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...

If the Obama administration ratifies a nuclear deal with Iran in the United Nations Security Council but does not submit it to Congressional review, it would be “a direct affront” to the American people, Sen. Bob Corker (R – Tenn.) wrote yesterday in a letter to President Barack Obama. In recent days, senior members...

Ahmed Shaheed, the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran, issued an unedited report (.pdf) today that “provides a picture of the prevailing situation” of human rights  in Iran. This is his first report since October 2013. One of the areas examined by Shaheed is the “Right to Life.” At least 753 individuals were reportedly...

Lamenting that the “the administration’s assurances are at odds with its actions,” a staff editorial in The Washington Post today expressed concern that President Barack Obama is prepared to accept increasing Iranian aggression in the Middle East in order to preserve the nuclear deal that the P5+1 nations are negotiating with Iran. The president himself...

Saudi Arabia has signed a nuclear cooperation agreement with South Korea, fueling fears of a nuclear arms race in the Middle East. The Wall Street Journal reported on Thursday that the signing of the agreement increases “concerns on Capitol Hill and among U.S. allies that a deal with Iran, rather than...