Why does Israel keep attacking Syria?
Over the weekend, cross-border violence between Israel and Syria set off an exchange of heated threats between the two countries. On Saturday, the neighbours traded…
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In Turkish move into Syria, a sign of how Russia is shaping the country
OCTOBER 19, 2017 BASEL, SWITZERLAND—For most of the Syrian civil war, there have been two constants of Turkish policy: support for opposition forces seeking the…
Trump Isn’t Actually Doing Much to Curb Iran
In his speech last week laying out a new Iran strategy, President Trump focused less on the 2015 nuclear deal that he was decertifying (but not actually canceling),…
Why the UAE is leading the charge into Africa
The Gulf state is ahead of the rest of the Middle East – and much of the world – when it comes to capitalising on…
How The U.S. Lost The War In Syria To Russia And Iran
When the U.S. and its allies finally began their offensive to defeat the Islamic State militant group (ISIS) in the eastern Syrian province of Deir…
Iran: Trump’s Gift to the Hard-liners
If Donald Trump decertifies the nuclear deal this week, the political fallout within Iran will be no different from earlier instances of Washington’s punishing of…
Analysis: Why Hasn’t Israel Been The Victim Of Mass Shootings?
Rob Portnoe, a Jewish educator from Minneapolis, is visiting family in Israel. He thinks it’s his tenth visit, and one of his sons served as…
After Threat of War, Iraq and Kurds Lower the Temperature
ERBIL, Iraq — The world could be excused for thinking that another war was about to break out in Iraq. After Iraq’s Kurds voted in…
Follow Israel’s example: We must wage financial warfare against terrorists
The United States and nations around the world battle ISIS and other terrorist groups with special forces and other ground combat troops, pilots of manned…
Why Russia Is Playing All Sides In The Middle East
With the Trump administration lately focused mostly on domestic policy – even as Mueller’s ongoing Russian probe continues to hang over Trump’s head – U.S….