Dubai: When Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu arrived at the White House for a private dinner with Donald Trump on Monday, he brought with him a gesture that was both highly symbolic and ...

They were built to drop nukes in Europe—not fly over desert warzones. But in 1991, six aging Blackburn Buccaneers were yanked ...

As the Middle East teeters on the edge of another potential war, the Israel–Iran confrontation has escalated into ...

The Israel-Iran conflict has shown that Central Asia’s bid for strategic autonomy is deeply fragile. In a world of unraveling ...

NPR's Leila Fadel asks Hussein Ibish, senior resident scholar at the Arab Gulf States Institute, about Gaza ceasefire talks and the appointment of a new Hamas leader in Gaza.

JAMES JEFFREY served as a Foreign Service Officer in seven U.S. administrations, including, during the first Trump ...

For the first time in three decades, America today enjoys unrivaled hegemony over the Middle East—giving the Trump ...

It is more secure from threats than at any time since its founding. But the war in Gaza, and attacks on Iran and Lebanon, ...

Gulf oil powers are emerging as key LNG players, leveraging rising consumer demand to justify strategic global gas ...

From sea to shining sea, music has defined how Americans see themselves -- and their country. On the Fourth of July, these ...

Once fierce advocates of military action against Tehran, Gulf countries now call for restraint and diplomacy. No longer ...

Critics feared it would plunge the Middle East into a wider war. That doomsday scenario has not come to pass, at least for ...