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…
From great promise to persona non grata. That’s how dramatic the blow to Hamas’ relationship with Egypt has been. The previous Egyptian government, led by a former member of the Muslim Brotherhood, had been making limited overtures to Hamas—with more…
It was 2005, and the world was looking brighter. Lebanon kicked out Syria’s army, Ukraine had a pro-West, pro-democracy revolution, Libya was in the midst of deconstructing their weapons of mass destruction and the world’s powerful bad guys seemed to…