Middle East

A United Nations program passes on rebel coordinates to Russia. Its bombs do the rest.

Avigdor Lieberman could determine whether Benjamin Netanyahu gets another term. What does he want?   

Then-U.S. secretary of state feared too much winning would make Israel harder to influence.

The U.S. president’s maximum pressure campaign on Iran is creating strange bedfellows in Congress.

From Princess Haya to Sheikha Latifa, our top reads on why the Gulf’s rich and famous want out.

With the war in Yemen stalemated, the UAE has started pulling back—leaving its powerful ally holding the bag.

The Trump administration’s nonresponse to Iranian aggression has sent an unmistakable message.

The country has hosted the most refugees per capita in the world—and it’s now out of patience.

The bipartisan bill follows the revelation that a longtime Trump advisor was pushing for lucrative nuclear deals with Riyadh.

A single administrative act could put the Trump administration on a path toward a new nuclear deal with Tehran.

From a trade war with China to women’s rights around the world, here’s what has captured our readers’ attention in the first half of the year.

The blame for Ankara’s antagonistic stance to Washington lies with both sides, a product of decades of misunderstandings.

Trump’s hawkish national security advisor may be losing credibility fast as the president pushes diplomacy, observers say.

Maximum pressure could still deliver strategic outcomes.

The abrupt evacuation in May left hundreds of diplomats in limbo and too few in Iraq to handle Iran’s influence and other pressing issues, according to State Department sources.

A political program that does not envision statehood for the Palestinians could reverse the Gulf Arab states’ tentative warming toward Israel.

After years of bloody warfare, it’s time to recognize what the Syrian dictator rules over: a chronically violent and chaotic failed state.

Sheikh Mohammed's wife has fled her home—and that may just be the beginning of his troubles.