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Hezbollah and Syrian army forces battling on behalf of the Bashar al-Assad regime are close to seizing the town of

Palestinian leaders today doubled down on weekend declarations in which they categorically rejected U.S. bridging proposals designed to balance Israeli security needs

Reuters yesterday reported on accelerating efforts in the Senate to pass legislation that would impose new sanctions on Iran if progress in

Foreign Policy Magazine’s The Cable Friday outlined an “array of technical, diplomatic, security, and financial challenges” faced by the U.S. and its

Egypt may be preparing to declare the Muslim Brotherhood a terrorist organization, amid escalating efforts by the Islamist group and

Speaking at Israel’s Ben Gurion airport Friday, Secretary of State John Kerry told reporters that the Obama administration is seeking to reassure

U.S. officials are struggling to assure Middle East allies that the financial relief provided to Iran under the recently agreed

The Associated Press yesterday conveyed reports from Iranian state media describing an arrest sweep conducted by the country’s Revolutionary Guard, in which

Turkish figures are scrambling to halt a slide in Ankara’s regional stature and in the domestic position of its ruling

Analysts, diplomats, and journalists are continuing to pile on concerns regarding structural asymmetries in a recently signed agreement between the

The Palestinian leadership today rejected a proposal presented by Secretary of State John Kerry designed to boost peace talks between them and

The Associated Press (AP) late on Wednesday provided an overview of a security plan that Secretary of State John Kerry is expected to

The New York Times today outlined the range of motives for, and the potential cascade effects of, the overnight assassination of Haj

Controversy intensified today regarding the degree to which national and global media outlets had been overly credulous in suggesting earlier

Multiple outlets reported yesterday and today on persistent bipartisan skepticism in Congress towards the Obama administration’s stance on Iran, with

French forensic specialists investigating the death of former Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat have concluded that he died of natural causes, ruling

The White House late Tuesday issued a statement declaring that the Obama administration is prepared to allow Iran to continue enriching uranium

Politico yesterday reported on a confrontation between State Department spokesperson Jen Psaki and Fox News’s Chief Washington Correspondent James Rosen, in which Rosen

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Israeli President Shimon Peres this weekend declared that Israel would continue pursuing a multi-year plan to economically develop

The Washington Post on Thursday described the interim agreement signed between the global P5+1 powers and Iran as “notable for its omissions,”

A statement issued last week by Yukiya Amano, the chief of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), the United Nations’ nuclear watchdog,

The Associated Press reported this weekend that Hamas had cancelled the terror group’s previously scheduled 26th anniversary rally, with the terror group

TIME reports that Saudi Arabia is considering acquiring nuclear weapons – almost certain to be purchased off the shelf from Pakistan, the

The State Department acknowledged last week that the recently announced agreement widely described as freezing Iran’s nuclear program in fact permits Tehran to continue

The Jerusalem Post, conveying a report from the Kuwaiti newspaper Al-Rai, today described statements by senior British diplomatic sources revealing that London

The State Department acknowledged last week that Iran currently has a window of time during which it is allowed to

Iranian dissidents, U.S. lawmakers, and analysts have all in recent days criticized what Roya Boroumand – executive director of the

Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu declared today that renewed Turkish-Iranian ties will “become the backbone of regional stability” in the Middle East.

Statements made today by Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammed Javad Zarif, which, per Reuters, committed Iran to making continued progress on its

Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Marziyeh Afkham was quoted by Iranian state media today declaring that the White House is mischaracterizing the terms

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani Tuesday delivered a progress report describing his first 100 days in office, describing among other things his administration’s success

Israeli leaders from across the political spectrum have begun echoing the deep skepticism expressed by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu

A dispute over the degree to which Iran won enrichment concessions in this weekend’s interim deal has pitted Iran and

Analysts, diplomats, and journalists spent overnight Saturday and into Sunday outlining both the meaning and the implications of an interim

Israeli media outlets this morning conveyed and further contextualized an infographic, published yesterday by The Israel Project (TIP), evaluating the

Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei last night doubled down on a controversial Wednesday speech in which he branded Israel

Efforts by U.S. lawmakers to impose new financial pressure on Iran picked up momentum Thursday, with Senate Majority Leader Harry

A massive car bomb detonated yesterday in the Sinai Peninsula killed at least eleven Egyptian military personnel and injured dozens more,

Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei yesterday lashed out at a range of actors and elements long described by Tehran

Reports emerged late yesterday that Jibril Rajoub – a senior Palestinian official and for decades a top figure in the Israeli-Palestinian peace

The Associated Press describes a burgeoning “strange alliance” between Israel and Saudi Arabia, the latest development in what has become a cascade

It’s been almost a month since European Union foreign policy head Catherine Ashton called on the rival Palestinian factions Fatah

Forces loyal to the Bashar al-Assad regime in Syria today announced that they had pushed opposition fighters out of Qara,

Coordinated suicide bombings on the Iranian embassy in Beirut yesterday poured fuel on concerns that the Islamic republic and its

With speculation over impending Iran talks reaching a fever pitch, analysts are outlining what minimum requirements an interim deal with

Observers are issuing increasingly sharp warnings that instability in Yemen risks becoming endemic, nearly two years after the fall of

Former Israeli national security adviser Yaakov Amidror spoke over the weekend to the Financial Times, days before global powers were set

Recent days have witnessed something of a rhetorical campaign questioning the motivations and even loyalties of analysts and lawmakers pushing

The last few months have seen Israel seek to engage the United Nations in general, and the United Nations Human

