NYT fails to note critic of new Middle East watchdog is funded by Saudi Arabia and the UAE
The new group, Democracy for the Arab World Now, intends to carry on Jamal Khashoggi’s legacy of pushing for reform in the region.
The new group, Democracy for the Arab World Now, intends to carry on Jamal Khashoggi’s legacy of pushing for reform in the region.
Defense Minister Benny Gantz was in Washington this week asking for an upgrade to maintain Israel’s regional military edge.
Despite bipartisan efforts in Congress to withdraw US support for the Saudi-led coalition, the Trump administration continues to add fuel to Yemen’s fire.
Foreseeing a battle to re-engage Iran in a potential Biden administration, more than a dozen progressive groups sent a letter to Capitol Hill calling on House Democrats to dig in.
Most Americans are likely unaware that US combat operations have taken place not only in Afghanistan, Iraq, and Syria, but also in 21 other nations since President George W. Bush announced a global war on terror.
Despite Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s denials, sale of the F-35 to the UAE appears to have been at least tangentially part of the recent Israel-UAE deal on normalizing relations.
If nothing else highlights the absurdity of the U.S. effort to “snapback” sanctions on Iran at the UN, it’s a quote from Mike Pompeo himself back in 2018.
Hawkish pro-Israel groups spent big trying to unseat Democratic candidates whom they viewed aren’t sufficiently supportive of Israel, and they lost big — perhaps marking a seismic shift in the domestic politics of U.S. Middle East policy.
The Saudis appear to be abandoning an agreement they made with the Bush administration that they would not pursue enrichment and reprocessing.
The fact that two of the three contenders for the top-spot on the committee opposed the Iran nuclear deal signals that there is a lot at stake.
Reps. Ro Khanna (D) and Andy Biggs (R) announced that when possible, they plan to travel to Seoul to meet with South Korean President Moon Jae-in.
Despite widespread calls to modestly reduce the Pentagon’s overflowing coffers to confront other priorities during a pandemic, Congress carries on with business as usual.