Tag: Middle East

Ayman al-Zawahiri was hiding in a wealthy neighborhood of Kabul, Afghanistan, according to U.S. military officials.

The U.S. invaded Afghanistan in late 2001 to destroy al-Qaida, remove the Taliban from power and remake the nation. On Aug. 30, 2021, the U.S. completed a pullout of troops from Afghanistan, providing an uncertain punctuation mark to two decades of conflict.

The problem with these retreats is that they leave a path for malignant forces to expand their reach.

The collapse of the Afghan government and return of the Taliban regime took over news media coverage in the U.S. and worldwide this week. In their coverage, news outlets often focused on the same keywords: Afghanistan, Taliban and Biden appeared most often. In other ways, reports differed...

From the Center This viewpoint is from a writer rated Center. Seven years ago, when violence between Israelis and Palestinians last reached these levels, Israel was still a bipartisan issue in the U.S. Congress. But today, as bombs drop on Gaza, as rockets are fired toward Jerusalem and...

President Donald Trump addressed the nation Wednesday morning, saying the U.S. "is ready to embrace peace with all who seek it," after a series of missile strikes in the Middle East seemingly brought tensions between the U.S. and Iran to a head. A U.S. airstrike that killed Iranian Major...

President Donald Trump said he canceled previously secret negotiations with Taliban leaders after the group claimed a bombing that killed 12, including a U.S. service member, in Kabul last week. Most reporting focused primarily on fallout from the cancellation and a recap of recent Trump-...

Journalist Jamal Khashoggi, a Washington Post columnist and longtime critic of the regime in Saudi Arabia, was allegedly murdered at the Saudi consulate on October 2, sparking global outrage over human rights abuses at the hands of Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman. While Saudi Arabia has...