MIDDLE EAST

Reporting and analysis related to middle east.

• Israel Election Results: Netanyahu Bloc Leads With 54 Seats, Eisenkot Bloc 47 as Neither Side Reaches 61

  With three-quarters of ballots counted, Likud is the largest party but Israel faces a hung Knesset, record Arab-party gains and weeks of coalition talks.

• Iran Plots Against Americans at 'Advanced Stages,' DNI Clayton Warns as U.S. Cuts Embassy Staff in 4 Countries

  An intelligence memo to Secretary of State Rubio prompts staffing cuts in Jordan, Lebanon, Qatar and the UAE as Trump weighs another round of Operation Epic Fury.