tourists visit the ancient hilltop fortress of Masada in the Judean desert on April 21, 2014. Masada, a ruined desert fortress steeped in myth, symbolism and controversy, is an archaeological site seen by many as an emblem of Israel's fighting spirit two millennia after 960 Jews are believed to have committed suicide on the isolated, wind-swept plateau rather than surrender to the Romans. AFP PHOTO/THOMAS COEX (Photo credit should read THOMAS COEX/AFP/Getty Images) The Irony of Trump’s Trip to Masada and the Hard Road to Peace
The president’s strategy for a peace between Israel and the Palestinians appears to be one of “outside in."
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KOBANE, SYRIA - JUNE 20: (TURKEY OUT) A Kurdish People's Protection Units, or YPG fighters sit near a check point in the outskirts of the destroyed Syrian town of Kobane, also known as Ain al-Arab, Syria. June 20, 2015. Kurdish fighters with the YPG took full control of Kobane and strategic city of Tal Abyad, dealing a major blow to the Islamic State group's ability to wage war in Syria. Mopping up operations have started to make the town safe for the return of residents from Turkey, after more than a year of Islamic State militants holding control of the town. (Photo by Ahmet Sik/Getty Images) Trump to Tell Turkey: We’re Going to Take Raqqa With the Kurds
The White House is poised to greenlight an Obama administration plan to seize the last bastion of the Islamic State in Syria.
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mosulrebuild Here’s How We’re Building a Better Mosul
I know it can be hard to look past the destruction wrought by the Islamic State, but together we can build a peaceful, prosperous city.
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A US soldier stands guard near the site of a US bombing during an operation against Islamic State (IS) militants in the Achin district of Nangarhar province on April 15, 2017. Afghan authorities April 15 reported a jump in fatalities from the American military's largest non-nuclear bomb, declaring some 90 Islamic State fighters dead, as US-led forces conducted clean-up operations over their mountain hideouts. Dubbed the "Mother Of All Bombs", the GBU-43/B Massive Ordnance Air Blast was unleashed in combat for the first time April 12, hitting IS positions in a remote area of eastern Nangarhar province. / AFP PHOTO / NOORULLAH SHIRZADA (Photo credit should read NOORULLAH SHIRZADA/AFP/Getty Images) SitRep: No More U.S. Combat Troops in Iraq; Troop Surge Expected in Afghanistan; Russia Bans U.S. Flights in Syria
Pentagon Admits it Hit Mosque; Navy Officer Not a Spy; Moscow Dispatches Elite Units to Syria; Assad Still Producing Chemical Weapons; Congress Approves New North Korea Sanctions
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Trump Takes the Global Stage
With upcoming trips to Europe and the Middle East, what can we expect from these high-profile and greatly anticipated meetings?
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Screen Shot 2017-05-04 at 3.44.09 PM Putin Has a New Secret Weapon in Syria: Chechens
The quiet deployment of roughly 1,000 Muslim special forces from Russia’s southern regions shows that Moscow is serious about upping its ground game in Syria.
