The benefits of their personal relationship are clear for the Turkish president. But the U.S. president has his reasons, too.

The Kurds have no choice but to always trust the United States—and to suffer the inevitable consequences.

The Turkish president’s war will likely fail because he doesn’t know what he wants.

Saudi Arabia’s crown prince will take money from investors in the national oil company—but he’ll be giving up far more than he thinks.

A major new report about the Syrian war raises the question of whether Washington ever cared about it in the first place.

If the United States is done fighting for Saudi Arabia’s oil, it's done fighting for the entire region.

The United States came up with “maximum pressure”—but the Israeli government is the only one carrying it out.

As U.S. policymakers worry about their special relationship with Ankara, Turkey’s president knows it's already dead.

The Trump administration’s nonresponse to Iranian aggression has sent an unmistakable message.

The United States should stop treating the region as secondary to the rest of the Middle East.