State Department

US-Israel relations

Gaza air strikes: US government refuses to condemn killing of children by Israel

State Department spokesperson also equivocates on whether Palestinians have the right to self defence
Politics
Uighur activists: Stuck between Chinese persecution and US imperialism
Human Rights
US designates Saudi Arabia one of worst countries in fight against human trafficking
Human Rights
US commission: Saudi Arabia is top violator of religious freedom
Arms Trade
Exporting America's gun problem? The proposed rule that has monitors up in arms
Analysis
Pompeo is on his way home, and US policy in the Middle East is hazier than ever
Diplomacy
EXCLUSIVE: US Saudi embassy shares video backing protests against 'brutal regimes'
Khashoggi
Saudi Arabia transfers $100m to US State Department as Khashoggi crisis deepens
Bahrain Schism
US blacklists Bahraini group as 'terrorist'
Syria War
US freezes funding for Syria's White Helmets: Report
Refugees
US reverses pledge of additional $45m for UNRWA
Religion
US slams Middle East allies in 'religious freedom' report
Muslim Ban
Yemeni, Iranian lottery winners sue US, ask that stalled visas be issued
Iraq War
Overruling diplomats, US to drop Iraq from child soldiers' list: Report
Diplomacy
Blacklisting Muslim Brotherhood would complicate US diplomacy, Tillerson says
Trump
US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson lays out diplomatic priorities
Inside Israel
Recognising the discrimination Ethiopian Jews face in Israel is a step in the right direction
Efrat Yerday
Islamic State
Trump versus Islamic State: Three questions US president still needs to answer
Matthew Ayton
Trump
Rex Tillerson confirmed as US secretary of state
Muslim Ban
Trump fires acting attorney general, dismisses officials' memo against ban
Islamic State
$3m reward for US-trained Tajik Islamic State militant
Turkey Coup
ANALYSIS: Turkey faces big legal battle to extradite Gulen
Iran nuclear
US State Department edited press briefing video of Iran talks