Category: 2. Middle East

WASHINGTON, June 2 (Reuters) – U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio told lawmakers on Tuesday that the Trump administration does not want to force Afghans currently stranded in Qatar to return to Afghanistan and has spoken with at least five…

Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Tuesday expressed hope that a deal to end the war in Iran was in the cards, stressing that Tehran must severely curtail its nuclear program before any sanctions are lifted.

“There is the prospect before us, which…

Syria’s nominee for ambassador to Egypt was rejected by Cairo due to concerns about his Islamist background, according to a report on Monday, potentially complicating efforts to normalize ties between the two countries.

What happened: The…

WASHINGTON, June 2 (Reuters) – Secretary of State Marco Rubio said on Tuesday there has been no change in U.S. policy on Taiwan and that Washington wants to see the status quo preserved.

“The most important thing to understand is we want to see…

In a south Lebanon hospital heavily damaged by deadly Israeli strikes nearby, Dr Nasser al-Masri held a new-born baby, calling him “a message of life and hope” despite the war.

Israeli strikes near the Jabal Amel hospital in Tyre on Monday killed…

WASHINGTON — Secretary of State Marco Rubio defended the war against Iran as having degraded the Islamic Republic’s conventional military capabilities even as he conceded that a nuclear agreement remains uncertain.

An interim deal with Iran…

Even if the Middle East war stopped immediately, disrupted global humanitarian supply lines would not recover before 2027, the United Nations said Tuesday.

Nearly 100 days on from the February 28 US-Israeli attacks on Iran which triggered the…