Biden Works Against the Clock as Violence Escalates in the Middle East
Sep 23, 2024 · For a year now, President Biden has warned publicly and privately about the need to avoid a broader war in the Middle East, one that could easily escalate into direct conflict between Israel...
As U.S. Election Looms, Biden Aides Struggle With Middle East …
Oct 26, 2024 · Less than three weeks before the election, Mr. Biden dispatched Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken to the Middle East for that purpose. The trip this week, his 11th wartime visit to the region ...
After pressing a cease-fire, Joe Biden's administration shifts its ...
Oct 2, 2024 · Just a week after calling urgently for an immediate cease-fire between Israel and Hezbollah to avoid the possibility of all-out war in the Middle East, the administration has shifted its message as Israel presses ahead with ground incursions in Lebanon following a massive airstrike Friday in Beirut that killed Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah ...
Biden, Harris meet with national security team as US watches for ... - CNN
Aug 6, 2024 · Biden, Harris meet with national security team as US watches for Iranian retaliation. By Katie Bo Lillis, Jim Sciutto, Michael Williams and Natasha Bertrand, CNN. 4 minute read.
Biden arrives in Israel, kicking off first Middle East trip ... - NBC News
Jul 13, 2022 · JERUSALEM — President Joe Biden arrived in Israel on Wednesday for his first trip to the Middle East as president, looking to show support for that nation amid low expectations that his visit...
Highlights from Biden’s Trip to the Middle East - The New York Times
Jul 16, 2022 · JEDDAH, Saudi Arabia — President Biden declared on Saturday that the United States would not cede the Middle East to China or Russia in an escalating great power competition for the region, as he...
Biden presents new Israel ceasefire plan, calls on Hamas to accept
WASHINGTON, May 31 (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden on Friday said Israel had proposed a fresh Gaza ceasefire in exchange for the release of hostages, and called on Hamas to agree to the new...
Stakes are immense as Biden presses Israel to change course - BBC
US officials - from Mr Biden to Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin - have continually affirmed what they present as Israel's right to self-defence, and declared...
Israel Gaza: Biden clinches deal with Egypt to allow aid - BBC
Oct 18, 2023 · US President Joe Biden has secured a deal with Egypt to deliver limited aid to Gaza to ease a humanitarian crisis amid the Israel-Hamas war. Visiting Tel Aviv, Mr Biden said Israel had a right to...
US says military moves in Middle East aimed at de-escalating …
Aug 3, 2024 · U.S. President Joe Biden will convene his national security team in the situation room on Monday to discuss developments in the Middle East, the White House said, adding that he would speak...