The meeting with King Abdullah II comes as Biden and his aides are working to broker another pause in Israel’s war against Hamas in order to send humanitarian aid
The strategic significance of the conflicts in Ukraine and the Middle East, the friction between the U.S. and China and the possible return of Trump make for a high-risk horizon
Moody’s has lowered the country’s credit rating for the first time in its history. Added to the enormous cost of mobilizing 300,000 reservists and accommodating 200,000 displaced people is the ‘significant’ risk of a large-scale conflict with Hezbollah
The raid was celebrated in Israel as a victory in the sluggish battle to free the hostages, with more than 100 captives still held by Hamas and other Gaza militants
Over one million Palestinians forcibly displaced to Gaza’s border with Egypt are surviving in increasingly inhumane conditions. Now, they face an Israeli military incursion with nowhere else to turn to
More than half of Gaza’s 2.3 million people are packed into Rafah, many after following Israeli evacuation orders that now cover two-thirds of the territory
Vice President Kamala Harris noted that Joe Biden’s two-day sit-down with special counsel Robert Hur occurred just after the Oct. 7 attack by Hamas on Israel
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is ignoring calls from the international community, including the United States, to avoid the humanitarian disaster that a military incursion in the southern Gaza area would entail
The Israeli army is intensifying attacks on Rafah in the south of the Strip, while Egypt and Qatar are attempting to bring the parties in the conflict closer to a ceasefire agreement
Mohammed ‘Abu Bakr’ al-Saadi was the commander in charge of Kataib Hezbollah’s operations in Syria. Officials suspect the militia led the drone strike that killed three U.S. troops in Jordan in late January
The ceremony comes after new Foreign Minister Stéphane Séjourné made his first trip to the Middle East, including Israel and the Palestinian territories, where he pushed for the release of the hostages
The Israeli prime minister described as ‘delusional’ the demands of the Islamist movement in exchange for the release of the 136 hostages in the Strip. ‘A lot of work remains to be done,’ said U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken
The U.S. Secretary of State began his fifth tour of the region on Monday after Washington struck targets in Iraq and Syria, where six U.S.-allied fighters were killed by pro-Iranian militias
Israel’s prime minister insists he will not accept a deal with Hamas ‘at any price’ as the Palestinian militia seeks prisoner releases and withdrawal of troops from the Strip
Tension has been rising since the latest Israel-Hamas war began in early October, with Iran-backed fighters intensifying attacks on U.S. military and international commercial interests in the region
The comments followed the defense minister’s warning that a cease-fire in Gaza against the militant group Hamas wouldn’t mean Israel wouldn’t attack its ally Hezbollah as needed