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Israel approves proposal to build permanent US embassy in Jerusalem

The approval was announced in a joint statement from Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Minister of Foreign Affairs Gideon Sa’ar, and Construction and Housing Minister Haim Katz.

MARCH 25, 2026|ByGOLDIE KATZ

View of the US Consulate in Jerusalem's Arnona neighborhood, Israel, February 24, 2018.

A funeral ceremony is held at Al-Hussein Al-Askari Hospital for members of Popular Mobilization Forces who were killed in an attack in Al Anbar Province near the Syria border in Baghdadi Iraq on March 16, 2026.

Iranian-backed militias claim 30 killed, wounded in US airstrikes on base

Up to 30 fighters from Iran-backed PMF were reportedly killed or wounded in US airstrikes on their base in Anbar province, Iraq, including operations commander Saad Dawai.

MARCH 24, 2026|BySETH J. FRANTZMAN

US Embassy organizes bus departures from Israel via Jordan crossing

The US Embassy has begun organizing bus departures for Americans from Israel to Amman via Jordan, offering an overland exit option amid ongoing security concerns.

MARCH 23, 2026|ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF

Smoke rises after an explosion at the US Embassy compound in Baghdad, Iraq, following a rocket and drone attack, according to security sources, March 17, 2026.

NATO deploys Patriot missile defenses to Turkey as Iranian attacks continue against Middle East

Turkey, which has NATO's second-largest army and neigbhbours Iran, said last week the alliance had deployed a Patriot system to its southeastern Malatya province, near a NATO radar base.

MARCH 18, 2026|ByTOBIAS HOLCMAN, REUTERS

Massive US embassy compound in Lebanon goes viral, sparks conspiracy theories

Does this large embassy compound reflect 2023 thinking or thinking from the last decade?

MAY 6, 2023BySETH J. FRANTZMAN

A Lebanese protester holds an anti-US banner behind razor wire during a protest in front of the US embassy near Beirut, March 15, 2005

US Embassy sets out on Passover 'Operation Afikoman' - who will find it?

The US Embassy Jerusalem posted a video to their social media kickstarting the holiday by having their employees search for the afikoman.

APRIL 5, 2023ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF

Russian spy gathered intel on Israeli political party leader

Russian spy Sergey Vladimirovich Cherkasov operated for a decade under a Brazilian alias and targeted the US and ICC in The Hague. However, he also gathered information on Israeli figures.

MARCH 31, 2023ByAARON REICH

A Russian flag is reflected in an eye in this picture illustration taken October 4, 2018.

American-Israelis call US to oppose judicial reform in embassy protest

Protesters waved American and Israeli flags as they chanted "This is not what democracy looks like."

MARCH 7, 2023ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF

American-Israelis protest outside the US Embassy in Tel Aviv against Judicial reform with an enlarged copy of the Declaration of Independence.

Four Americans kidnapped after crossing into Mexico, US Embassy says

The four unidentified Americans were in a white minivan with North Carolina license plates when they entered Matamoros, Tamaulipas on Friday.

MARCH 6, 2023ByREUTERS

Employees of the National Institute of Migration (INM) of Mexico stand at the border between Mexico and the United States, in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico January 7, 2023.

Russia accuses US embassy of 'fake news' about war, threatens expulsions

Russia made "discrediting" its military a crime punishable by up to five years in jail while knowingly spreading "false information" can get you 15.

FEBRUARY 7, 2023ByREUTERS

US Embassy in Pakistan issues red alert, bars staff from Marriott hotel

Fearing a possible attack, the United Kingdom also orders officials not to visit the popular spot, site of a suicide bomb attack more than a decade ago.

DECEMBER 28, 2022ByARSHAD MEHMOOD/THE MEDIA LINE