Middle East

US envoy says Gaza hostage deal possible 'within weeks'

Adam Boehler says a deal that satisfies all parties could come together within weeks.

Talks with US on nuclear program possible if limited in focus, Iran's UN mission says 

Comment comes a day after the country's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said Iran will not negotiate under US 'bullying' 

Rubio says Syria must hold accountable 'perpetrators of massacres' 

'The United States condemns the radical Islamist terrorists, including foreign jihadis, that murdered people in western Syria in recent days,' Rubio said in a statement  

Iraq fears power cuts as US ends sanctions waiver for electricity purchases from Iran

United States has declined to renew a waiver that had allowed Iraq to buy electricity from Iran without running afoul of sanctions, US official says

Iran, Russia, China to hold joint military exercises

The 3 countries, which share a common desire to counter what they characterize as American hegemony

Syria president calls for unity after reports of mass killings

More than 1,000 reportedly killed in coastal Syria

Trump administration ends Iraq's waiver to buy Iranian electricity

Move is part of Trump's ‘maximum pressure’ campaign against Tehran

Pressure on press in Turkey intensifies

Syria's Druze are caught between internal struggles, regional power plays

Israel’s support for Kurds is quiet but steady 

Poverty rate rises in Iraqi Kurdistan

Turkey-Iran tensions escalate