The president is not only a leader with an Islamist ideology, but a realpolitik player. Turkey is in Iraq and Syria, and has a military base in Qatar and in Somalia. It is now busy in Libya.
The results of the Hamas election could have major ramifications for Israel, but the process is hardly a model of transparency. Experts on the terrorist organization and the wider Middle East weigh in.
The historic economic accord between Serbia and Kosovo, under the auspices of US President Donald Trump, is a type of compromise. It's entirely uncertain, however, that their longstanding conflict is truly over.
The latest ceasefire, which Qatar helped broker for its own reasons, played out well for Israel, but it's just a matter of time before the deep-rooted problems in Gaza "balloon" into another escalation of violence.
In an administration that promised “no daylight” between the United States, Obama, Biden, John Kerry and Hillary Clinton did precisely the opposite.
Although Israel’s ties with the pragmatic Arab camp have been known for some time, this normalization agreement reflects how vital it is for the members of this camp to have a relationship with Israel.
On the surface, it appears as a squabble over who’s entitled to potentially abundant hydrocarbons lurking beneath the seabed in the eastern Mediterranean. However, "it’s not about energy,” says Ian O. Lesser, a political analyst with the US think tank the German Marshall Fund.
What at first might appear to be only a convergence of circumstantial interests, temporary and fragile, now turns out to be a true and deep alliance.
While civilians and farmers go about their business of vacationing and tilling the fields, sometimes mere feet from the border fence, the IDF has pulled back, out of the enemy's sight.
Hezbollah has failed twice in trying to settle the score with Israel over the killing of an operative, but it is not about to give up anytime soon.
