Matt Spetalnick

Troubled Mideast peace effort compounds U.S. policy woes in region

December 23, 2018 at 11:22 p.m.

WASHINGTON/DUBAI (Reuters) - Addressing the United Nations General Assembly in September, U.S. President Barack Obama declared the pursuit of Israeli-Palestinian peace one of the two main U.S. foreign policy priorities...

Obama presses Abbas to help break stalemate with Israel

November 4, 2021 at 1:27 a.m.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama pressed Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on Monday to help break the stalemate in U.S.-brokered peace talks with Israel, saying leaders on both sides must...

Obama presses Abbas to help break stalemate with Israel

May 23, 2019 at 9:31 p.m.

Biden’s role on Ukraine underscores risks for his political future

November 4, 2021 at 1:23 a.m.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - As the bloodiest day of anti-government protests in Ukraine was drawing to a close last month, U.S. Vice President Joe Biden called President Viktor Yanukovich for the...

Biden’s role on Ukraine underscores risks for his political future

May 23, 2019 at 9:30 p.m.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - As the bloodiest day of anti-government protests in Ukraine was drawing to a close last month, U.S. Vice President Joe Biden called President Viktor Yanukovich for the...

Netanyahu warns on Iran, no concessions for Palestinians

November 4, 2021 at 1:19 a.m.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu warned the United States and other world powers on Tuesday not to allow Iran to retain the ability to enrich uranium, and...

Netanyahu warns on Iran, no concessions for Palestinians

September 9, 2018 at 3:49 a.m.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu warned the United States and other world powers on Tuesday not to allow Iran to retain the ability to enrich uranium, and...

Obama, wary of foreign crises, faces East-West standoff in Ukraine

September 9, 2018 at 3:11 a.m.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - As Russia deepened its military intervention in Ukraine's Crimea region on Saturday, ignoring Barack Obama's stern warning, the U.S. president faced a critical test of whether Washington...

Main Israel lobby seeks to regain footing as Netanyahu visits U.S

December 23, 2018 at 10:14 p.m.

WASHINGTON/JERUSALEM (Reuters) - For years, Israeli leaders visiting Washington have been boosted by America's main pro-Israel lobby, its influence on U.S. Middle East policy long accepted as a matter of...

U.S. says works with partners to raise pressure on Syria on chemical arms

August 25, 2021 at 12:58 a.m.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The White House said on Friday it was working with partners to ratchet up pressure on Syria to accelerate removal of its chemical weapons after the United...

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