In an essay for Politico Magazine, former State Department advisor Aaron David Miller called the American-Israeli diplomatic relationship “too big to fail.” Among other observations, Miller writes that the current turmoil in the Middle East underscores America’s “need for traditional friends who are able to offer stability,” and that with...

The fate of a Jordanian pilot held by the Islamic State group is still unknown after the Islamic State of Syria and Iraq (ISIS) beheaded Japanese journalist Kenji Goto. An online video released Saturday night purportedly shows an ISIS militant murdering Goto by cutting off his head, ending days of negotiations by...

Iran is making the American fight against the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) even harder, according to an analysis published today by Michael Weiss and Michael Pregent for The Daily Beast. The analysis notes that Pregent, when he recently briefed American military advisors who were heading to Iraq,...

Argentinian prosecutor Alberto Nisman was buried Thursday in the same cemetery as the victims of the 1994 AMIA Jewish center bombing in Buenos Aires. The Times of Israel reports: On Thursday morning, a police escort led the funeral procession to the Tablada Jewish Cemetery. Along the procession route, people waved...

Hezbollah’s increased activity in the Syrian Golan Heights is a sign of an Iranian effort to “militarily encircle” Israel, Phillip Smyth wrote in an analysis for Foreign Policy on Wednesday. While the Jan. 18 attack represents another saga in the long-running war between Israel and Hezbollah, it also underlines a...

Jihadists simultaneously attacked over a dozen army and police targets in northern Sinai on Thursday night, killing at least 26 people, including civilians. More than 100 were reported wounded. Several checkpoints, a police club, a hotel, and a military base were targeted in the cities of el-Arish, Sheikh Zuwayid, and...