Joe Biden has now left office, but the fight over the meaning of his Middle East policies is only just beginning.Biden’s defenders argue that he left the incoming Trump administration with the strongest American position in the region in decades—and that his decision to back Israel to the hilt following the Hamas attacks was hard but ultimately strategically correct.

Kenneth Marcus, who served as a top civil rights official in the George W. Bush and Trump administrations, lauded Biden for his rhetorical commitment to combating antisemitism, which he said was unprecedented. But he said the strategy fell short. Marcus said Biden failed to institute policies that would stem antisemitism.

On his final full day in office, Biden addressed the release of hostages who had been held captive since October 2023 – when Hamas massacred 1,200 Israelis.

Austin Tice's Mother, in Damascus, Hopes to Find Son Missing Since ... She criticised outgoing U.S. President Joe Biden's administration, saying they did not negotiate hard enough for her son's ...

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Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s first day at the Pentagon is expected to include an array of executive orders, including “removing DEI inside the Pentagon, reinstating troops who were pushed out because of Covid mandates” and an “Iron Dome for America.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s first day at the Pentagon is expected to include an array of executive orders, including “removing DEI inside the Pentagon, reinstating troops who were pushed out because of Covid mandates” and an “Iron Dome

In the chaotic days after the fall of Assad, the Biden administration began to engage cautiously with HTS and its leader, Ahmed al-Sharaa, the de facto head of state in Damascus formerly known by ...

Former President Biden should have never allowed South Africa's Ebrahim Rasool to enter the country, let alone approve his service as ambassador to Washington. President Trump should correct Biden’s mistake and demonstrate that the ANC’s brand of anti-Western foreign policy will no longer be tolerated.

Deri threatens to topple government if Haredi draft law not passed * Israeli contractor mistakenly killed by IDF troops in Gaza * IDF strikes Hezbollah vehicles in Lebanon

Thani visited Damascus on Thursday, the first visit by a head of state to the Syrian capital since the Dec. 8 fall of President Bashar al-Assad to an Islamist rebel offensive. The visit came a day after Syria's de facto leader Ahmed al-Sharaa was declared president for a transitional period,