Pence to visit Israel, Egypt in December
DALLAS – Vice President Mike Pence announced Wednesday that he will travel to Israel and Egypt in late December, and said the U.S. will redirect…
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Saudi foreign minister says backs Trump’s stance on Iran
LONDON (Reuters) – Saudi Arabia supports U.S. President Donald Trump’s stance on Iran after he decided not to certify that Tehran is complying with a…
Dubai startup raises $1.5m
Derq aims to make cars smarter and recently raised $1.5 million in seed funding from Techstars Mobility Accelerator. In addition to growing its team and opening…
Iran Is Flying One of America’s Most Powerful Fighter Jets
One of the ironies of the bitter relations between the Iran and the United States today is that half a century ago they were the…
Trump’s Iran-deal move is all about restoring US credibility
Defenders of the Iran nuclear deal have settled on a narrative. From high-ranking Democratic senators to European ambassadors to Iranian diplomats and newspaper editorial pages,…
Erdogan calls for allies to ‘respect’ Turkey
ERBIL, Kurdistan Region – Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has asked allies for mutual respect in the midst of a diplomatic spat with the United…
Tillerson seeks Arab help in US effort to isolate Iran
DOHA, Qatar — U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson took the Trump administration’s case for isolating and containing Iran in the Middle East and beyond…
What impact will Raqqa’s fall have on Syria’s complex war?
BEIRUT, Lebanon (AFP) — The Islamic State group’s former Syrian stronghold Raqqa has been captured, dealing the jihadists another severe blow, but how does the…
U.S. Tried and Failed to Stave Off Iraq’s Advance on the Kurds
The U.S. nearly brokered a deal last weekend to avert the current crisis over the disputed city of Kirkuk, where Iraqi forces and some Iranian-supported…
Here’s How to Pull Turkey Back From the Brink
Since its founding nearly a century ago, Turkey’s foreign policy goal has been summed up in a simple phrase: “No problems with our neighbors.” But…