Tag: Middle East and North Africa

Welcome back to Foreign Policy’s SitRep. Here’s what’s on tap for the day: Trump fires much of the National Security Council, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu may be ready to ...

A fifth round of nuclear talks between Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi and U.S. special envoy Steve Witkoff concluded in Rome last week with “some but not conclusive” progress, the ...

The dust is now settling on U.S. President Donald Trump’s tour of the Middle East. Trump visited Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, and Qatar in the first scheduled foreign ...

Welcome back to Foreign Policy’s Situation Report, where, among other storylines, we’re watching what appears to be a quiet but quick sidelining of Elon Musk by U.S. President Donald Trump ...

U.S. President Donald Trump’s trip to the Persian Gulf last week was all about big wins and sweet deals that he could tout to his base back in the United ...

A few weeks after taking the oath of office in 2021, U.S. President Joe Biden appeared at the State Department to give the first foreign-policy address of his new administration. ...

The Israeli government said its new ground offensive in Gaza is meant to raise pressure on Hamas to release the remaining hostages captured in the Oct. 7, 2023, attacks. But ...

Sometimes, the significance of a news event can be measured by the degree to which the mainstream media downplays or ignores it altogether. This appeared to be the case this ...

The Trump administration has been especially active on Middle East policy this past week. It reestablished U.S. ties with Syria, continued nuclear talks with Iran, and negotiated the release of ...

During his first term, U.S. President Donald Trump’s policy toward Israel was typified by strong support for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his agenda. But recent actions by Trump on ...