Donald Trump’s decision to leave the Iranian nuclear deal continues a rich tradition of U.S. fecklessness.

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Middle Eastern autocrats are more interested in isolating Iran and punishing Hamas than defending the Palestinians.

The Saudi crown prince is getting a hero's welcome in America, where politicians have largely given up on the whole democracy thing.

How Donald Trump's hands-off approach to Saudi Arabia squanders the U.S.'s leverage in the Middle East

Funds and favor for Saudi Arabia 2.0—and also to smash Iran.

A look back at what the administration has accomplished in the region in the past year

As the kingdom makes mass arrests at home and tensions spike in the region, the United States looks on.

Breaking the law made Manal Al-Sharif a women's rights advocate, she explains in her memoir "Daring to Drive."

On his first foreign trip, he charmed the Saudis and shamed NATO.

He heaped praise on one of the most repressive regimes in the world and dismissed the democratic aspirations of the Muslim masses.