
#washingtonpost.com. × Push from Saudis, Israel helped move Trump to attack Iran. President Trump launched a wide-ranging attack on Iran after weeks-long lobbying by an unusual pair of U.S. allies in the Middle East: Israel and Saudi Arabia.
#Mar.01.2026
#washingtonpost.com. × See where U.S., Israeli strikes have hit Iran and where Iran has retaliated. Satellite images and videos reveal dozens of targets of strikes on Iran, including the Tehran compound of Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. Iran has hit at least one U.S. base in the regio
#Feb.28.2026

#washingtonpost.com. × Live updates: U.S. and Israel launch offensive against Iran as explosions are heard in Tehran. President Donald Trump said the U.S. military had begun “major combat operations” to eliminate threats from the Iranian regime.
#Feb.28.2026

#washingtonpost.com. × Trump appears ready to attack Iran as U.S. strike force takes shape. Although the United States and ally Israel have a decisive military advantage over Iranian forces, there are ways for Tehran to make any attack painful, officials said.
#Feb.19.2026
#washingtonpost.com. × As Israel takes steps to claim land in West Bank, U.S. stands by. Despite President Donald Trump’s opposition to annexation, Israel has taken steps to expand control over the West Bank that experts say may lead to seizure of territory.
#Feb.18.2026
#washingtonpost.com. × Trump mulls second aircraft carrier off Iran, as Netanyahu flies to D.C. for talks. The threat of an imminent new attack on Tehran follows an inconclusive meeting last week between Trump envoys and senior Iranian officials.
#Feb.10.2026
#washingtonpost.com. × Israeli figures warn state has ‘lost control’ as West Bank settlers attack. A former general and an Israeli opposition leader both blamed the government for helping foster what they described as “Jewish terrorism.”
#Nov.19.2025

#washingtonpost.com. × Column | As Trump hosts MBS, Palestinian plight fades from view again. Amid a fragile ceasefire in Gaza, the challenges facing Palestinians have apparently become secondary concerns for Saudi and U.S. leaders.
#Nov.19.2025
#washingtonpost.com. × Syrian president details plans to work with Americans he once fought. In an interview with The Post, Ahmed al-Sharaa, a former militant, discusses relations with the U.S., talks with Israel and bringing Assad to justice.
#Nov.11.2025
#washingtonpost.com. × Netanyahu’s budget victory gives him room to pursue political agenda. The Israeli leader bought himself a form of insurance for up to 18 months as he navigates a constellation of conflicts at home and in Gaza.
#Mar.27.2025

#washingtonpost.com. × Netanyahu ousts intelligence chief as Israeli troops expand Gaza operations. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu dismissed Shin Bet chief Ronen Bar amid mass protests against the move and Israel’s resumption of hostilities in Gaza.
#Mar.21.2025

#washingtonpost.com. × Column | Under Trump, the authoritarian age comes into focus. Authoritarian politics are ascendant. Actions by Israel’s Benjamin Netanyahu, Turkey’s Recep Tayyip Erdogan and U.S. President Donald Trump underscore the shift.
#Mar.21.2025

#washingtonpost.com. × Netanyahu returns to war amid mounting political pressure at home. With his government facing possible dissolution by the end of the month, the Israeli leader needs to lock in support from his far-right allies.
#Mar.18.2025

#washingtonpost.com. × U.N. report accuses Israel of sexual violence, ‘genocidal acts’ in Gaza. Israeli officials, including Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, quickly condemned the report’s findings as baseless.
#Mar.13.2025
#washingtonpost.com. × How the Ukraine war increased U.S. dominance of the global arms trade. U.S. arms exports reached 43 percent of the worldwide total as Ukrainian imports skyrocketed following the Russian invasion, according to research by SIPRI.
#Mar.09.2025

#washingtonpost.com. × Israel’s far right says new office to oversee mass transfer of Gazans. Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich said the office would carry out the “massive logistical operation” needed to remove Palestinians from Gaza.
#Mar.09.2025
#washingtonpost.com. × Column | The radical vision behind Trump’s Gaza policy. The Israeli right wing’s long term ambitions for Gaza loom over the Trump administration’s more immediate interventions in the Middle East.
#Mar.07.2025
#washingtonpost.com. × Trump administration’s direct talks with Hamas break an old taboo. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was not informed of the talks before they took place and was caught off guard, said one Israeli source with knowledge of the matter.
#Mar.06.2025
#washingtonpost.com. × Syrians emerging from dictatorship bristle at new threat from Israel. Israeli attacks are angering Syrians and unsettling the country’s new leaders, who are dealing with multiple crises after the end of Bashar al-Assad’s rule.
#Feb.26.2025

#washingtonpost.com. × Trump repeals Biden directive linking U.S. arms to human rights. Rescission of the order, imposed by President Joe Biden as he struggled with the civilian toll caused by Israel’s war in Gaza, comes as Trump puts his mark on U.S. foreign policy.
#Feb.24.2025
#washingtonpost.com. × Hezbollah prepares to bury longtime leader, project strength amid setbacks. Hezbollah will formally bury Hasan Nasrallah in an elaborate funeral in Beirut, nearly five months after he was killed in an Israeli airstrike.
#Feb.23.2025

#washingtonpost.com. × Hezbollah facing financial squeeze as supply lines from Iran are severed. The Lebanese militant group is grappling with a stunning reversal of fortune after its war with Israel and the ouster of its Syrian ally Bashar al-Assad.
#Feb.22.2025

#washingtonpost.com. × Live Briefing: Israel ramps up operations in West Bank after bus explosions. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ordered Israeli forces to conduct “an intensive operation” in the West Bank after the blasts, in which no one was harmed.
#Feb.21.2025
#washingtonpost.com. × Live briefing: Hostage families question delay in ceasefire talks as Hamas proposes to free all captives. Hostage families demanded clarification from Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu over stalled Phase 2 ceasefire talks, saying their loved ones are at risk.
#Feb.19.2025
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