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 US and Iranian flags are seen in this illustration taken, September 8, 2022.

US believes Iranian-American journalist is detained in Iran, AP reports

By REUTERS
 People walk near the Roman ruins of Baalbek, Lebanon January 5, 2024.

US supports Israel's right to go after legitimate Hezbollah targets in Lebanon, State Dept says

Palestinians inspect the site of an Israeli strike on a school sheltering displaced people, amid the Israel-Hamas conflict, in Gaza City, August 10, 2024.

Emails show early US concerns of Israeli war crimes

By REUTERS
 U.S. President Joe Biden attends a ceremony, to present the Medal of Honor posthumously to descendants of Union soldiers Pvt. Philip Shadrach and Pvt. George Wilson, members of the 2nd Ohio Volunteer Infantry Regiment in the Civil War, at the White House in Washington, U.S., July 3, 2024.

Republican senators say Biden administration is continuing to delay critical weapons from Israel

 AS OF September 2024, 42 countries have signed the Global Guidelines for Countering Antisemitism that Dr. Deborah Lipstadt, the US State Department’s special envoy to monitor and combat antisemitism, was instrumental in creating.

‘We can’t afford to be silent': US antisemitism envoy tells 'Post'

 US Secretary of State Antony Blinken and French Foreign Minister Stephane Sejourne deliver remarks after meeting in Quai d'Orsay, Paris, France, September 19, 2024.

US warns all parties in Middle East against escalation, endangering hostage deal

 PA HEAD Mahmoud Abbas attends the World Economic Forum in Riyadh, last month. To rely on Abbas’s corrupt, impotent, poisonous, and terror-glorifying Palestinian Authority as a ruling alternative to Hamas would be insane, the writer argues.

Palestinian Authority fails to meet minimum fiscal transparency - US State Dept

People enter the State Department Building in Washington, U.S., January 26, 2017.

New sanctions: US targets 12 individuals in Iran for sanctions over alleged human rights violations

 American-Turkish activist Aysenur Ezgi Eygi.

State Dept. defends not launching investigation into Aysenur Eygi's death

 U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken exits a plane as he arrives in Cairo, during his week-long trip aimed at calming tensions across the Middle East, in Egypt, January 11, 2024.

Blinken to meet with Egypt on hostage deal Tuesday

 Guardia Nacional de Venezuela Police. February 23, 2013.

Venezuela arrests Spain, US and Czech nationals for 'destabilization'

By REUTERS
 U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken addresses reporters during his first press briefing at the State Department in Washington, U.S., January 27, 2021

State Dept. defends ability to hold Israel accountable for proper weapons use

 US Special Envoy to Combat Antisemitism and Hate Crimes, Ambassador Deborah Lipstadt, at the US State Department, July 25, 2024.

Hostage families discuss growing antisemitism, Hamas support at US State Dept.

Elor Azaria sits to hear his verdict in a military court in Tel Aviv, Israel, January 4, 2017

US State Department imposes visa restriction on Elor Azaria for 'human rights violations'

 Taliban members on the second anniversary of the fall of Kabul, near the US embassy in the Afghan capital, Aug. 15, 2023

Taliban confirms detention of two Americans, US calls for release

By ARSHAD MEHMOOD/THE MEDIA LINE
By FUNDING American universities, small sates, the Qataris are spreading an antisemitic and antidemocratic ideology, which amounts to a strategic threat to democratic societies. Here, a demonstrator holds a placard as students from Columbia University protest earlier this month.

Explosion of hate: State Department report details global rise in antisemitism post October 7

 An Israeli military vehicles is seen in Jenin, in the West Bank, May 22, 2024.

State Dept implores Israel to hold accountable IDF soldiers who used human shield in Jenin

 US Secretary of State Antony Blinken meets with International Atomic Energy Agency Director General Rafael Grossi at Vienna International Center, in Vienna, Austria March 15, 2024.

US says it will raise pressure on Iran if it does not cooperate with UN watchdog