Tag: Mike Pompeo
Pompeo to visit Israel ahead of April 9 elections
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo will visit Israel ahead of the country’s election on April 9, announced the U.S. State Department on Tuesday.
Pompeo said on Monday during a discussion with students in Iowa...
Netanyahu to meet Pence, Pompeo in Warsaw for Mideast summit
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is expected to meet with U.S. Vice President Mike Pence and U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo at this week’s summit in Warsaw concerning the Middle East.
At the beginning...
Pompeo: Peace plan to be released after Israeli elections
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo announced on Tuesday that the highly anticipated Trump administration’s peace plan for the Israelis and Palestinians—commonly referred to as the “deal of the century”—is expected to be released...
Who’s in charge? Pompeo or Trump
There were a great many differences between President Barack Obama’s June 2009 Cairo speech and the address delivered on Jan. 10 in the same city by Secretary of State Mike Pompeo. As Pompeo repeatedly...
Pompeo announces February international summit on Iran
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has announced an international summit in Poland next month on Iran, in addition to promoting stability and freedom in the Middle East.
The U.S. top diplomat told Fox News during his weeklong...
Pompeo slams UN: ‘The level of accountability on Iran has diminished’
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo slammed the U.N. Security Council on Wednesday for not holding Iran accountable for testing ballistic missiles, thereby violating Security Council resolutions.
“Since 2006, this Council has been telling Iran...
Pompeo: Hezbollah terror tunnels ‘violate the most basic premise of sovereignty’
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Monday that Hezbollah tunnels from Lebanon to infiltrate and attack Israel “violate the most basic premise of sovereignty.”
“The United States fully supports Israel’s right , and...
State Department continues to see Saudis as player in Mideast peace process
Despite the criticism that the Trump administration has gotten over its reaction to last month’s killing of Washington Post journalist Jamal Khashoggi, the State Department stood by U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo’s response.
“It’s a mean, nasty world...
US increases pressure on Iran, warns other players not to impede sanctions
The U.S. Treasury Department sanctioned nine targets last week related to an illicit oil network between Iran and Russia.
“We are acting against a complex scheme Iran and Russia have used to bolster the Assad regime...
Israel remains cautious amid global fury at Saudi Arabia over journalist’s suspicious death
Saudi Arabia appears to have severely miscalculated its ability to quietly silence critics after it has come under strong suspicion over the disappearance and possible murder of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, a fierce critic...