Analysis

Analyst: Russia is probably the only player in the room among the grown-ups who can talk with everyone in the room at the same time.

Now that the US is withdrawing, leaving northeast Syria open to a Turkish invasion, what can the country, the government, the Kurds, and the West expect?

The 35th government will not be sworn in so long as Blue and White keeps its maximalist demands, and this could take a while. For now, any unity deal is a nonstarter.

Since becoming involved in the Syrian civil war in 2015, Moscow has set up a deconfliction channel with Jerusalem to avoid mishaps and pledged understanding for Israel's major concerns over Iranian entrenchment. However, Russia has also condemned Israeli airstrikes in Syria designed to prevent that very entrenchment.

Growing extremism in Al-Hol runs parallel to signs of ISIS resurgence elsewhere in the region. A Pentagon report in August warned that a drawdown of the US military presence in the area has allowed "ISIS ideology to spread 'uncontested' in the camp."

What is the purpose of the pretrial hearings? • What happens if Prime Minister Netanyahu is charged? • If convicted in a trial, what does Netanyahu face?

Escalating tensions with Iran should be a warning that Tehran’s strategy of training and arming proxy terror groups throughout the Middle East is not being countered aggressively enough.

The limits of Iran's ability to go it alone were on display at the United Nations this week as it engaged in a flurry of diplomatic outreach amid increasingly crippling isolation by US sanctions that are eating into its economy and its ability to sell its oil.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu wants a government in place or a date for a new election before the attorney general makes a decision about whether or not to indict him.