Pompeo postponed his trip to Ukraine, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, and Cyprus “due to the need for the Secretary to be in Washington, D.C., to continue...[By Chris Sanders via reuters.com]

The deployment of additional forces adds to the nearly 14,000 additional American troops that have deployed to the U.S. Central Command area of operations over...[By Shawn Snow, Howard Altman and Philip Athey via militarytimes.com]

The diplomatic security budget did indeed drop precipitously during the past two years, as evidenced by this chart from the US government’s fiscal 2019 budget...[By Justin Rohrlich via qz.com]

Iranian military leaders have warned Washington against threatening military action after U.S. President Donald Trump said Tehran would be held responsible for anti-U.S. protests in...[via rferl.org]

Implementation of the November pact has been slow and a number of deadlines missed, although it has enabled the return of the prime minister for...[By Lisa Barrington and Mohammad Ghobari via reuters.com]

Turkey hosts some 3.7 million Syrian refugees, the largest refugee population in the world. It fears a new wave from Idlib, where up to 3...[By van Gumrukcu and Ece Toksabay via reuters.com]

Netanyahu was indicted in November on charges of accepting bribes, fraud and breach of trust. After failing to assemble a governing majority following back-to-back elections...[By Josef Federman via apnews.com]

The F-35 Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter -- a single-engine stealth multirole combat aircraft used by the U.S. Air Force, Navy, and Marine Corps --...[By Christen McCurdy via upi.com]