The following is the transcript of an interview with Brett McGurk, the White House National Security Council coordinator for the Middle East and North Africa, on "Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan ...

Both the Trump and Biden administrations have publicly claimed credit for pushing the agreement over the line.

A draft deal for a ceasefire in Gaza and hostage release has been agreed to in principle and, if all goes well, will be finalized by Israel and Hamas this week, Arab, U.S. and Israeli officials told ...

The first three Israeli hostages were released after the ceasefire officially began. Hours later, Israel released 90 ...

Brett McGurk, the Biden administration National Security ... Some 250 people were kidnapped during Hamas' Oct. 7, 2023, attack that triggered 15 months of war. Around 100 hostages still remain ...

Lead U.S. Negotiator on the Israel-Hamas Hostage Deal Brett McGurk tells CNN’s Wolf Blitzer he formed a “very close partnership, even friendship” with President-elect Donald Trump’s Middle ...

“Steve and I developed a very close partnership, even friendship,” Brett McGurk, the National Security Council official ... and downs of the months-long negotiations between Israel and Hamas — ...

Qatar and Hamas after several days of intense talks. Brett McGurk, President Joe Biden's senior Middle East advisor, signed the agreement on behalf of the United States. According to the sources ...

Obstacles from Hamas continue to prevent the ceasefire ... (credit: Andrew Harnik/Getty Images) "They're still ongoing, and Brett {McGurk is} still out there. And I'm not able, nor was the ...