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 ...

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 ...

Asif William Rahman has pled guilty to transmitting classified national defence information, US Justice Department says.

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 ...

After months of deadlock, Israel and Hamas have reached a deal for a Gaza ceasefire and hostage release agreement. I spoke ...

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 ...

Hamas wants to “expel” Israel from the land ... President Joe Biden’s longtime Mideast adviser, CIA Director Bill Burns, Secretary of State Antony Blinken, and Biden’s national security ...

(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 ...