US warns Iran it will respond to attacks by Tehran allies in Iraq
The United States warned Iran on Tuesday it will “respond swiftly and decisively” to any attacks by Tehran’s allies in Iraq that result in injury…
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US threatens more Turkey sanctions if pastor not freed
Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin on Thursday said that the United States would levy more sanctions on the troubled Turkish economy if Ankara does not release…
Iran slams Trump’s tariffs decision targeting Turkey
Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Bahram Qassemi on Saturday criticized U.S. President Donald Trump’s decision to impose additional tariffs on Turkey. Qassemi said Turkey and the…
Israel ‘caught off guard’ by Trump’s offer to meet Iran’s Rouhani
President Donald Trump’s offer to hold talks with Iranian leader Hassan Rouhani has taken Israel’s intelligence community by surprise, Israel’s debkafile news website said. Israel’s diplomatic and intelligence services…
Fight for these State Department workers detained in Turkey
Henri J. Barkey is a professor of international relations at Lehigh University and a senior fellow for the Middle East at the Council on Foreign…
US releases $195M in military aid to Egypt that was previously withheld over human rights concerns
The Trump administration has released $195 million in military aid to Egypt, funds that had been previously withheld due to concerns over the country’s human…
Palestinian envoy says US peace plan ‘useless’
Palestine’s ambassador to the UN on Tuesday described a possible Israel-Palestine peace deal by the U.S. as “useless” as it ignored the issues of Jerusalem…
Iran after the Trump-Putin summit in Helsinki
The Middle East situation on the ground is significantly different in comparison to a short while ago. There were times when Iran sought to become…
Trump: Iran will seek fresh deal as looming sanctions hit economy
US President Donald Trump said Iran’s economic troubles were going to force it to seek a security deal with Washington following his withdrawal from a…
Saudi Arabia’s next oil move in spotlight after Trump call
US president Donald Trump has called on Saudi Arabia to increase oil production by an extra 2m barrels a day, as he tries to keep…