Analysis

The Islamic State's future trajectory in Afghanistan will depend largely on its ability to recruit more members and win over large segments of the population.

In a way, European nations have started to import the Israeli model of toppling leaders through a so-called "healing coalition."

Relations warm between Syria and Jordan, UAE, Egypt, as economy, politics emerge as factors driving Arab leaders opening to the Assad regime. Saudi Arabia could be weighing a similar move, analyst says.

Behind Tehran's stalling is an attempt to extract more concessions when negotiations do eventually resume, including by advancing its uranium enrichment program, a possible pathway to a nuclear bomb.

The state has been treating the Arab Israeli sector as a "backyard" for far too long, allowing dubious elements to overrun the public sphere. But the failure to deal with violence in Arab society also rests on the sector’s leadership.

The majority of Arab nations have not only come to accept Israel’s existence but have also grown to understand its regional prominence and the potential strategic boon of maintaining close ties with it.

"Our world has never been more threatened, or more divided," UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres warns, adding, "The world must wake up."

A radical Islamist with close ties to both Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei and the IRGC, Iran’s new intelligence minister, Esmaeil Khatib, is likely to take a more aggressive approach than his predecessor.

Nathan Sales, who served as a senior counterterrorism official in the Trump administration, warns that the new regime in Afghanistan could provide "a security blanket" for America's enemies.

We can assume the Israel Prisons Service will now try cleaning up the mess inside its facilities, and among the prisoners. It would do well not to act impulsively.