I didn’t want Donald Trump to be president. But once he was elected, I wondered if his impulse to smash convention could actually do some good in the Middle East. In the Times Opinion video above, I ...

Donald Trump is the only person in the world who has enough leverage to break us out of this cycle.” Times Opinion writer Megan Stack lived in Jerusalem and Cairo. She reported from Gaza, and her work ...

Mediators present updated Israeli control zones in Gaza as Hamas weighs terms of proposed ceasefire, prisoner exchange deal - ...

An Abraham Accords-centric approach tailors the Cold War-era “containment” strategy that George F. Kennan formulated to the Middle East, with Iran standing in for the Soviet Union.

Witnesses say Israeli forces opened fire without warning on Palestinians at a GHF site in Rafah, killing at least 34.

As the ceasefire between Israel and Iran remains fragile, there has been a growing number of reports in recent days of people in Israel being denied access to bomb shelters, particularly ...

U.S. forces already have a large presence in the Middle East. Now, more ships and aircraft are on their way as tensions with Iran rise.

Oil prices have fluctuated due to concerns about potential supply disruptions in the Middle East following recent Israeli strikes on Iran, but no actual supply cuts have occurred. The Strait of ...

Welcome to The Hill’s Defense & NatSec newsletter {beacon} Defense &National Security Defense &National Security The Big Story US aircraft, warships headed to Middle East amid Israel-Iran ...

With USS Nimitz deployment, the US surges air and sea assets to the Middle East The aircraft carrier USS Nimitz is headed to the Middle East to join a second carrier in the region, USS Carl Vinson.

Iran has threatened to target UK, French and US military bases across the Middle East if the help block the Iranian missile and drone retaliation for Israel’s attack.

The USS Nimitz strike group is deploying to the Middle East amid ongoing strikes between Israel and Iran that threaten to develop into a broader conflict, a U.S. defense official confirmed Monday.