The United States has pulled some diplomatic staff and military families out of the Middle East, citing unspecified regional ...

For much of the 20th century, the US and Iran maintained friendly relations. During the Cold War, Washington depended on the ...

An anti-interventionist bent within the Republican Party, meanwhile, was putting pressure on the party’s long-reliable ...

Russia has maintained a delicate balancing act in the Middle East for decades, trying to navigate its warm relations with ...

Tensions eased after 1990, as the US focused on Iraq after Baghdad's invasion of Kuwait and as Iran in 1997 elected reformist President Mohammed Khatami, who sought better relations with the West.

A new alert was issued by the U.S. the same day that Israel warned hundreds of thousands of people in the middle of the ...

Top congressional Democrats backed Israel — but several other leading Democratic senators expressed skepticism.

The U.S. is reducing non-essential diplomatic personnel in the Middle East amid rising tensions with Iran over its nuclear ...

Iran is often portrayed as one of the world’s most dangerous actors. But with attacks on its defenses, nuclear sites and proxy militias, Israel has exposed a compromised and weakened adversary.

Israel launched air strikes into Iran early Friday, targeting Iran's nuclear facilities and killing top military leaders, ...

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Iran and the United States ... what to know about the letter, Iran’s nuclear program and the tensions that have stalked relations between Tehran and Washington ...