Middle East

Secretary of State Marco Rubio urged Americans in over a dozen countries in the Middle East to leave as soon as possible due to serious safety concerns amid the escalating conflict in Iran.

On Friday’s broadcast of HBO’s “Real Time,” host Bill Maher stated that due to Israel and President Donald Trump backing them, the Middle East is the safest that it’s ever been in the last two decades. Maher said, “I think

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA), set to leave Congress in January, was praised Wednesday by the co-founder of CODEPINK, a far-left activist group with a history of supporting authoritarian regimes, U.S. adversaries, and designated terrorist organizations, during a visit to her office on Capitol Hill.

Kazakhstan is becoming the newest participant in the Abraham Accords, with President Donald Trump indicating that additional countries are preparing to enter the agreements as well.

Japanese Prime Minister Takaichi Sanae praised President Donald Trump’s diplomatic record during his visit to Tokyo, commending his leadership in securing ceasefire agreements in Asia and the Middle East as part of his ongoing international peace efforts.

WASHINGTON–President Donald Trump announced that he told Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Friday that it is time for the killing in the Russia-Ukraine war to stop after sharing the same sentiment with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday.

Donald Trump Jr. resurrected a clip of “The View” co-host Alyssa Farah Griffin vowing to wear a MAGA hat on air if President Trump succeeded in freeing Israeli hostages held by Hamas.

As President Donald Trump works tirelessly to secure peace in the Middle East, overseeing the release of hostages and the signing of a historic ceasefire, the wife of New York City mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani publicly mourned a Palestinian social media figure killed in Gaza known for promoting Hamas propaganda. Rama Duwaji has not yet commented on the hostage release or Trump’s agreement.

Conservatives across the country on Monday celebrated President Donald Trump’s historic peace deal, noting that “he accomplished what no other world leader could.”

Vice President JD Vance announced Sunday that Hamas will release its remaining hostages “any minute now” as President Donald Trump prepares to depart for a historic trip to Israel. 

French President Emmanuel Macron used his address Tuesday at the United Nations General Assembly to call for global support of international legal institutions, including the International Criminal Court, and to promote a new plan for peace in Gaza after recently recognizing the statehood of Palestine.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addressed a U.S. Embassy event in Jerusalem on Tuesday, marking American Independence Day, whereby he praised U.S.-Israeli ties, reiterated Israel’s strike earlier in the day on Hamas leaders in Qatar, and said the action fulfilled his vow to pursue those responsible for the October 7 massacre.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced Tuesday that Israel carried out a strike against Hamas leadership in Doha, Qatar, following deadly attacks in Jerusalem and Gaza. 

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi declared his country’s support for the “national sovereignty and dignity” of Iran after meeting with Iranian Foreign Minister Seyed Abbas Araghchi on Wednesday.

The Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) on Thursday released an updated forecast for 2050 which anticipated soaring demand for oil in the medium and long term, once China’s economic outlook improves.

South Korean Acting Finance Minister Lee Hyoung-il said on Sunday that his government will “swiftly take any necessary measures” to cope with economic fallout from the conflict with Iran.

Texas Governor Greg Abbott ordered Texas National Guard soldiers and Department of Public Safety troopers to increase patrols around “high-risk locations” following the U.S. attack on Iranian nuclear facilities. The governor said, “We must remain vigilant to secure our homeland.”

An Iranian state TV news anchor showed a map of U.S. bases in the Middle East, which says are all “within fire range of Iran.” The anchor goes on to say “Mr. Trump, you started it, and we will end it.”

Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX) commended our airmen, intelligence staff, President Donald Trump, and the national security staff on the successful mission to bomb nuclear facilities in Iran Saturday night.

WASHINGTON — U.S. Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) told Breitbart News exclusively that the neocons have lost the hearts and minds of the American public who are firmly with President Donald Trump’s America First vision on foreign policy, but that they are still very powerful behind the scenes in the swamp in Washington and trying to secretly “undermine” the president’s push for peace worldwide.

Steve Witkoff, the senior adviser and assistant to President Donald Trump who is helping lead major peace negotiations worldwide, told Breitbart News exclusively last week at the White House that he believes there is “big energy” for what he expects will be a likely expansion of the Abraham Accords in a matter of months not years.

President Donald Trump said Tuesday that Saudi Arabia will join the Abraham Accords on their “own time” as he looks to bring stability and peace to the region.

Christian evangelist Franklin Graham is urging Americans to pray for President Donald Trump ahead of the commander-in-chief’s trip to the Middle East.

Senior adviser and assistant to the president Steve Witkoff told Breitbart News that any reports of a rift between President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu are fake news and “preposterous.”

DELPHI, Greece — The Deputy Prime Minister of Kurdistan’s Regional Government in Iraq told Breitbart News exclusively that he and the Kurds look at President Donald Trump’s return to the White House as a historic opportunity for deeper business and economic ties between the United States and Kurdistan, as well Iraq as a whole.

ATHENS, Greece — Greece’s Prime Kyriakos Mitsotakis told Breitbart News exclusively this week in an interview at his office here in Maximos Mansion that his nation is prepared to help President Donald Trump as he seeks to expand the Abraham Accords and with other major economic development deals.

Dr. Sebastian Gorka, the Senior Director of Counterterrorism for the National Security Council (NSC) and a Deputy Assistant to President Donald Trump, told Breitbart News in a lengthy exclusive interview at the White House that Trump has totally reframed how the United States approaches the elimination of jihadist terrorists.

Representative Ilhan Omar (D-MN) said Sunday on CBS’s “Face the Nation” that President Donald Trump’s Gaza proposal was “just plain out ethnic cleansing and genocide.”

The White House made clear on Wednesday that U.S. involvement in rebuilding Gaza does not mean a commitment to sending troops there or using tax dollars to fund the effort.

Incoming U.S. Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee said Wednesday on Fox News Channel’s “Jesse Watters Primetime” that Israel would decide how the war in the Middle East was going to end.

President-elect Donald Trump announced that he has picked businessman and real estate investor Steven Witkoff to serve as Special Envoy to the Middle East.

President Donald Trump’s return to the White House comes amid an international landscape destabilized by the Biden-Harris administration’s policy failures, especially in Ukraine and the Middle East, according to retired U.S. Army Lt. Col. Daniel L. Davis.

On Friday’s broadcast of MSNBC’s “Andrea Mitchell Reports,” Michigan Democratic Party Chair Lavora Barnes stated that 2024 Democratic presidential candidate Vice President Kamala Harris needs “more definition” of her position on the Middle East, “and with time, that will come,