For Amman, Israeli annexation of the West Bank looms as an existential risk.

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Geography is Jordan’s cruel master. Wedged between Israel, Palestine, Lebanon, Syria, Iraq, and Saudi Arabia, the Hashemite Kingdom has long weathered regional conflicts that brought refugee influx…

The U.S. spy agency has significantly expanded its international antidrug work under President Trump and CIA Director Ratcliffe.

His address raised more questions than it answered about the war in Iran.

Tulsi Gabbard, a longtime anti-war voice, avoided undermining the president's claims in a public hearing

"Khamenei's son is unacceptable to me. We want someone that will bring harmony and peace to Iran."

US Southern Command said joint mission with Ecuador involves ‘decisive action’ against illicit drug trafficking

Speaking on Monday, Trump said he “didn’t care about polling,” argued that leaders sometimes must act without clear public backing, and claimed the operation was “way ahead of schedule.”

The remarks are the first to reporters since the U.S.-Israeli military operations against Iran began Saturday despite weeks of talks designed to stave off a conflict.

Trump administration officials acknowledged in closed-door briefings with congressional staff on Sunday that there was no intelligence suggesting Iran planned to attack U.S. forces first, two people f...

‘They should have done it sooner, they waited too long,’ says Trump but he doesn’t say when talks would take place

President Trump says the Iran campaign might last a week or longer, but dwindling stockpiles could limit his options.

The MAGA senator acknowledged there could be U.S. casualties.

Pahlavi called the U.S. strikes "a humanitarian intervention, and its target is the Islamic Republic."

At least 85 students have been killed in US-Israeli strikes that hit an Iranian girls' school in Hormozgan province, Iran's judiciary said on Saturday. Washington has not commented on the reported str...

As the conflict threatens to escalate, European governments must make an assertive case for diplomacy and prepare for humanitarian catastrophe

Multiple explosions heard in Tehran, elsewhere, as Israel launches attacks on Iran with US help.

Graham urged Trump to ignore them and pull the trigger.

The amount of military forces gathering near Iran dwarfs even the monthslong build-up before the U.S. coup in Venezuela.

It is difficult to not worry about the stability and even survival of Jordan these days. Escalating Israeli aggression in the West Bank and political momentum towards annexation puts the Kingdom squar...

However accidental its historical genesis, Jordan has become a crucible of knowledge about how power and geopolitics operate in the region.