Turkey is once again being treated as a crucial player in the region, as the European Union and the United States are planning high-level meetings with Turkish leaders to discuss the Syrian civil war and other concerns in the Middle…
The United States confirmed on Sunday that flights from Iran to Syria via Iraqi airspace are carrying more than humanitarian aid, with the US convinced arms and fighters are being sent from Iran to back the Bashar al-Assad regime. US…
The trip of US President Barack Obama to Israel has on the surface been relatively staid: No grandiose peace plans or attack plans. No groundbreaking decisions. But the details coming from Obama and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu shed crucial…
US President Barack Obama said there’s “not a lot of daylight” between the American and Israeli positions on Iran’s nuclear program, and in terms of timeline the sides are saying the same thing: Iran could build a nuclear weapon in…
Barack Obama’s first visit to Israel as US President began with a lot of thanks from Israeli leaders—expressions of gratitude that underline the important values held by Israelis: self-defense and Israel’s status as the Jewish homeland. With Iran’s nuclear program…
Recently, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas offered a virtual case study on the incredibly complicated world of diplomacy: The same week he met with US Secretary of State John Kerry to discuss the peace process, he also praised dictator Hugo Chavez…