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President Biden will meet with Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani at the White House on Monday with the future of American troops in Iraq is in flux, and as the Islamic terror group ISIS has re-emerged amid mounting tensions in the Middle East. At the meeting, al-Sudani and Biden will focus on private sector...

A growing number of Democrats are expressing interest in conditioning weapons to Israel, but the issue remains divisive in the party, and even supporters of the idea have varying views on the path toward placing restrictions on aid. Calls to pull back on military support for Israel grew after a deadly Israeli strike killed seven...

Israel said most of the Iranian missiles launched on Saturday were intercepted outside of the country by Israeli and allied defense systems. The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) reported in a Telegram post that the "vast majority" of the dozens of Iranian surface-to-surface missiles were identified approaching Israeli territory and were "successfully intercepted" by the country's...

American forces have intercepted Iranian drones targeting Israel, according to a U.S. defense official. The official said the U.S. continues to "shoot down Iranian-launched drones targeting Israel." "Our forces remain postured to provide additional defensive support and to protect U.S. forces operating in the region," the official added. Iran has launched a wave of drones...

Iran has launched a significant attack of drone and missile strikes on Israel, the White House and Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) said Saturday, widening fears of a regional war in the Middle East. Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) said in a statement that it launched dozens of missiles and drones toward Israel, according to a...

Haiti has formalized a new presidential transitional council that will help to move the embattled nation toward peace after the Caribbean island has been consumed by gang violence and left with almost no government. A decree was published Friday establishing the new nine-member council in Le Moniteur, the official gazette of the Haitian government, according...

Welcome to The Hill's Defense & NatSec newsletter {beacon} Defense &National Security Defense &National Security   The Big Story Israel warns Iran against counterstrike The U.S. has expressed fears that Iran will strike Israel in retaliation for an alleged Israeli strike near the Iranian embassy. © Getty Israeli Foreign Minister Israel Katz threatened Wednesday that...

Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin on Tuesday said there is no evidence that Israel is committing genocide in Gaza amid the war against the Palestinian militant group Hamas. Austin, speaking during a Senate Armed Services hearing on Capitol Hill, denied that Israel is committing a genocide after protesters interrupted the committee and called for the U.S....

The families of four hostages still held by Hamas in Gaza marked a somber milestone on Sunday, exactly six months from the day the Palestinian militant group invaded southern Israel to kidnap some 240 people. The families, along with a former hostage, Aviva Siegel, spoke to The Hill on Sunday ahead of a major rally...