The head of Iran’s parliamentary committee on national security and foreign policy said Sunday that Tehran will never halt its atomic program but suggested that talks between his country and the international community continue anyway: Alaeddin Boroujerdi said the talks were “considered effective and a step forward,” but he added,...

The Syrian government has redeployed as many as 20,000 troops from areas around the country’s Golan Heights border with Israel. The troops are being moved closer to Damascus in what is the largest Syrian redeployment in 40 years. They’re leaving behind an increasingly chaotic power vacuum: “They [the Syrian government] have...

Secretary of State John Kerry met Sunday with Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu amid increasing concerns that Ankara is backsliding on commitments it made to Israel during a phone call arranged last month by President Barack Obama to facilitate rapprochement between Turkey and the Jewish state: Eager to smooth the path...

One needn’t romanticize this week’s West Bank unrest. It wasn’t exactly a spontaneous outburst of rage – rather, the three funerals held recently were a pre-planned set piece for the stone-throwing that followed. Near Tulkarem, and in Hebron, two teenagers were laid to rest, having been hit by IDF fire while throwing...

Israeli soldiers yesterday shot and killed two Palestinians who were hurling firebombs at them, amid the outbreak of riots across the West Bank. Palestinians burned tires and threw rocks at IDF soldiers in outrage over the death of then-imprisoned Hamas terrorist Maysara Abuhamdia, who was serving a life sentence for his...

The State Department has seemingly confirmed speculation, first reported yesterday by The Hill, to the effect that Secretary of State John Kerry is traveling to the Middle East this weekend in part to bolster fraying reconciliation efforts between Israel and Turkey. Journalists yesterday pressed State Department Spokeswoman Victoria Nuland over...