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US President Donald Trump said Wednesday the US military becoming involved in the Middle East was the "worst decision ever made" and that he was ensuring the safe return of troops.Trump has faced a bipartisan storm of criticism since a surprise an

An official speaking for the administration pushed back on Trumps claims the U.S. was withdrawing from Syria.

President Donald Trump defended the decision he announced Monday to withdraw American troops from Syria, despite near-universal criticism.

Fifteen of the 19 were Saudis. Two came from the United Arab Emirates (UAE), and one each from Egypt and Lebanon. Amazingly, during the national uproar after the attacks, little attention was focused on Saudi Arabia, a key US ally (or protectorate) even though most of the hijackers were Saudi

Leaders are being urged to boycott the G20 Summit being held in Saudi Arabia next year to force the brutal regime to halt the executions

Commenting from the Oval Office, Trump tells reporters that the U.S. is prepared if the Saudi attacks warrant a response, but says he doesn't want war.

Russian President Vladimir Putin advised Saudi Arabia to make the same "wise state decision" as Iran and Turkey in buying his country's advanced missile defenses.

Saudi Arabia announced Monday that the weapons used in an attack on the nation's oil installations were Iranian in origin, further escalating tensions between Saudi Arabia, Iran, and the United States, according to The Washington Post . The revelation

Iran's state television on Friday aired footage it said disproved U.S. President Donald Trump's assertion that the U.S. Navy has destroyed an Iranian drone in the Gulf.'

Iran's Revolutionary Guard says it has seized British oil tanker in Strait of Hormuz

Iran alleges that the small Panama-flagged tanker was smuggling some 264,000 gallons of fuel.

JUST 18 months ago it was an area of disused scrubland nestled in foothills around ten miles from the Aegean resort of Lalzit Bay. Now it is home to Iran's biggest and most powerful opposition group; a 100m oasis for 3,000 members of the National Resi

Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt said the tanker detained near Gibraltar could be released if the UK receives guarantees that its oil isn't bound for Syria.

Britain said Friday it was sending a second warship to the Gulf and raising the alert level in the region as tensions spike after Iranian gunboats threatened a UK supertanker.The global network of Agence France-Presse covers 151 countriesIf you have news

The House on Friday passed an amendment that would bar President Donald Trump from taking military action against Iran. The measure, sponsored by Democratic Rep. Ro Khanna of California and Republican Rep. Matt Gaetz of Florida, passed with the support of

The United States said Monday it had carried out a strike against al-Qaida-linked jihadis in northwestern Syria, its first such operation there in two years.On ...

Russia's national security secretary told his U.S. and Israeli counterparts that it was "inadmissible" to compare Iran to ISIS, which both Moscow and Tehran fought together in Syria.

EXCLUSIVE: Iran's theocratic regime will collapse "within five years" if economic sanctions are allowed to continue, an opposition party leader said last night.

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) on Tuesday said he's willing to vote on a controversial amendment that would require Congress to approve any military action against Iran, but warned colleagues it could signal disunity in Washington

RUSSIA claims to have military intelligence proving that the US drone shot down by Iran was in the the country's airspace when it was struck. Nikolai Patrushev, Secretary of Russia's Security Council, told journalists in Jerusalem that evidence pr