There is no duty for any government more fundamental than protecting its people. The Constitution speaks of the “common ...

When Rep. Adam Smith asked his counterpart from across the Cascades to join him on a trip to Iraq, the Democrat from Bellevue got a response he hadn't often heard before. "I told him, 'Adam, I would ...

Syria, Yemen and 11 other impoverished countries, many of them struggling with conflict, according to the organization and officials who spoke to The Associated Press. The World Food Program ...

The following is the April 17, 2025, Congressional Research Service In Focus report, Yemen: Conflict, Red Sea Attacks, and ...

DANA STROUL is Director of Research at the Washington Institute for Near East Policy and served as U.S. Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for the Middle East from February 2021 to February 2024.

A rare opportunity for Lebanon and Syria to repair their relations and move beyond decades of political domination and ...

Amid a roiling Middle East, the Trump administration is trying to figure out how Syria’s new leader fits into an “America ...

The US military has stepped up its airstrikes against ISIS in Somalia and launched an intensive bombing campaign against the ...

Israel developed plans for attacking Iranian nuclear facilities that would have required U.S. assistance. But some ...

The Associated Press reported Monday that the Trump administration cut funding to WFP emergency programs helping keep ...

One Syria program offering food to starving pregnant people and ... And all U.S. humanitarian aid to Afghanistan and Yemen ...

A Turkish official says Turkey and Israel have held technical talks aimed at preventing conflict between their troops in ...