Fifty-six members of the House of Representatives sent a letter this week to Treasury Secretary Jack Lew and Secretary of State John Kerry urging them to take action against Iranian efforts to reflag its vessels, a tactic that Tehran uses to disguise the origin of ships it uses to transport illicit...

Palestinian news agency Ma’an reported this evening that President Barack Obama will shorten his visit to the Palestinian Authority territories to just four hours, and may skip Ramallah, where the Palestinian Authority government is headquartered, entirely. Instead Obama will visit Bethlehem, according to an anonymous Palestinian government source who spoke...

President Barack Obama flies to the Middle East next week for his first visit to Israel since becoming president. The Iran nuclear crisis, the collapse of Syria, and Israeli-Palestinian relations are likely to top his agenda. Arriving in Israel on March 20 for two days, in a visit designed to underscore the importance...

Seeking to overcome French and German objections reportedly linked to those countries’ fears that Hezbollah will target their interests, the U.S. government is continuing to push the European Union to blacklist the Iran-backed group Hezbollah as a terrorist organization: [Treasury Under Secretary David] Cohen said, “One, the designation of Hezbollah...

Turkey has appointed former Ramallah Consul General Sakir Ozkan Torunlar ambassador to the “State of Palestine,” the latest in a long line of diplomatic gambits which have put Ankara at odds with Israel. The announcement comes days after Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan called Zionism a “crime against humanity”...

Saudi Arabia is blasting Iran for using negotiations to stall for time while Tehran advances its atomic program, echoing recent statements made by U.S., E.U, and U.N. diplomats, Israeli officials, the head of the IAEA, and top U.S. military officials. Saudi Foreign Minister Saud al-Faisal made the point while hosting his...