A conflict of interests and differing regional stances are fueling a crisis between the Turkish and Iranian regimes. The two sides are now dealing with “the most violent” exchange of accusations since the war in Syria began, the Al-Khabar Press website reported. Iran and Turkey back opposing actors in the...

Although Qatar keeps denying (Arabic link) its links to terrorist organizations in the Middle East, particularly ISIS, many factions in the Arab world and the West continue to believe Doha is funding Islamist groups across the region. Various Arab actors and media outlets emphasized this claim in the past days during...

Dr. Emily Landau, a nuclear proliferation expert at Israel’s Institute for National Security Studies, shared her concerns last Thursday about recent developments in the P5+1 nuclear negotiations with Iran. She made her remarks in a conference call organized by The Israel Project, which publishes The Tower. (A complete recording of the...

This past week, Turkish-Egyptian tensions took on a new, economic dimension. Egypt decided (Arabic link) to prevent the passage of Turkish trucks and ships through its territory to the Persian Gulf states, signaling an increase of friction between the two rival countries. The Egyptian government signed an agreement with Turkey in March...

When the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) initally seized large parts of Iraq, the Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki was replaced and Iran, with whom al-Maliki had close ties, seemingly suffered a reduced level control over Baghdad. Now Tehran is trying to increase both its overt and covert involvement...

Yesterday, in reaction to Friday’s Sinai terror attack, Egypt closed its borders to “a high-ranking Hamas delegation” and cancelled a session of talks that was scheduled for today and aimed to establish a long-term ceasefire between Israel and Hamas. The Times of Israel reports: Sissi said on Saturday that “foreign...