For his first official trip as secretary of state, Marco Rubio went to Panama. The transportation secretary and Vice ...

Why the Rafah entry was delayed, where the heavy bombs withheld by the White House are located, and how Jerusalem persuaded ...

Phase two of the Gaza ceasefire deal, Iran and its allies, and Arab neighbours in the Middle East are all on the agenda.

Netanyahu arrived in Washington D.C. ahead of an extensive series of meetings with Trump this week to discuss the ethnic ...

DENNIS ROSS is Counselor at the Washington Institute for Near East Policy and a Professor at Georgetown University. A former ...

After over a year of conflict, a truce between Israel and Hamas has brought temporary relief, though peace remains fragile. Israeli PM Netanyahu, ahead of a crucial meeting with Trump, is optimistic ...

Hamas still controls most of the enclave, but Israel holds some key areas. International oversight could also be expanded, ...

The Monitor’s Taylor Luck and Ghada Abdulfattah outline the big challenge in the Gaza Strip: Hamas knows that its default rule will keep it blockaded by Israel, and keep reconstruction aid at bay.