DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Israel and Iran appeared to back away from further strikes Monday, hours after they traded fire for the first time since the U.S. agreed to a ceasefire with Tehran…

RAMALLAH, West Bank (AP) — Ceasefires have been announced, often to great fanfare, in Gaza, Lebanon and Iran. So why is there still so much fighting? In just the last few weeks, Israeli forces have…

When President Trump attacked Iran on Feb. 28, we called his decision reckless. He went to war without seeking congressional approval or the support of most allies. He offered thin and contradictory justifications to the…

As the tenuous two-week ceasefire with Tehran wobbles already, there is a new reality in the Middle East. But it’s not the one President Donald Trump thought he would achieve when he started the Iran…

The U.S. war on Iran has exposed the mounting costs to President Donald Trump’s solo foreign policymaking, driven by whim and unchecked by strategic planning or competent advisers. Apparently, the president never foresaw Iran’s willingness…

Well, that didn’t take long. I just bought what will probably be my last reasonably priced fill-up for a while. It happens every time we start a war in the Middle East. I topped off…

The weekend attack on Iran by the United States and Israel can be viewed not as the start of a new war, but rather a fresh battle in the four-decade war on terror, of which…

Saturday’s campaign by the United States and Israel to rid the world of Iran’s despotic leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, has turned into a full-fledged war and is growing by the hour. President Donald Trump said…

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iranian officials reached out to the wider Middle East on Wednesday over the threat of a possible U.S. military strike on the country, while the value of Iran’s currency…

WASHINGTON — The U.S. military command responsible for the Middle East will play a role in Gaza’s transition once a peace deal is finalized, though American troops aren’t intended to be deployed on the ground…