Middle East

Full speed ahead: SecDef Lloyd Austin ordered the acceleration of a carrier strike group headed to the Middle East in defense of Israeli and U.S. troops in the region, the...

LONDON  —  Iran “will bear responsibility” for any attacks against Israel which “would further escalate regional tensions” and jeopardize the chance of a cease-fire and hostage-release deal, the leaders of...

Israel’s military attacked a school sheltering displaced Palestinians in Gaza City early Saturday, killing around a hundred civilians, according to reports. Israel said it was targeting Hamas militants. “The death...

The European Jewish Association (EJA) is taking legal action against Belgian magazine Humo and writer Herman Brusselmans following a column published Sunday, accusing the publication and author of “incitement to...

It’s tempting to believe that the latest escalation in the Middle East, which threatens once again to engulf the entire region in war, killed the prospects of a long-term cease-fire...

First, the U.S. Defense Department redirected the USS Abraham Lincoln carrier strike group from the Pacific to the Middle East, relieving the USS Theodore Roosevelt. Then, the Pentagon sent more...

France on Sunday called on its nationals in Lebanon to urgently leave the country, amid heightened fears of a regional war in the Middle East following the killing of Hezbollah...

The British government on Saturday urged U.K. nationals in Lebanon to leave the country immediately amid growing fears of a regional war after the killing of Hamas and Hezbollah leaders...

PARIS — The man who could steer the United States’ security policy under a Kamala Harris presidency speaks four European languages, wrote his thesis on Charles de Gaulle and even...

A pair of high-profile assassinations has pushed the Middle East closer to the brink of a wider regional war and upended high-stakes cease-fire and hostage negotiations over the war in...