Tag: Middle East

Gerry Uphoff discussed food programs in the Middle East, including an urban garden in Gaza, at the Jan. 23 meeting of Iola United Methodist Women. Regina Woodworth will distribute information to women in the church…

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump is set to unveil his administration’s much-anticipated Middle East peace plan in the latest American venture to resolve the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Odds of it taking shape, though, appear long,…

BAGHDAD (AP) — Iran vowed “harsh retaliation” for a U.S. airstrike near Baghdad’s airport that killed a top Iranian general who had been the architect of its interventions across the Middle East, as tensions soared…

BRUSSELS (AP) — The United States will send armored vehicles and combat troops into eastern Syria to keep oil fields from potentially falling into the hands of Islamic State militants, U.S. Defense Secretary Mark Esper…

Middle East policymakers in Washington these days should take some advice from that noted diplomat, Bob Dylan. His adage “When you ain’t got nothing, you got nothing to lose” is getting tested with the Trump…

BRUSSELS (AP) — Britain warned today that conflict might break out “by accident” amid rising tensions between the United States and Iran, as U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo held talks with European Union powers…