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The 2020 agreements addressed diplomacy and commerce, not conflicts or the Palestinians. Predictions that the deals would ...

The move follows a meeting last week of 30 governments, including the United States, to counter Hezbollah's illicit activities.The post Beirut bans all financial dealings with Hezbollah bank appeared ...

A video clip circulating on social media in recent months shows Syria’s new president, Ahmed al-Shara, astride a handsome ...

Syrian activist Shadi Martini tells lobby new president called peace with Israel a 'unique opportunity'; Gulf journalist ...

Houthi rebels in Yemen have launched a violent new wave of attacks on ships in the Red Sea, sinking two vessels and killing ...

BEIRUT— Not to mention the progress of U.S. envoy Thomas Barrack’s proposal aimed at disarming Hezbollah, it goes without ...

"The president is certainly hopeful that more countries in the region will sign on to the Abraham Accords," said White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt.

Trump’s Syria strategy aims to enable US military withdrawal while weakening Iran’s influence, pressuring Hezbollah, and balancing regional alliances, though internal contradictions and Israeli ...

For the first time in decades, Iran’s stranglehold on the Middle East has been broken. The Iran-backed network that nearly succeeded in encircling Israel — Hezbollah, Hamas, the Houthis, Iraqi ...

An Abraham Accords-centric approach tailors the Cold War-era “containment” strategy that George F. Kennan formulated to the Middle East, with Iran standing in for the Soviet Union.