Why the Rafah entry was delayed, where the heavy bombs withheld by the White House are located, and how Jerusalem persuaded ...

DENNIS ROSS is Counselor at the Washington Institute for Near East Policy and a Professor at Georgetown University. A former ...

Netanyahu arrived in Washington D.C. ahead of an extensive series of meetings with Trump this week to discuss the ethnic ...

After over a year of conflict, a truce between Israel and Hamas has brought temporary relief, though peace remains fragile. Israeli PM Netanyahu, ahead of a crucial meeting with Trump, is optimistic ...

Trump, like any U.S. President, has leverage if he is willing to use it. American weapons— $18 billion in military aid in the ...

Middle East Highlights: Israel’s Cease-Fire Deal With Hamas to Take Effect Sunday The truce will begin at 8:30 a.m., according to the Foreign Ministry of Qatar, a mediator in the talks. U.S. and ...

An Israeli army APC moves in the Gaza Strip as seen from southern Israel on Thursday, Jan. 16, 2025. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit) ...

TEL AVIV, Israel — The Israel-Hamas war in Gaza, which may now be drawing to a close, has dramatically reshaped much of the Middle East and is still delivering aftershocks. When Hamas launched ...

And President-elect Trump had warned that “all hell will break out in the Middle East” if Hamas does not release the hostages before he assumes office on Jan. 20. Qatari mediators worked on ...

Even before the ceasefire in Gaza Donald Trump had begun to reshape the Middle East. He was influential in ... as his ticket to a Nobel peace prize. Map: The Economist The agenda of right-wing ...

With an active American role, both might be achieved, in turn transforming the Middle East. President-elect Donald Trump will enter office with that outcome as a real possibility. But he also ...

We asked Scott Lucas, an expert in the Middle East conflict at University College Dublin, to explain the key issues that have led to the agreement and what it means for the future of the region.