While the world's attention shifts to Lebanon, Israel may pursue another darker goal - completing its ethnic cleansing of ...

After months of public optimism about the prospects of a cease-fire, Biden administration officials have soured on the prospects of an end to the war between Israel and Hamas.

The absence of a full-blown war in Lebanon has been touted as a core U.S. achievement, but now Washington’s grip on the ...

Expensive "taxes" are paid to Egyptian officials and Hamas at each end of the tunnels in the Philadelphi Corridor, making for a very lucrative partnership.

Devices exploding in Lebanon that apparently belonged to Hezbollah militants could escalate tensions in the Middle East. This ...

The secretary of state is making his 10th visit to the Middle East since the Oct. 7 attacks. Until now, he has met with ...

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken expressed frustration Wednesday at surprise escalations that he said threaten to ...

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken hopes to advance efforts to achieve a ceasefire in Gaza and strengthen ties with Egypt ...

Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Wednesday that the U.S. did not know about and was not involved in a wave of exploding ...

This week on Babel, Jon Alterman speaks with Hussein Ibish about popular mobilization across the Middle East since October ...

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Wednesday in Cairo that a ceasefire in the Israel-Hamas war in Gaza would be the ...