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Iranian state media boasted on Tuesday that Tehran has successfully inked an oil and gas deal with a top Italian

Roll Call reported Thursday that lawmakers are preparing a series of steps aimed at reasserting Congressional oversight over the final contours

Tensions deepened on Thursday between the White House and Congress over the Obama administration’s diplomacy toward Iran, after the Wall

Iranian officials over the weekend and into Monday issued a series of statements emphasizing hostility toward the United States, days

Hezbollah has set up a “security zone” along the length of the Syria-Lebanon border – and has staffed it with

The Fatah faction of Palestinian Authority (PA) President Mahmoud Abbas called on Palestinians to stage a “day of rage” in

A prominent American-born Jewish activist was the victim of an assassination attempt in Jerusalem late on Wednesday, the latest in a

Egypt on Tuesday announced that it would create a 500 meter buffer zone along the border between the country’s Sinai

Al Arabiya on Monday (link in Arabic) cataloged  a series of concessions that the Obama administration is rumored to have made

Coordinated attacks on Egyptian army positions in the northern Sinai Peninsula killed at least 33 security personnel on Friday, prompting

Lawmakers from both Congressional chambers and both parties continued on Wednesday and Thursday to blast the Obama administration over reports

A Palestinian terrorist on Wednesday killed a three month old baby and injured at least 8 other Israelis, plowing into them with

Top Democratic lawmakers on Tuesday blasted the Obama administration for reportedly planning to circumvent Congress in securing a nuclear deal

The State Department scrambled on Monday to respond to a weekend New York Times scoop revealing that the Obama administration

The Palestinians will submit a resolution within weeks to the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) demanding that Israel be made

Palestinian Authority (PA) President Mahmoud Abbas on Wednesday openly mocked boasts still being floated by top figures from the Palestinian

Major outlets and wires focused Wednesday on the dynamics of talks between the P5+1 global powers and Iran – per Agence France-Presse

The Obama administration was pressed on Tuesday to respond to statements from Iranian officials – most recently this weekend from

A Wall Street Journal op-ed published Monday revealed that an upcoming London forum will bring together Iranian firms with a

Speculation continues to deepen surrounding last Monday’s mysterious explosion at Iran’s Parchin military base, where it is widely believed –

Reuters reported Thursday that negotiations between the UN’s nuclear watchdog (IAEA) and Iran – aimed at securing inspector access to

Satellite imagery released Wednesday by Israeli media outlets revealed that a previously reported Monday explosion has done significant damage to

Hezbollah fighters on Tuesday attacked an Israeli convoy with a roadside bomb planted inside Israeli territory, injuring two soldiers and

A range of Western news outlets reported Monday morning that an explosion had rocked the Iranian military base at Parchin

Lawmakers from the House of Representatives on Thursday dispatched a letter to the Obama administration – signed by 354 members,

A White House meeting on Wednesday between President Barack Obama and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu saw the two leaders

Palestinian leaders over the weekend lashed out against the State Department, after Foggy Bottom harshly criticized a speech given by

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday spoke at the opening of the United Nations General Assembly, giving a speech

The State Department on Friday harshly condemned a speech given earlier that day by Palestinian Authority (PA) President Mahmoud Abbas, during

The Times of Israel on Wednesday cited a range of developments indicating that Hamas was at risk of a downward popularity spiral

The Iranian Foreign Ministry on Tuesday used the government-controlled Fars News Agency to signal opposition to a proposed deal with

The New York Times revealed this weekend that the United States was “open” to an agreement with Iran that would

The Senate late Thursday unanimously passed bipartisan legislation establishing Israel as a “major strategic partner” of the United States, putting

Western powers on Thursday criticized Iran for its ongoing refusal to provide the UN’s nuclear watchdog (IAEA) with the cooperation

A major foreign policy address given on Thursday by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu – who in recent weeks has

The Wall Street Journal reported Wednesday that Qatari Emir Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani used the occasion of a state visit

Hamas scrambled Tuesday to arrest a terror cell responsible for launching a rocket into Israel, the latest in what has

Reuters reported Monday that UN nuclear watchdog International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) chief Yukiya Amano was increasing pressure on Iran

The Associated Press reported on Friday that evidence disclosed since the end of this summer’s war between Israel and Hamas

A major foreign policy address given on Thursday by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu – who in recent weeks has

Agence France-Presse (AFP) reported Wednesday that Russia and Iran have successfully laid the groundwork for what the outlet described as

Al Monitor’s insidery Congress Pulse on Tuesday conveyed details from the day’s House Foreign Affairs Committee hearing on “Hamas’ benefactors” noting that

The New York Times over the weekend published a frontpage expose on the regional cascade effects being generated by Qatari

The U.N. nuclear watchdog (IAEA) on Friday released its quarterly report (.pdf) on Iran’s obligations to enhance transparency around the country’s

A range of outlets and analysts are working to unpack newly revealed evidence – first released by the Israeli military

The Associated Press reported Wednesday that an investigation by the UN’s nuclear watchdog into Iran’s atomic program had stalled, with

The Jerusalem Post late Tuesday reported on remarks made by a bipartisan group of American lawmakers visiting Israel – anchored

Top figures from the U.S.-backed Palestinian Authority (PA) on Thursday lashed out against Hamas, criticizing the Palestinian terror organization for

Hamas was forced to accept a ceasefire with Israel without securing any of its core demands – an end to

A second consecutive night of Israeli air strikes against top Gaza Strip terrorists eliminated what the Jerusalem Post described as “three

