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Business News > Mint Authors > Nancy A Youssef

Nancy A Youssef

ARTICLES BY NANCY A YOUSSEF

Iran struck Israel with barrages of missiles. (Photo by Eyad BABA / AFP) (AFP)

After sitting out the Iran attack, US steps in to help Israel intercept missiles

3 min read . 14 Jun 2025

US sets tough terms for Syria’s new govt in exchange for limited sanctions relief, excludes Russia. (Image: Reuters)

US toughens demands on Syria’s new Islamist-led leadership

6 min read . 18 Apr 2025

Elon Musk to receive Pentagon briefing on U.S. war plans for China, sparking security and policy concerns. (Image: Reuters)

Musk to receive top-secret briefing on US war plans for China

3 min read . 21 Mar 2025

Interior view of Camp 6 at Guantanamo Bay in 2014. (AFP)

The unraveling of Trump’s plan to detain thousands of migrants at Guantanamo

4 min read . 14 Mar 2025

It isn’t clear whether the military’s role on the border would replace or overlap with the existing security operations carried out by DHS, ICE and border agents. Photo: anna rose layden/Reuters

Pentagon plans for bigger US troop role at border

4 min read . 22 Jan 2025

Ukrainian troops still depend on the regular supply of weapons from the U.S. Photo: roman pilipey/Agence France-Presse/Getty Images

Biden to leave Trump with billions for Ukraine weapons

4 min read . 28 Nov 2024

More than $7 billion in drawdown authority allowing the Pentagon to transfer weapons and munitions to Ukraine from its stocks remains unspent, along with over $2 billion to fund long-term equipment contracts for Kyiv. (AP)

US struggles to rush weapons to Ukraine before Trump takes office

3 min read . 09 Nov 2024

The Pentagon is seen from the air in Washington, US. (File Photo: Reuters)

Pentagon runs low on air-defence missiles as demand surges

5 min read . 29 Oct 2024

Israel launched a retaliatory strike against Iran, responding to the Oct. 1 missile barrage that Tehran sent across Israel. (AFP/Getty Images)

How Biden pushed Israel to limit its Iran attack and still inflict a heavy blow

4 min read . 27 Oct 2024

Flames and smoke rise from an Israeli airstrike in Dahiyeh, Beirut, Lebanon. Struggling to head off an all-out Middle East war, the Pentagon has deployed two aircraft carrier battle groups to the region for much of the year. (File Photo: AP)

How Oct 7 upended America’s global military strategy

10 min read . 10 Oct 2024

Last month, Israel carried out a strike against Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah without informing the U.S. ahead of time.

US frustrated by Israel’s reluctance to share Iran retaliation plans

4 min read . 09 Oct 2024

A strike in the southern Lebanese village of Odaisseh near the border with Israel on Wednesday. (AFP/Getty Images)

Pentagon worries Israel is close to launching ground war in Lebanon

5 min read . 19 Sep 2024

US President Joe Biden and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. (Reuters )

Joe Biden tried to use arms sales to pressure Israel. It didn’t work.

4 min read . 22 Aug 2024

President Biden said this week that it is becoming more difficult to complete a cease-fire agreement. Photo: elizabeth frantz/Reuters

The missteps in Washington and Tehran that brought Middle East to the brink

5 min read . 15 Aug 2024

Four Small Diameter Bombs. Photo: U.S. Air National Guard

US lifts restrictions on sale of bombs to Saudi Arabia

3 min read . 13 Aug 2024

The current delivery pace is only a slowdown compared with the airlift of weapons in the initial months after Hamas’s Oct. 7 attacks, a State Department official says. (AFP)

The reason US arms shipments to Israel have slowed

5 min read . 26 Jun 2024

People hang out at a park with a graffiti in support of hostages kidnapped during the deadly October 7 attack on Israel by Hamas, in Tel Aviv, Israel. (Photo: Reuters)

Families of hostages in Gaza are desperate for news but dread a phone call

6 min read . 20 Jun 2024

An Israeli army F-15 fighter jet flies over central Israel. (AFP)

Congressional leaders allow arms sale to Israel after White House pressure

2 min read . 18 Jun 2024

An American soldier stands on a a US military vessel that ran aground at a beach in the Israeli coastal city of Ashdod on May 25, 2024. The US military said four of its vessels, supporting a temporary pier built to deliver aid to Gaza by sea, had run aground in heavy seas. (Photo: AFP)

How ambitious plans for a floating aid pier off Gaza fell apart

5 min read . 12 Jun 2024

President Biden warned Israel and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu against a full-scale assault on Rafah nearly two months ago. (Photo: REUTERS)

How Netanyahu pushed Biden to the edge of his ‘red line’

5 min read . 09 May 2024