While President Trump's decision to leave the Kurds in northern Syria to their fate might be difficult to accept, it was neither impulsive nor unreasonable. The Middle East is boiling and national interests must prevail.
While both Israel and Jordan recognize that the 1994 peace accord serves their mutual interests and is of strategic importance given the volatility of the region, neither has done enough to prevent a deterioration in ties.
The graffiti, found last Friday, featured a portrait of a bloodied Hitler and a sentence in German: "Reputation is easy to lose and hard to earn." Israel's Ambassador to Ukraine Joel Lion lauds local authorities' "prompt reaction" following the incident.
In wake of attack on a synagogue in eastern German city of Halle, about 10,000 people participated in the march through the German capital. Several thousand others protested in other cities. Many Germans are in shock over the attack, in which two people were killed.
The US could soon discover, similar to Israel in the cases of Lebanon and Gaza, that while it's very easy to leave Syria and remove the forces stationed there, the Syrian problem, not to mention the ISIS problem, won’t leave as easily.
