The ongoing crisis between Turkey and Syria has reached new heights in recent days, culminating with an authorization from the Turkish parliament for troops to enter Syria if necessary. According to Turkey’s Today’s Zaman publication, the resolution to allow Turkish…
Five Turkish civilians were killed by Syrian mortar fire on Wednesday, with Turkey firing back across the border in some of the highest tensions to date between the neighboring countries. The Turkish newspaper Hurriyet Daily News reported that the Turkish…
After failing to achieve full-fledged statehood recognition last year, the Palestinians are now looking to escalate their United Nations status to a non-member state via the UN General Assembly. Palestinian Authority (PA) President Mahmoud Abbas said on Tuesday he is…
Despite the intense media speculation on what Israel will do about Iran’s nuclear program—will they attack militarily and if so, when?—the reality is that Israel and its allies are keeping their actual plans close to the vest. No one really…
If there was any ambiguity in the red lines called for by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu regarding Iran’s nuclear program, the Israeli leader made his position clear on Thursday in a speech to the United Nations. Netanyahu called for the…
Just days after Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad implied to The Washington Post that he supported what amounted to the end of the State of Israel, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu left for New York to give Israel’s response to the…