It’s an age-old effort to find a scapegoat, rooted deeply in anti-Semitism and tragically used too often in the Arab political world: blaming Israel. Considering all the problems in Syria—the killing of over a hundred thousand people, the influx of…
The line has been crossed. An explosive device near the Syrian border wounded four Israeli soldiers on Tuesday, and now it’s no longer a secret that Israel is prepared to strike in Syria when needed. The Israel Defense Forces (IDF)…
It’s not often that dozens of rocket attacks and Israeli military strikes in response aren’t the only headlines that matter in the Middle East. But right now, they’re not even the only headlines that count in Israel or Gaza. More…
Things aren’t looking good for Middle East peace. Forget the sputtering peace talks, it turns out that half of the Palestinian leadership still won’t stop fighting until they have it all. Palestinian Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh of Hamas, the rulers…
Iraq is accusing a group of foreign nations of launching a de-facto war on their country, and it doesn’t include the United States or the UK. Try Saudi Arabia and Qatar. In a sign of growing tensions between an Iranian-led…
The Syrian civil war has truly gone international, after Hezbollah terrorists from Lebanon attempted to plant explosives near the Israel border with Syria. Despite being from Syria’s neighbor, Hezbollah has been fighting inside Syria on behalf of the Syrian regime…