Tag: Middle East

US Special Envoy for Iran on Leave; Security Clearance Under Review

U.S. Special Envoy for Iran Robert Malley has been on leave due to his security clearance being under review. Malley told multiple outlets on June 29 that he was “informed that my security clearance is under review. I have not been provided any further information, but I expect the investigation to be resolved favorably and…


Pence Says Trump Would Have Kept US Troops in Afghanistan, Rejects Blame for Chaotic Withdrawal

Former President Donald Trump would have kept at least a couple thousand U.S. troops in Afghanistan despite his 2020 peace agreement with the Taliban, according to former Vice President Mike Pence. In February 2020, the Trump Administration reached a deal (pdf) with the Taliban to withdraw all U.S. troops from Afghanistan within 14 months, so…


‘Pathologically Obsessed’: Sen. Cruz Slams Biden Administration for Limiting Cooperation With Israel

Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) has criticized the Biden administration for restricting cooperation in the Judea and Samaria region of Israel—calling it part of the government’s “anti-Semitic discrimination.” President Joe Biden and “Biden administration officials are pathologically obsessed with undermining Israel. Since day one of their administration they have launched campaigns against our Israeli allies that…


Israel’s Netanyahu to Visit China

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced on June 27 that he had been invited to visit China, according to a statement from his office. In a meeting on Tuesday with members of the U.S. Congress, Netanyahu informed them that he had received an invitation for an official visit to China and that the Biden administration…


Airstrike Hits Busy Market in Opposition-Held Northwestern Syria and Kills at Least 9 People

JISR AL-SHUGHUR, Syria—An airstrike early Sunday over a busy vegetable market in northwestern Syria killed at least nine people, activists and local first responders said. Activists and Britain-based opposition war monitor the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said that Russia, a top ally of Syrian President Bashar Assad, launched the strike over the strategic opposition-held…


Washington Reverses Trump Policy on Funding Research in West Bank Settlements

The Biden administration has reportedly reversed the U.S. policy of funding research in Israeli neighborhoods in the West Bank. Israel confirmed the news as its foreign minister, Eli Cohen, decried this development. “I object to the decision and think it is wrong,” he said during a press conference. “In similar cases in the past, the…


Hollywood Producer Arnon Milchan Testifies at Netanyahu Corruption Trial Over ‘Supply Line’ of Gifts

JERUSALEM—An Israeli producer of Hollywood blockbuster films took the stand in Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s corruption trial Sunday, describing how he routinely delivered tens of thousands of dollars of Champagne, cigars, and other gifts requested by the Israeli leader. Arnon Milchan, who appeared by videoconference from the British city of Brighton, near where he is…


Growing China-Middle East Economic Ties Cannot be Ignored

Commentary The fireworks were flying during the recent China and Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) summit in Riyadh. Several high profile business deals were announced between the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) in Beijing and the GCC—traditionally and until recently a strong ally of the United States—that could help shape the landscape of international investments in the…


[PREMIERING NOW] Dr. Syed Haider: How the Mind Can Fuel Disease, Lifestyle Tools to Fix This, and the Incredible Ivermectin

“People were coming to me and they were, like, begging me, ‘You got to help me. There’s no one else I can find in my state who’s licensed who’s willing to give me ivermectin.’” Since the start of the pandemic, Dr. Syed Haider has prescribed ivermectin to tens of thousands of patients, in many cases…


Dr. Syed Haider: How the Mind Can Fuel Disease, Lifestyle Tools to Fix This, and the Incredible Ivermectin

“People were coming to me and they were, like, begging me, ‘You got to help me. There’s no one else I can find in my state who’s licensed who’s willing to give me ivermectin.’” Since the start of the pandemic, Dr. Syed Haider has prescribed ivermectin to tens of thousands of patients, in many cases…