Category: 3. Middle East

For every day of this war, President Trump has been sharing his perspective and his thinking – whether in press conferences, in video statements or in posts on social media. In the last week, that’s continued – as strikes have been exchanged -…

PARIS, March 19 (Reuters) – France’s Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barrot will go to Israel on Friday, in an unscheduled visit, after visiting Beirut as part of efforts to secure a ceasefire in Lebanon.

The French foreign ministry added, as it…

By Patricia Zengerle and Steve Holland

WASHINGTON, March 19 (Reuters) – The U.S. military’s request for $200 billion in additional funding for the Iran war met with stiff opposition in the U.S. Congress on Thursday, as Democrats and even some…

JERUSALEM, March 19 (Reuters) – Iran no longer has the capacity to enrich uranium or make ballistic missiles after 20 days of U.S.-Israeli air attacks, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told a news conference on Thursday.

“We are winning,…

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A Yazidi woman who was held as a sex slave by the Islamic State group testified Thursday before a French court, describing in stark detail the horrors she endured under jihadist captivity.

The 32-year-old spoke in a Paris tribunal as part of the…

Palestinian media reported a series of attacks in the West Bank on Thursday attributed to extremist settlers, with one incident turning deadly when a man suffered a fatal heart attack.

Outlets reported four assaults in the central and…

By Jason Lange

WASHINGTON, March 19 (Reuters) – Some 65% of Americans believe U.S. President Donald Trump will order troops into a large-scale ground war in Iran but only 7% support the idea, according to a Reuters/Ipsos poll that closed on…