By James M. Lindsay
Middle East
Archive
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![<p>Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff, Special Envoy for Peace Missions, watch as Vice President JD Vance briefs the press after meeting with representatives from Pakistan and Iran, April 12, 2026.</p>]()
![<p>A woman walks past an anti-United States and anti-Israel mural in Tehran on April 8, 2026.</p>]()
By Mariel Ferragamo and Diana Roy![<p>President Donald Trump delivers an address to the nation about the Iran war at the White House, April 1, 2026.</p>]()
By James M. Lindsay![Japan's Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi speaks to media about Japan's plan to release part of oil reserves in Tokyo]()
By Sheila A. Smith![<p>Iranian Kurdish fighters from the Kurdistan Freedom Party (PAK) participate in a training session at a base on the outskirts of Erbil, Iraq, February 12, 2026.</p>]()
By Henri J. Barkey![<p>Iranian flags hang next to a missile on display during the forty-seventh anniversary of the Islamic Revolution in Tehran, Iran, February 11, 2026.</p>]()
By Mariel Ferragamo, Jonathan Masters and Will Merrow![Plumes of smoke rise over the residential areas of the Iranian capital following airstrikes amid ongoing U.S.–Israel attacks as multiple explosions are heard across the city in Tehran.]()
By Ray Takeyh, Elliott Abrams, Steven A. Cook, Linda Robinson, Max Boot and Elisa Ewers![<p>The U.S. Navy’s Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS <em>Abraham Lincoln</em> leads its strike group during a photo exercise in the Arabian Sea, February 6, 2026.</p>]()
By Steven A. Cook![<p>Iranians attend an antigovernment protest in Tehran, Iran, on January 9, 2026. </p>]()
By Elliott Abrams, Henri J. Barkey, Steven A. Cook and Elisa Ewers![Iran Protests]()
Meeting![<p>President Donald Trump waits outside of the West Wing at the White House in Washington, DC, February 11, 2025. </p>]()
By Rebecca Lissner, Will Freeman, David Sacks, Liana Fix, Steven A. Cook, Michelle Gavin and Paul B. Stares![<p>President Trump welcomes Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman to the White House during an arrival ceremony on November 18, 2025.</p>]()
By Steven A. Cook![<p>Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa arrives for a meeting with U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio on the sidelines of the eightieth UN General Assembly in New York on September 24.</p>]()
By Steven A. Cook![<p>A boy holds a Palestinian flag on top of a mound of rubble in the central Gaza Strip. </p>]()
By Mariel Ferragamo and Diana Roy- By Elliott Abrams
- By Elliott Abrams
![<p>Crowds form in Gaza City as Palestinians line up to receive food distributed by a charity amid an ongoing Israeli blockade.</p>]()
By Mariel Ferragamo
