The terrorist organization Hamas has launched a strategic plan to attempt to strengthen its popularity among Muslim-majority countries in Southeast Asia, particularly Indonesia and Malaysia. The aim of this strategy is to expand the number of countries that support the Palestinian terror group financially and militarily as an alternative to...

A series of boasts by Iranian officials in recent weeks is deepening concerns that Western negotiators now lack the necessary leverage to extract meaningful concessions from Tehran. The comments, which range from boasts about Iranian military power to its relations with the Western countries it is currently engaged in negotiations with,...

The Gulf states are showing a united front against attempts by Iran and its Lebanese proxy Hezbollah to penetrate their territories. The Arab countries reacted after the latest inflammatory statement by Hezbollah secretary-general Hassan Nasrallah, who accused Bahraini authorities of limiting the rights of its Shiite minority. In a televised...

In the wake of last week’s terror attacks in Paris that left seventeen people dead, French authorities have decided on the largest “military force in France has … used in civilian protection” to date, The Washington Post reported today. The extraordinary measures marked the first time such a large military force in...

French Prime Minister Manuel Valls has claimed that if the Jews leave France, France “will be judged a failure.” Valls made those remarks in an interview with Jeffrey Goldberg of The Atlantic on Saturday. The choice was made by the French Revolution in 1789 to recognize Jews as full citizens,” Valls told me....

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu yesterday was among the fifty-six world leaders who joined an estimated 3.7 million people in the largest gathering in French history in a show of unity in the aftermath of last week’s terror attacks in Paris that left seventeen people dead. Bloomberg News reports: Thousands of...