Turkey has given its troops the order to treat Syrian military targets approaching their shared border as a “threat,” according to Today’s Zaman, following Syria’s shooting down of a Turkish jet last week. Meanwhile, Hurriyet Daily News, citing the Turkish…
This week Egypt stepped into a new era: A civilian Islamist was named president. Former Muslim Brotherhood chairman Mohamed Morsi is clearly not Hosni Mubarak. The cold peace between Israel and Egypt has been getting colder and colder ever since…
The candidate from the Muslim Brotherhood was declared the winner of the Egyptian presidential elections on Sunday, while the exact powers of the presidential position remained unclear. Israel, meanwhile, accepted the election results while encouraging Egypt to maintain the peace…
The world powers met with Iran this week for yet another round of negotiations seeking a confidence-building deal that can set the stage for a full diplomatic resolution to the Iranian nuclear dispute. Yet again, however, Tehran appears to be…
Four days of intensified violence between Israel and Gaza appeared to finally be slowing on Thursday, although one Palestinian terror group did not abide by the ceasefire accepted by Hamas. The spike in the conflict, which saw dozens of rockets…
A firm denial was issued on Tuesday that a massive war game simulation involving Iran, Syria, Russia and China was soon to be held in Syria. Billed as the largest ever war games drills in the Middle East by the…