By SHARMINE NARWANI • March 15, 2017 The USS McCampbell and aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan in the Persian Gulf. (Wikimedia Commons) BEIRUT—After weeks of saber-rattling over Iran as the “number one terrorist state” …
Saudi Arabia hailed a “historical turning point” in U.S.-Saudi relations after a meeting between U.S. President Donald Trump and Deputy Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman highlighted the two leaders’ shared view that Iran posed …
By Tuvan Gumrukcu and Thomas Escritt | ANKARA/ROTTERDAM The Netherlands barred Turkish ministers from speaking in Rotterdam on Saturday in a row over Ankara’s political campaigning among Turkish emigres, leading President Tayyip Erdogan to …
By Shadia Nasralla | VIENNA Four planned Turkish political meetings in Austria were canceled on Friday in the latest signs of unease across Europe over a series of campaign events to rally support among …
By THOMAS GROVE in Moscow and RORY JONES in Tel Aviv March 9, 2017 12:11 p.m. ET Russian President Vladimir Putin held talks Thursday with visiting Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, amid concern in …
A bill that would regulate the traditional use of loudspeakers for the Muslim call to prayer passed its first legislative hurdle in Israel’s Parliament on Wednesday, provoking frustration and anger among some Arab lawmakers. …
Trump administration officials are split over strategy for pushing militant group out of its Syria stronghold Syrians collected aid at a makeshift camp for displaced people on Wednesday near the northern town of Manbij. …
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Few cities on earth can compete with Dubai for sheer verticality. Once a forgettable port alongside the emptiness of the Arabian desert, its pale sands have proved fertile ground …
A U.S. Navy ship changed course toward Iranian Revolutionary Guard vessels in the Strait of Hormuz on Saturday, a guard commander was quoted as saying on Wednesday while issuing a warning. A U.S. official …
The Syrian army and its allies have captured the main water pumping station that supplies Aleppo in a sweeping advance against Islamic State that has brought them to the bank of the Euphrates, a …