Last month, Trump ordered lethal Christmas Day strikes, which he called “a Christmas present,” after a series of warnings ...

Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Iran’s supreme leader, who has spent more than three decades consolidating power by crushing internal ...

Political analyst Hamzeh Safavi, whose father is an adviser to Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, discusses the abduction of ...

While opposition figures make moves from abroad, an insider-led "Venezuela model" may prevail in the event of a state ...

Lukoil's asset sell-off has become a geopolitical operation, with Washington using OFAC rules and license deadlines to force ...

How the attack on Venezuela could be ordered in the first place — unbeknownst to Congress, which is, in theory, supposed to ...

Demonstrations broke out in Iran on Dec. 28 and have spread nationwide as protesters vent their increasing discontent over ...

"Ahmed Chalabi had far more resources and backing than Reza Pahlavi—and still failed spectacularly in Iraq. Iranians deserve ...

The protests began over economic grievances but have morphed into the biggest anti-government demonstrations in years. Here’s what to know.

The United States is ready to throw a punch, but it hasn’t packed its bags for boots on the ground yet. A rule of thumb in ...

OPEC's oil output fell in December due to lower supply from Iran and Venezuela, which offset an OPEC+ agreement to raise ...