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Middle East

President Donald Trump is expected to pull the United States out of the Iran nuclear agreement on May 12. Tehran signed the

There have been coups and revolutions, external invasions and proxy conflicts, but the Middle East hasn’t seen a head-to-head war between major

It is not always easy to guess at President Trump’s decisions, but he currently seems to have two options in dealing with

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday revealed a cache of files he claims were obtained from Iran and prove Tehran ran

Falling towers Jerusalem Athens Alexandria Vienna London Unreal T.S. Eliot, The Waste Land In world politics, some perils are deservedly worrisome

Iran’s president lashed out at the United States on Monday and threatened to immediately reboot nuclear efforts if Washington walks away from

Moscow met the limited American-led airstrikes against Syria before dawn on Saturday with plenty of bluster and heated rhetoric, starting with an

On April 13, 2018, the United States attacked Syria over its alleged use of chemical weapons. This attack came as a surprise

President Donald Trump’s outrage over another apparent chemical weapons attack by Syrian President Bashar al-Assad was clear. And for the second time

James Mattis, the US defense secretary, has said Washington is still looking for evidence on who carried out Saturday’s chemical weapons attack

Although Israel seeks to make its own destiny in all military matters, Donald Trump is pushing America toward a superpower nuclear confrontation

The United States has vowed to respond to the Syrian government’s alleged use of chemical weapons against the rebel-held town of Douma