Towing the line between diplomat and intelligence agent, Burns's trips to the region are shrouded under a cloak of mystery.

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 ...

Washington optimistic on chances of closing agreement to release Israelis held by Hamas before end of Biden's term; Netanyahu ...

Ex-CIA analyst Asif Rahman pleaded guilty Friday ... to release additional information to sway the Israeli’s war with Hamas. The Israel military documents Rahman divulged didn’t include ...

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu dispatched a high-level delegation to Doha to help seal a hostage and cease-fire ...

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 ...

CIA director nominee John Ratcliffe said the agency needs to focus on its mission in the face of growing challenges from ...

Trump’s Middle East envoy Steve Witkoff was briefed about the progress made in the Israel-Hamas mediation talks by Qatar ...

In an exit interview with NPR's , CIA Director William Burns says he still thinks "there's a chance" for a ceasefire in the ...

WASHINGTON — Former Texas congressman John Ratcliffe, President-elect Donald Trump’s pick to lead the CIA, vowed to make the ...

Palestinian officials say the war in Gaza has killed more than 46,000 people, as some on both sides of the conflict hope for "help from Donald Trump." ...

IDF announces four soldiers killed in northern Gaza • Hamas says Netanyahu has agreed to end the war •Hostage negotiations ...