Lara Seligman

WASHINGTON—The U.S. is sending significant numbers of jet fighters and support aircraft to the Middle East, assembling the greatest amount of air power in the region since the 2003 invasion of Iraq. Yet it still couldn’t be determined whether President Tr... See more

President Trump’s promised “armada” has arrived in the Middle East, headed by the USS Abraham Lincoln aircraft carrier battle group, and sophisticated F-35 jets have moved closer to the region. Trump has yet to say whether and how he might use force. But ... See more

The Syrian government’s campaign to wrest the country’s northeast from the U.S.-backed, Kurdish-led militia is fueling a fierce debate in Washington over whether to support the country’s new president at the expense of the Kurdish-led group that helped th... See more