Towing the line between diplomat and intelligence agent, Burns's trips to the region are shrouded under a cloak of mystery.
Former chief of staff at the CIA and Pentagon Jeremy Bash explains why separating hostages and releasing them at two different times as outlined in the ceasefire deal between Hamas and Israel is not an ideal agreement.
A former CIA analyst charged with leaking highly classified ... how a hostage exchange and ceasefire between Israel and Hamas may be carried out and the terms upheld. Emily Harding of the Center ...
Israel and Hamas move forward on ceasefire agreement after near failureAsif William Rahman had been employed by the CIA since 2016 and held a top secret security clearance with access to sensitive ...
As he was packing up his office this week at CIA headquarters, the language of a cease-fire agreement between Israel and Hamas, which he had toiled over for the past 15 months, was at the top of ...
Trump’s Middle East envoy Steve Witkoff was briefed about the progress made in the Israel-Hamas mediation talks by Qatar which has been brokering the deal alongside Egypt and the United States
The ceasefire in Gaza between Israel and Hamas stretched into a fifth day on Thursday. Humanitarian aid groups are working to surge food and supplies to the war-ravaged territory as Palestinians scour through mountains of rubble looking for bodies of those killed by Israeli bombardments during the 15-month war.
(photo credit: REUTERS/Nathan Howard) CIA director William Burns played a significant role in the mediation between Israel and Hamas following October 7, integrating his intelligence experience ...
A former Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) employee has pleaded guilty to ... were carried out in retaliation for the assassination of Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh in the Iranian capital, Tehran ...
Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, asked how Ratcliffe would improve recent CIA miscues that failed to predict the Hamas attack on Israel, Russia's invasion of Ukraine, the sudden collapse of the Syrian regime and the Taliban's rapid seizure of control over ...
By Robert Inlakesh Israel’s violations of the Lebanon ceasefire and its push to remain in south Lebanon threaten to reignite conflict with Hezbollah. Tel Aviv is proposing that its troops remain inside south Lebanese territory