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Benjamin Netanyahu is building ties with anti-Iran Arab leaders from Riyadh to Doha and betting that a peace deal is no longer a necessary prerequisite for normalizing diplomatic ties.

Interest in the Horn of Africa from foreign powers has always been a double-edged sword.

The United States has the leverage needed to prevent Qatar from cozying up to Iran and the Muslim Brotherhood—if it’s willing to use it.

The United States and Arab governments have abandoned the Palestinian cause and believe they can browbeat Mahmoud Abbas into submission.

The showdown with Qatar is forcing all Middle Eastern countries to pick sides — and leaving two of them in the lurch.

Shady sports agents have taken a page from human traffickers. They’re luring young men to Europe with promises of fame and exploiting them instead.

Authoritarians are on the rise around the world, but history shows they’re mostly helpless.

The $30 billion pledged toward reconstruction in Iraq was more than some expected, but still short of the total needed to rebuild the country.

But strategic dialogues don’t come cheap.

The showdown in the Gulf shows no signs of ending. And there don’t seem to be any clear winners emerging.

Rainbow flags, political challengers, and citizenship laws are all in Cairo’s crosshairs.

The plight of the Rohingya is a rare moment of global unity for Muslim countries. But will that be enough to save them?

As Trump increasingly boxes in Tehran, U.S. allies should be worried about the potential for a devastating cyberattack from the Islamic Republic.

Dueling PR campaigns just reached a whole new level in the ongoing Gulf crisis.

It costs more to maintain the Pentagon’s military bands than to operate the al Udeid base.

A rare on-the-record interview gives a glimpse into the mind of America’s quietest diplomat-in-chief.

Doha argues its citizens are suffering as a result of the three-country blockade