This month, Obama administration officials revealed plans to dramatically reduce embassy staff in Baghdad, the largest U.S. diplomatic mission abroad. Along with the announcement in December of the withdrawal of all U.S. troops from Iraq — the message President Obama is sending is clear: The sooner we put Iraq...

Iraq's salvation still rides with the two forces that few had foreseen: the religious Shiites and the U.S. military.

Iranian outbursts towards the United States and Israel are nothing new, but the Iranian plot to assassinate the Saudi ambassador to Washington surprised many people. Iran's animosity toward Saudi Arabia, however, should have surprised no one.

For Pakistan, founded as a homeland for all Indian Muslims, the Sunni-Shiite divide is an awkward subject that many would rather ignore. But the rest of the world needs to pay more attention to this conflict.

Muqtada al-Sadr's guerrilla attacks are a wake-up call for both the Americans and Ayatollah Sistani.

Fighting raging in the north of Yemen between the government and Shiite al-Houthi rebels could have a significant effect on Middle East and U.S. security, as well as on Yemen's own survival.

Is there a way to counter violent anti-American extremism in the Islamic world? Since 9/11, the American hope has been--on both sides of the political aisle--to...

On the first anniversary of the pro-democracy uprising in Bahrain, American Enterprise Institute (AEI) Middle East scholar Michael Rubin warns that Bahrain could be headed for a bloodbath with dangerous repercussions for the United States.