Two weeks ago French objections to what the country’s Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius described as a “sucker’s deal” reportedly contributed to

The U.S. has in the past few decades enjoyed enormous benefits from close military-to-military ties with Cairo. Among other advantages, U.S. forces

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday took to CNN to criticize what he described as an “extremely bad deal”

Forces loyal to Syria’s Bashar al-Assad regime today intensified their bombardment of the mountain town of Qara, a strategically important crossing

Journalists today continued to report on the aftermath of Senate briefings conducted yesterday by top Obama administration officials including Secretary

Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah yesterday threatened that there would be a Middle East war if there is no deal with regards to

Turkey is looking to finalize its purchase of Chinese anti-missile systems within a matter of months, according to statements made Thursday by

Major Jewish organizations are investing heavily in a recently launched index fund that tracks companies with a significant Israeli presence, prompting speculation

Analysts continue to debate the details of the failed deal proposed last weekend between the international community and Iran, discussing

Reuters late Wednesday conveyed reports that the Palestinian delegation charged with negotiating opposite Israel had resigned and cited for its

A 19-year-old Israeli soldier was stabbed to death this morning on an Israeli bus by a 16-year-old Palestinian terrorist, sustaining

Senators walked out of a Banking Committee briefing given by Secretary of State John Kerry this afternoon expressing renewed dissatisfaction

Secretary of State John Kerry traveled today to the Hill to pressure Senators to delay placing additional financial restrictions on

Various theories on why last weekend’s negotiations with Iran failed to bridge differences between Tehran and the international community continue to swirl.

Secretary of State John Kerry will brief Senators tomorrow on the administration’s efforts to secure an interim agreement with Iran

The Syrian Opposition Coalition – the main opposition group backed by the West in the now almost three year old

The Christian Science Monitor reports on efforts being made across the Middle East in general – and Egypt in particular

The Associated Press reported over the weekend that widespread power outages throughout the Hamas-controlled Gaza Strip were the result of

Four Hezbollah members were recently killed in Syria “while carrying out their sacred Jihadist duty,” according to claims posted Saturday

The BBC yesterday posted quotes from Iranian Foreign Minister Mohamed Javad Zarif describing sectarian strife between Sunnis and Shiites as

The United States Commission on International Religious Freedom had already last May identified Iran a as “tier 1 country of

Bloomberg reported this morning that there is renewed bipartisan momentum in the Senate to increase pressure on Iran, after the

Observers and scientists spent a second day mocking media coverage – including headlines and copy printed in some of the

Egyptian Foreign Minister Nabil Fahmy announced on Friday that the Freedom and Justice Party, the political wing of the Muslim Brotherhood, would

Analysts are focusing on deepening concerns that Turkey may be moving away from the West and pivoting both toward geopolitical

The U.S.’s Israeli and Arab allies are said to be furious over a deal, which the West is widely reported

Several media outlets today gave prominent coverage to the release of a 108-page report by the University Centre of Legal

Details continued to emerge throughout the day regarding the likely terms of an interim agreement between the international community and

Analysts and diplomats are increasingly concerned that Saudi Arabia and other Gulf nations, responding to what they perceive as Western

Reuters today evaluated the efforts of Secretary of State John Kerry to dampen an increasingly public spat between the U.S.

Hamas’s varied efforts to radicalize children in the Gaza Strip have traditionally run the gamut from television shows with Jew-eating

Israeli negotiators have long emphasized that any robust Israeli-Palestinian peace deal must include a formal recognition of Israel as a

Skepticism of Iranian intentions – a crucial variable in evaluating the degree to which the U.S. should be willing to

Qatar had engaged in a broad PR campaign to secure hosting rights to the 2020 World Cup. Per a partner

The recent revelation that Turkey’s intelligence chief Hakan Fidan burned ten Iranians working with Israel’s Mossad inside Iran had quickly

Controversy swirled this weekend and into Monday regarding the positions of major pro-Israel groups toward efforts by the Obama administration

Secretary of State John Kerry sought this weekend and today to downplay spiking tensions between Washington and its traditional Arab

Israeli Defense Minister Moshe Ya’alon warned over the weekend that Hamas was arming itself and seeking to conduct what the

Tens of thousands of anti-American Iranian protesters marched today on the former U.S. embassy in Iran, part of what the

New details are emerging about the extent of violent Islamist activity in the Egyptian-controlled Sinai Peninsula, which reports citing German

Palestinian officials over the weekend denied a report, published late last week in the New York Times and elsewhere, saying

Hamas has for the better part of a decade been regularly blasted for manufacturing humanitarian crises by shutting down the

Analysts have been issuing increasingly pointed warning that Hamas is seeking to stage large-scale attacks in an effort to restore

Analysts have been warning for months that the Obama administration’s posture toward Egypt’s army-backed interim government – Washington has among

The logic behind White House efforts to delay a Senate push for new sanctions on Iran – that heightened pressure

Iraq’s domestic and foreign policies may complicate efforts by Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki to secure military assistance from Washington, with

Israeli Air Force (IAF) jets today struck a Syrian military base with advanced missiles that Israel may have thought were

Top Republicans and Democrats from the House of Representatives are calling on their Senate colleagues to move forward with legislation

Iran has made significant progress in concealing components of its nuclear program, and is “getting better” at the construction and

The IAF had for years trained with Turkey’s air force, until Turkey cut off relations with Israel and began making

Iranian nuclear chief Ali Akbar Salehi clarified today that Iran is continuing to enrich uranium up to 20%, denying widely