Lee Smith

Why is the Biden administration dangling the Hamas chief in exchange for stopping the Gaza war? Because the terror group’s survival is key to the administration’s larger project in the Middle East.

The Palestinian terror organization refuses to release hostages while clinging to its last stronghold in Rafah. So why is the Biden administration throwing the full weight of the U.S. government at Israel to prevent it from routing Hamas?

The emirate’s role as a back channel between the U.S. and Iran has metastasized into something far more dangerous

The Palestinians have something better than a state. They have the backing of today’s worldwide power brokers.

An information warfare campaign tries to flip demoralized portions of the right into supporting Hamas and Obama’s Iran deal

The D.C. blame game is about avoiding responsibility while protecting a policy that is written in blood

It was the first in a series of hugely consequential lies that will shape our country as much as the Middle East

The trail that leads from Tehran to D.C. passes directly through the offices of Robert Malley and the International Crisis Group

The South already lost the Civil War. Why are Trump’s opponents so interested in restarting it?

The downfall of the White House’s favorite Iran whisperer is a mystery wrapped inside a cover-up

Biden’s Justice Department views Trump as a traitor. It views Trump’s supporters the same way.

A China-brokered agreement with Iran shocked and dismayed Washington, whose mercurial policy gyrations are getting harder for the Saudis to understand

If the story of one of the largest security breaches in U.S. history sounds too good to be true, maybe that’s because it is?

U.S. support for demonstrations in Tel Aviv isn’t about the future of Israel’s judiciary. It’s about handcuffing Israel while Iran gets the bomb.

Careless claims that the U.S. blew up the Nord Stream pipelines cover for the real scandals of the Biden administration