Mideast

State Department urges Americans across Mideast to depart as strikes continue

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The State Department on Monday urged Americans across the Middle East to depart as soon as possible using all available transportation, though many airports around the region remain closed as airstrikes persist. The weekend strikes by the U.S. and Israel on Iran have caused massive disruptions to U.S. embassies and consulates throughout the Middle East … Read more

Trump goes to war despite professed aversion to foreign entanglements, particularly in the Mideast

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WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump has taken the United States into war with Iran despite decades of self-professed aversion to foreign entanglements, particularly in the Middle East, and repeated pledges to focus primarily on the Western Hemisphere with an “America first” agenda. Trump’s predicate for joining Israel in attacks on Iran’s leadership, military and critical … Read more