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WASHINGTON - President Obama surprised Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr. on Thursday by bestowing the Presidential Medal of Freedom on him, calling Mr. Biden "my brother" in a tearful goodbye in the East Room of the White House.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu began meetings in Washington Tuesday ahead of a critical summit with President Donald Trump that officials in both countries hope will clarify the new U.S. administration's policies in the Middle East. Mr. Trump made lofty promises during his campaign, such as pledging to move the U.S.

"The Trump administration condemns actions by Iran that undermine security, prosperity and stability throughout the Middle East and place American lives at risk," he said. Later, President Trump posted on Twitter that "Iran is rapidly taking over Iraq," its neighbor, "while the U.S. squandered three trillion dollars there. Obviously long ago."

Pro-government forces in Iraq have formally launched an operation to drive Islamic State out of Anbar province. The announcement was made by a spokesman for the Popular Mobilisation (al-Hashid al-Shaabi), a force comprising dozens of Shia militias. He said the operation would see government troops and militiamen move southwards from Salahuddin province and seek to cut off IS militants in Ramadi.

Nestled in between the crumbling buildings that line the ancient streets of Amman lies a haven for book-lovers that is open 24/7

The chief of the United Nations' refugee agency, facing potentially steep cuts in U.S. ​humanitarian aid under President Donald Trump, argued that national-security considerations require Washington to maintain higher levels of funding. Refugee flows in the Middle East and Africa, particularly out of Syria, Libya and South Sudan, risk destabilizing key American allies, said Filippo [...]

Hundreds of Counter-Terrorism Service (CTS) troops entered Bazwaya, the last village before the city limits, after launching a dawn assault on Monday.

Senior Associate, Middle East Programme, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. Six year after its democratic revolution in January 25, 2011, Egypt's political realities are back at square one. Once again, a military officer has been installed in the presidential palace after an election that lacked any measure of democratic competition.

BEIRUT, Lebanon - A suicide bomber detonated a truck filled with propane tanks at a crowded military checkpoint in central Syria on Sunday, killing more than 30 people, most of them civilians, in the second such attack by fighters linked to Al Qaeda in two days.

BEIRUT (AP) - In his first interview since December, Syrian President Bashar Assad insisted Tuesday his regime is fighting back against foreign mercenaries who want to overthrow him, not innocent Syrians aspiring for democracy in a yearlong uprising. The interview with Russian TV showed Assad is still standing his ground, despite widespread international condemnation over his deadly crackdown on dissent.