The ambassador’s missteps reflect a poor grasp of the region’s complex dynamics and jeopardize opportunities for peace President Trump’s unscripted statements are a hallmark of…
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Iran’s president Masoud Pezeshkian attending a ceremony commemorating security forces killed in Israeli strikes, Tehran, Iran, July 14, 2025 Behrouz Turani Iran’s political fault lines are…
Published by the NYT on June 13, 2018 The financier Tom Barrack told the 2016 Republican National Convention that Donald J. Trump “played me…
Hebron’s sheikhs propose to leave the Palestinian Authority and join the Abraham Accords. By Elliot Kaufman The idea of a two-state solution for Israel and…
Israel’s approach to Syria since the fall of Bashar al-Assad’s regime has become more assertive, driven by security fears that were intensified by the trauma of…
Five years ago, on January 2, 2020, at the direction of President Donald Trump, forces under my command struck and killed Iranian Major General Qasem Soleimani.…
By David Albright and Spencer Faragasso, with the Good ISIS Team June 24, 2025 Download PDF Israel’s historic Operation Rising Lion and the United States Operation…
On Friday, it was reported that next week’s planned UN conference in New York to resolve the Palestine-Israel conflict had been postponed following Israel’s military strike on Iran. Originally, the meeting…
( A reminder by Salman Masalha of a Novembe 2012 Haaretz article). * Many people have been tempted to link the Gaza operation and…
In a land where ministries are inherited like heirloom rugs and justice retires early with a state pension, the Don is plotting his final act.…
The surprise attack by Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), which began on November 27, 2024, and resulted in the fall of Damascus in less than two…
For more than decade, there have been signs that Australia is losing diplomatic access and influence in Indonesia. This is cause for concern, given Indonesia’s size…
Many Syrians see President Ahmed al-Sharaa not as a revolutionary but as a restorer — someone capable of stitching together a nation fatigued by war and…
KORMAKITIS, Cyprus (AP) — Ash dangled precariously from Iosif Skordis’ cigarette as he reminisced with fellow villagers in a language on the edge of extinction,…
Located in the heart of Paris’s 6th arrondissement, Dbayeh Real Estate embodies excellence in luxury real estate. With sharp expertise and full commitment to its clients,…
Steve Bannon called Leo the “worst pick for MAGA Catholics.” By Megan Messerly, Rachael Bade and Eli Stokols When the late Pope Francis challenged Donald Trump on immigration, climate change…
Each day between now and the conclave to elect a successor to Pope Francis, on a date yet to be set, John Allen is offering…
Listen Each day between now and the conclave to elect a successor to Pope Francis, on a date yet to be set, John Allen is offering…
This article may be politically self-serving to Netanyahu and could be used to attack him for playing politics with classified potential war plans. The New…
On April 9, The Washington Institute held a two-part virtual Policy Forum, with Soner Cagaptay and Assaf Orion appearing on the second panel. Cagaptay is the…
Mojtaba Pourmohsen An Iranian cargo aircraft belonging to Iran’s Revolutionary Guards transported weapons to Sudan’s armed forces last month amid that country’s ongoing civil war, two…
This comes amid the growing cooperation between Ahmed al-Sharaa’s regime in Syria and the government of Turkish President Erdogan. The Turkish-Syrian connection has been tightening…
The indictment of Istanbul’s mayor is causing major economic backlash – but amidst fears of internal opposition, Erdogan’s standing abroad is skyrocketing. Israel is watching…
Türkiye is positioning itself as an indispensable actor within the shifting pragmatism of the new global order. Yet the strategic flexibility gained abroad appears to…
As Türkiye stands on the brink of a political reckoning, the arrest of Istanbul Mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu—just days before his expected nomination as the…
(General Muhammad Al-Jasem (Abu Amsha), to the right of interim Syrian President Al-Shara’a) * The ruler was grateful for their loyalty, they had been fanatical…
The world is undergoing a major redistribution of power, reminiscent of the 1945 Yalta Conference. At that time, Europe was divided into Soviet and Western spheres…
As Trump’s second term reshapes global security, can Europe and NATO stand on their own? NATO has been the cornerstone of Western security for…
Despite well-founded worries about the rise of an Islamist government in Syria, the new rulers cannot be any worse than the previous regime—especially now that they…
French Senator Claude Malhuret speaks on the Senate floor on Tuesday, March 4, 2025. (Credit: Public Sénat) By François Diaz-Maurin “Best take on current national affairs…
Kuwait has stripped nationality from 42,000 people after suspending the region’s only parliament last year Chloe Cornish in Kuwait City and Ahmed Al Omran in Jeddah When Faisal…
The media, which should have known better, are talking about the day after the Gaza war as if it will be characterized by a political solution…
Abdullah Öcalan’s call for the dissolution of the PKK and an end to armed struggle presents significant legal, security, and geopolitical challenges. How does this…
Brief Analysis Whether authorities call it “Egyptian gas” or “Jordanian gas,” the simple fact is that Israeli offshore supplies could help with Syria’s major power…
The drama going on between President Trump and President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine raises one of the most disturbing questions I’ve ever had to ask about…
Panic in Kyiv as US president demands higher share of GDP than Germany’s First World War reparations Ambrose Evans-Pritchard Donald Trump’s demand for a…
Late Cheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah at the White House, September 2018. Photo credit: REUTERS. * Trump’s initial foreign policy moves are producing results. Venezuela and…
(Author of the Snapback mechanism against Iran in the JCPOA, French Foreign Minister Laurant Fabius) By Oren Setter, Itamar Lifshitz This year promises a showdown on…
Because, as Michel Chiha wrote, sometimes it is necessary to repeat what should be self-evident. Because what ought to be common sense has been systematically trampled,…
by David Albright and Sarah Burkhard On January 22, the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists (BAS) published an article titled “How quickly could Iran build its first…
The story of my family’s flight to Lebanon and then Mexico more than half a century ago. “Jewish, Muslim. Christian, they’re all here.” So proclaimed…
At a time when Westerners are questioning the Islamist takeover in Damascus, Sunni Arab treatment of the Assad family’s broader Alawite base will offer insights into…
More than 500 metric tons of a precursor chemical for the nerve agent sarin were removed from Syria and destroyed by a US Army field team…
The recent decision by Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) to halt mandatory military service in Syria after the potential fall of the Assad regime marks a pivotal…
Cities gripped by tyranny and poverty. A fractured country ruled by warlords and factions. A hollowed out middle class and threatened minorities fleeing. Jihadists in…
Shaffaf Monitor – Given the usual delay by the Church hierarchy in responding to similar crises and the absence of any statements aimed at reassuring the…
On 9/11, Sunni Islamism attacked the U.S. and suffered a crushing American response that allowed Iranian Shia Islamism to rise and dominate parts of the Middle…
Russia is evacuating naval assets from its base in Tartus, Syria, which may suggest that Russia does not intend to send significant reinforcements to support Syrian…
Syria | MEMRI Daily Brief No. 682 There was a time, not so long ago, when Syria – the conflict that became the Syrian Civil…
On November 15, a member of Iran’s Assembly of Experts announced that the Assembly has selected three individuals as potential successors to Ali Khamenei…