“The new agreement reflects Jordan’s increasing importance as a logistical and operative center in anticipation of further US troop withdrawal from Iraq and Syria at a time when the need for a US military presence increases rather than decreases,” says Hillel Frisch.
Russian President Vladimir Putin wants Assad to continue in office, but America has taken a firm stance against a presidential election in Syria.
Energy security has been a red line for the major international powers, including the US, for decades. This is where any threat is faced with extreme rigor, regardless of its source, quality and nature.
Israel can act freely against Iran and Hezbollah in Syria because "everyone understands that Israel isn't acting against the Syrian regime," former Military Intelligence official Brig. Gen. (res.) Yossi Kuperwasser says.
Responding to the International Criminal Court’s decision to investigate IDF actions as "war crimes," Professor Boaz Ganor says that modern terrorists have adapted their activities to exploit the constraints of combat faced by liberal democratic states.
Israel's alleged ongoing disruptions of Iranian oil-smuggling to Syria, which enabled a terror financing channel to Hezbollah, and Tehran's resulting retaliation may have set off alarm bells in the Biden administration ahead of new nuclear talks.
The cancellation of Netanyahu's flight to the UAE exposed Israel's role in Amman's and Riyadh's battle for a foothold on Islam's third holiest site.
The Israeli public and media are addicted to election polls, which don't only predict results – they help create them. Worldviews, positions, and values are chucked in favor of "strategy," to our detriment.
The launch of Iran’s first solid-propellant space rocket is highly significant.
As the planned Palestinian elections approach, PA leader Mahmoud Abbas is looking to prevent, using every means at his disposal, the participation of Dahlan’s "Democratic Reform Bloc."
