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This satellite image shows smoke rising from Saudi Aramco's Abqaiq oil processing facility in Saudi Arabia.

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Iran Denies It Is Behind Drone Attacks On Oil Plants In Saudi Arabia

11:31pm September 15, 2019

by Shannon Van Sant

Houthi rebels in Yemen have claimed responsibility for the attacks, but Secretary of State Mike Pompeo accused Iran of launching an "unprecedented attack on the world's energy supply."

U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, left, shakes hands with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Jerusalem Thursday.

President Trump Backs Israeli Sovereignty Claim Over Golan Heights

7:30pm March 21, 2019

by Daniella Cheslow

In a tweeted announcement, the Commander in Chief appeared to overturn decades of U.S. policy just ahead of Israeli elections

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N. Korea Considering Whether To Resume Nuclear, Missile Tests Amid Impasse With U.S.

2:41pm March 15, 2019

by Francesca Paris

Pyongyang blamed U.S. officials for the breakdown in talks in Hanoi last month and said North Korean leader Kim Jong Un will soon decide whether to end his country's voluntary moratorium on testing.

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo tells reporters Friday that the United States will withdraw from the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty with Russia.

U.S. Announces It Will Withdraw From Nuclear Arms Control Treaty With Russia

1:27pm February 01, 2019

by Sasha Ingber

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said the U.S. will suspend its obligations under the 1987 INF treaty as of Saturday and pull out in six months if Russia isn't deemed to be in compliance.

Venezuela's sitting president, Nicolás Maduro, attends a ceremony Thursday in Caracas to mark the opening of the judicial year at the Supreme Court of Justice. Opposition leader Juan Guaidó has declared himself the interim president, but Maduro has not

State Department Orders Some Diplomatic Staff Out Of Venezuela In Political Crisis

6:32pm January 24, 2019

by Laurel Wamsley

U.S.-backed Juan Guaidó has declared himself president as he leads a high-stakes charge to end Nicolás Maduro's regime. Hitting back against U.S. support for Guaidó, Maduro ordered U.S. diplomats out.

U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo (center) visited Bahrain on Friday.

Pompeo Says The U.S. Troop Withdrawal From Syria Is Just A 'Tactical Change'

6:05pm January 12, 2019

by Sasha Ingber

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is traveling through the Middle East as confusion mounts over U.S. policy in Syria.

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo tells NPR that the U.S. remains committed to the Kurds, American allies in the Syrian war, even as the U.S. plans to withdraw troops from the country.

Despite Remaining ISIS Threats, Pompeo Says U.S. Made 'Caliphate In Syria Go Away'

5:18pm December 20, 2018

by Peter Granitz

In an interview with NPR, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo expanded on remarks by President Trump, who declared the U.S. had "won against ISIS" amid news that the Pentagon would pull troops from Syria.

An Iranian woman walks past the former U.S. Embassy in Tehran, which bears a mural depicting the Statue of Liberty with a dead face. With just days to go until the U.S. plans to snap more sanctions back into place, questions linger about what the move spe

U.S. Is About To Reinstate Iran Sanctions. Here's What That Means

8:33pm November 02, 2018

Come Monday, the Trump administration plans to restore the full measure of sanctions that were lifted with the Iran nuclear deal. You probably have questions about the situation. We have answers.

A Yemeni man walks through the rubble of a building after a Saudi-led coalition airstrike last month in the capital, Sanaa. "The time is now for the cessation of hostilities," U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said Tuesday.

'It Is Time To End This Conflict': U.S. Calls For Cease-Fire In Yemen

2:16pm October 31, 2018

by Colin Dwyer

Top Trump administration officials said they're seeking a halt to hostilities in the war-torn country — and that they'd like to see it within 30 days, to open the door for more permanent peace talks.

U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo shakes hands with Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu before their official talks in Ankara, Turkey, on Wednesday.

Pompeo Meets With Turkey's Leaders Amid Diplomatic Crisis Over Missing Journalist

2:20pm October 17, 2018

by Emily Sullivan

The U.S. secretary of state is in Ankara, where the Turkish government alleges journalist Jamal Khashoggi was murdered by Saudi agents, a charge Riyadh denies.