The escalating dynamics in the northern sector increasingly resemble those on the Israel-Gaza border. Hezbollah may be biding its time until its Iranian patrons order it to spark a war.
One of the most well-known secrets in the Middle East is that Israeli high tech companies have actually been quietly operating in the UAE for years. Now out in the open, these ties can truly flourish and expand to all industries.
Touted by US President Donald Trump as a major Mideast breakthrough, the agreement was, in fact, the culmination of more than a decade of quiet links rooted in frenzied opposition to Iran's growing threat to the region.
Saudi Arabia, longtime figurehead of regional policy towards Israel has been strangely quiet about the historic peace deal between the United Arab Emirates and the Jewish state.
“Since 2007, there has been a steady drumbeat of a message that Israel is improving its relations with moderate Arab countries,” said Josh Krasna of the Jerusalem Institute for Strategic Studies.
The terrorist organization that controls Gaza is in very serious trouble, and wants to pressure Israel into solving some of its problems.
Officials are not yet willing to talk about a series of explosions and fires at power plants across the country “because they’re still looking for the culprit(s) and figuring out how to respond,” said Farzin Nadimi, an associate fellow at the Washington Institute for Near East Policy.
Iraq is ripe for a nationalist, public-service driven politics where good governance is more important than identity. If Iraqi leaders, with US support, can move the country in a new direction, Iran’s ability to take advantage of Iraqi state weakness to threaten Israel will be drastically curtailed.
It was almost as if Emmanuel Macron forgot that Lebanon is no longer a French protectorate. Visiting explosion-ravaged Beirut this...
As Joe Biden and Donald Trump enter the final months of the campaign, one things is clear: Biden is no Hillary Clinton. If Trump wants to win, he has to offer voters an optimistic vision and hope. Biden needs to show he actually takes the race seriously and is willing to fight for every vote.
