Shnyar Anwar, a Kurdish lawmaker from the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK), confirmed no Iraqi or Kurdish leaders were invited to Trump’s inauguration.

"The terrorists get a vote, and they're voting to keep fighting," former Trump counterterrorism envoy Nathan Sales told Newsweek.

"Death, death to Saddam!" chanted Imam Husham Al-Husainy through a megaphone at a pro-war rally broadcast by C-SPAN in Washington D.C. in October 2002, countering a nearby anti-war rally as the crowd echoed his remarks. "Saddam must go."

The focus of the Trump White House may well be on Israel and Gaza, but given what is unfolding in Syria his first major foreign military challenge may turn out to be ISIS, not Hamas. As more and more news sites put up paywalls, we're keeping our journalism free for everyone to read.

With just over a week until President-elect Donald Trump takes office, the soon-to-be second-time U.S. leader famed for his "art of the deal" approach in business and politics prepares to take on a series of interconnected yet equally volatile conflicts in the Middle East.

Trump's role in securing a hostage deal in Gaza before taking office drew parallels with Iran's release of American hostages in 1981.

When Trump ventured a comment about foreign policy, people scoffed. What did he know! But he was right on every major issue. It was the elites who got things wrong!

On the eve of Donald Trump’s inauguration as the 45th President of the U.S., on January 19, 2017, I wrote an article I could easily write now. It was entitled

Democrats worry that GOP insiders are aiming to privatize the agency’s health care services. “They’re just trying to make money off the backs of veterans,” Senator Tammy Duckworth says.

What kind of a Middle East did Trump 1.0 face, what did he do there and how, and how changed is the region today?

President-elect Donald Trump announced several administration picks Saturday who share one thing in common: They all served in his first administration.

The CEO of Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of American, Allison Jaslow, says Donald Trump’s pick for Defense Secretary is unqualified. She joins The Weekend to discuss Pete Hegseth's confirmation hearing.