With more and more dying every day in what has effectively become a civil war in Syria, the United Nations special envoy to the country, Kofi Annan, announced his resignation on Thursday. Annan, who helped broker a failed ceasefire and…
With more and more dying in Syria, the world is reacting with urgency. Talking with urgency. Urgent meetings. They are urgently moving, but accomplishing little. Wasting haste just results in nothing. But this week has offered a little hope.
The sanctions imposed and diplomacy taken to date are not enough to discourage Iran from pursuing nuclear weapons, Israel’s top defense official a defense college on Wednesday. Defense Minister Ehud Barak further noted that in dealing with the Iranian threat,…
Hamas officials are in the midst of meetings with key regional leaders, including a surprise visit between Hamas’ political chief Khaled Mashaal and Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Tuesday. According to the Hurriyet Daily News, the two leaders…
The past week has been an intense one for the Middle East. A bomb assassinated high-ranking Syrian officials as the rebels made their first real strides towards toppling the regime. A bus bombing killed and wounded a number of Israelis…
With the situation in Syria turning more and more volatile and violent, Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak expressed anxiety on Thursday over the status of Syria’s chemical weapons. Of particular concern is that the weapons of mass destruction could end…