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The first of 75 U.S. troops have arrived in northeastern Sinai to help boost security for U.S. forces as part of a U.N. observer mission there, the Pentagon said Thursday.

For all of the attention that it generated in Washington, the U.S.-Egypt Strategic Dialogue came and went without much fanfare in Egypt.

Egypt is moving away from democracy, stifling freedom of expression, arresting thousands for political dissent

John Brennan, director of the Central Intelligence Agency, went on “Face the Nation” last Sunday and did something weird: he acknowledged that U.S. foreign policy might sometimes cause terrorism

With the Middle East spiraling out of control, America needs Israel now more than ever.

An Old Doctrine Gets Put to the Test in Yemen

While this weekend's targetted killing shows some progress, U.S. forces have a much bigger problem on their hands...

Two-State Israeli-Palestinian Peace Unlikely Under Narrow-Right Coalition

A CIA insider’s account of what happened on 9/11/12

This week's Gulf Arab summit in Riyadh and Secretary Kerry's May 8 meeting with GCC foreign ministers in Paris will be crucial to fixing the agenda for next week's Camp David summit.