Gaza-based Palestinian fighters set a new record on Wednesday by launching at least 168 rockets at Israeli civilians over the course

The State Department on Tuesday afternoon blasted Hamas for shattering what had been an ongoing ceasefire between Gaza-based Palestinian groups

Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on Wednesday rejected the possibility that diplomatic initiatives publicly fronted by Foreign Minister Mohammad

Israeli daily Yedioth Ahronoth late on Monday published extensive details of what is reportedly an all-but-complete agreement – stipulating steps to be taken

Secretary of State John Kerry told BBC on Tuesday that any moves to “open crossings and get food in and

Israel and Palestinian factions in the Gaza Strip late Monday officially accepted a three-day Egypt-sponsored truce, effective 8 a.m. local time

Three Israeli troops were killed and another fifteen where wounded on Wednesday by explosions inside a booby-trapped health clinic operated

A prerecorded message published Tuesday by top Hamas figure Mohammed Deif committed the terror group to continuing the current hot

Veteran Arab affairs journalist Avi Issacharoff late Monday assessed that the ongoing Israeli-Hamas hot conflict seemed set to escalate following

The Jerusalem Post on Thursday conveyed updates from top Israeli officials, including from the country’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, indicating

White House Deputy National Security Adviser Tony Blinken told NPR on Wednesday that any ceasefire ending the current round of

The European Union (EU) on Tuesday issued what was widely taken as blistering criticism of Hamas – the Times of Israel

The Israeli government issued a statement late Thursday revealing that the country’s military had sent ground troops into the Hamas-controlled

President Barack Obama on Wednesday reemphasized what has in the last week become a central administration position on the unfolding

An Egypt-sponsored ceasefire aimed at deescalating hostilities between Israel and Hamas failed to take hold on Tuesday, with the Israelis

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday predicted that “more stages were expected” in the country’s three-day-old Operation Protective Edge,

Hamas on Wednesday claimed credit for a rocket barrage targeting Israel’s nuclear reactor in the city of Dimona, issuing a statement

The Obama administration on Tuesday issued a range of statements firmly and repeatedly expressing support for an Israeli campaign aimed

The Israel Defense Forces announced late Monday that it had launched Operation Protective Edge against Gaza-based Palestinian military infrastructure, a day

The Wall Street Journal on Tuesday reported that delegations from energy and automobile companies have been become a near-daily presence

Nine Islamist rebel groups on Monday rejected an announcement made the day before by the Islamic State in Iraq and

Reuters on Tuesday published new figures indicating that Iran has for the eighth straight month violated crude export restrictions set by

Foreign Policy’s blog The Cable on Friday published details of a strategy document, co-authored by officials the outlet characterized as

Agence France-Presse (AFP) on Thursday conveyed statements from Iran’s Foreign Ministry blasting the P5+1 global powers for making “excessive demands”

The New York Times reported Tuesday that Iranian negotiators have continued to deny the West access to Mohsen Fakhrizadeh, even

Back-to-back car bombings on Friday and Monday – which targeted military officials and civilians in areas of Lebanon critical to

The Times of Israel reported Monday that Israel is actively seeking to dampen escalatory tensions along the Israel-Syria border: A

The Jerusalem Post reported Friday that bipartisan efforts to impose sanctions on Hezbollah were progressing in both chambers of Congress:

Saudi Arabian Foreign Minister Saud al-Faisal on Thursday blasted the Shiite-dominated government of Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki for having

Reps. Ed Royce (R-CA) and Eliot Engel (D-NY) – respectively the chairman and ranking member of the House Foreign Affairs

Officials from the Fatah faction of Palestinian Authority (PA) President Mahmoud Abbas have spent recent days openly lashing out against

A Monday morning interview between Yahoo! News and Secretary of State John Kerry generated a firestorm of controversy – along

Israeli authorities on Monday expanded their search for three teenagers thought to have been abducted by terrorists last week, as Israeli and

English- and Arabic-language outlets throughout last week reported on trends suggesting that radical Islamist groups are gaining a foothold in the

Israeli security forces through the weekend and into Monday launched a large-scale operation across the West Bank in search of

The Obama administration’s approach toward nuclear talks with Iran is generating unease among Washington’s traditional Arab and Israeli allies –

Analysts and journalists seeking to explain the lightning advance of fighters loyal to the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) –

Reuters on Thursday published an extensive evaluation – double bylined by the outlet’s veteran U.S. foreign policy correspondent Arshad Mohammed

Reuters on Thursday conveyed comments made at a Rome conference by Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi threatening that the

Gains being made across Iraq by the radical Sunni group the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIS) –

The New York Times on Thursday conveyed remarks from Palestinian Authority (PA) Prime Minister Rami Hamdallah – who sits atop

Egypt’s Third Army has deployed the equivalent of a battalion of soldiers near the Israeli border to conduct counter-terrorism operations

The Telegraph on Wednesday described the United States and Britain as having expressed deep concerns over the ongoing seizure of

Reuters on Tuesday conveyed new statements from French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius declaring that Iran must only be allowed to

Veteran journalists took turns at Wednesday’s daily State Department press briefing aggressively questioning the wisdom and coherence of the Obama

Agence France-Presse (AFP) revealed on Tuesday that Iran and Germany will hold talks over Iran’s nuclear program outside the structure

The Iraqi city of Mosul fell on Tuesday to fighters from the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIS)

The Lebanese parliament on Monday failed for a sixth time in a row to elect a new president – parties

Top foreign policy leaders from the House of Representatives set down clear red lines on Tuesday against providing Iran with

Hamas is using the current period of political and military calm – most recently locked in by a unity pact