Middle East


US sets Friday deadline for Iraq to form government free of Iran-linked Maliki or face sanctions

Supporters of Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani’s Reconstruction and Development Coalition Party celebrate, after election results were announced in Baghdad last month. A week later, Sudani announced that his faction would join with the Coordination Framework, a political bloc with ties t

Iran stalls for interim deal as US-Tehran play ‘game of chicken’ with war, expert tells ‘Post'

Iranian, American flags against backdrop of Iranian nuclear site. (illustration)

CIA publishes Farsi message instructing Iranians how to reach out securely

An illustration of the CIA and Iranian flags.