After Iranian prime minister, Mohammad Mossadegh (1951-53), was overthrown in a U.S.-British coup, he stated: “I am aware that my fate must serve as an ...

President Biden is meeting with 9 leaders from the Middle East in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia — seeking to reassert U.S. leadership in the region, and stave off Chinese and Russian influence.

It "really does hurt the U.S., not just in…the Middle East but internationally, including in the United States," Vatanka told RFE/RL. At the same time, however, Russia's leverage in the Middle ...

Many tier 2 states, particularly Gulf powers with deep economic and military ties to the United States, were furious. The rule wasn’t just a matter of how many chips could be imported and by whom.

The Russian foreign minister emphasized that "the current unprecedented outburst of violence in the Middle East is largely a consequence of the well-known US policy in the region" UNITED NATIONS ...