Coming on the heels of the Arab Spring, not many believed that the popular protests that erupted in Syria in mid-March 2011 would turn into a prolonged and bloody war that would involve numerous domestic and international players. As the war enters its fifth year with no sign on the horizon for resolution, it...

As part of its ongoing policy of expanding its influence in the region, Iran is now trying to strengthen its ties with branches of the Muslim Brotherhood throughout the Middle East. According to analysts in the Arab world, this was the purpose (Arabic link) of the latest trip by Ali...

Photographs and video appearing on social media showing American-trained Iraqi forces committing atrocities were broadcast in a report by ABC News on Wednesday. Iraqi soldiers with insignias on their uniforms belonging to units that have received American arms and training are seen in these pictures and videos holding severed heads,...

In an exclusive interview with The Tower’s Benjamin Kerstein, former Israeli Ambassador to the United States Michael Oren shared his concerns over Iran’s nuclear program, including his apprehension regarding the reported nuclear deal emerging from ongoing negotiations between Iran and the P5+1 powers. The full interview will appear in the...

In an interview with The Washington Post published Thursday, Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi lauded security cooperation with Israel while expressing his concern about the Islamist extremism his country faces. Sisi blamed the Muslim Brotherhood for recent violence in the Sinai Peninsula and on the Egypt-Libya border, referring to the group as “the...

Any nuclear deal with Iran must be clear about “the consequences for a wide array of different classes of violations,” former Ambassador Dennis Ross, who served during the first term of the Obama administration, told The Times of Israel in an article published today. He gave some examples: Obviously, if Iran...