Trump accepted that Iran was not Iraq. Few argue that our experiment of imposing a democratic government on Islamic nations failed. Neither Afghanistan nor Iraq evolved into anything resembling a free ...

Trump seemed to be flirting with isolationism, but his support for Israel and Ukraine is a sage return to battle-tested ...

Two ayatollahs in Iran have called for U.S. President Donald Trump to be killed. The key question is not how seriously this ...

The world looked on in horror when, on June 21, US warplanes carried out a massive air strike against Iran. This included the ...

It is part of a larger process in which the PKK is moving to lay down its arms.In May, the PKK said it would lay down its ...

The more relevant comparison than Bush the younger is Barack Obama. This might be surprising, since Trump has dedicated much of his political career to erasing Obama’s legacy (though the grudge match ...

Intelligence about nuclear programs, such as the one in Iran, includes a lot of uncertainty—and always has a political ...

The Ain al-Asad base has so far hosted the bulk of American forces in Iraq, which are part of the international coalition ...

A majority of Israelis want an end to the fighting in return for the release of hostages, while right-wing members of the ...

The U.N. General Assembly adopted a resolution Monday over U.S. objections calling on Afghanistan’s Taliban rulers to reverse ...

The holy day is when Shiite Muslims commemorate the martyrdom of Imam Hussein, grandson of the Prophet Muhammad. The annual pilgrimage is one of the largest religious events in the Shiite world.

JAMES JEFFREY served as a Foreign Service Officer in seven U.S. administrations, including, during the first Trump ...