Middle East observers had identified the Sinai Peninsula as a source for regional insecurity as early as a year and a half ago [PDF]. Recent analysis indicates that the territory has become the world’s main center for jihadist training: A new German intelligence report presented on Tuesday showed that Egypt...

The geopolitical dynamics along the Syrian-Israeli border have focused on the degree to which the Syrian conflict has endangered the U.N.’s peacekeeping mission. But the violence has more dramatically impacted – and in far greater numbers – innocent Syrian civilians. Israel has made concentrated efforts to help mitigate the impact of the...

Nigerian officials have leveled new terrorism charges against three Lebanese men accused of conducting terror-related activities in the African country on behalf of Hezbollah. The May arrests yielded a cache of advanced weapons, including rifles, anti-tank weapons, and an RPG Nigeria’s secret service outlined that the weapons were acquired by the...

Iranian MP Mehdi Sanayee, a member of the Iranian parliament’s National Security and Foreign Policy Commission, has foreclosed the possibility that the administration of president-elect Hassan Rouhani will agree to suspend uranium enrichment in the context of negotiations with the West. “The point raised by President-elect Rouhani in his press...

Gulf states are calling attention to the critical roles being played by Iran and its Lebanese terror proxy Hezbollah in propping up the embattled Syrian regime of Bashar al-Assad, with Saudi Arabian Foreign Minister Saud al-Faisal accusing the Shiite-backed regime of conducting a “genocide” against largely Sunni rebel forces. Speaking...

Hamas Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh has again clarified that – contrary to analysis in some corners of the foreign policy community, and despite expressions of optimism by some Western diplomats – his organization will not recognize Israel: Hamas Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh said Tuesday that Palestinians would not recognize Israel,...

Asked how he could continue negotiating with Yasser Arafat even as terrorism against Israeli civilians continues, Israeli prime minister Yitzhak Rabin famously insisted that “we shall negotiate peace, as though there were no terrorism, and we shall fight terrorism as though there is no peace.” The Obama Administration and its...

Evaluating the tragic episode of former Mossad officer Ben Zygier, who committed suicide in an Israeli prison two and half years ago, a select committee from Israel’s Knesset has told the Mossad – Israel’s foreign espionage agency – that it has to improve its recruitment process and streamline its contacts...

The Turkish government’s heavy-handed reactions to weeks of protests have damaged Ankara’s diplomatic standing, rattled the Turkish economy, And eroded the standing of Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan. Observers worry that – rather than attempting to reestablish some measure of political legitimacy and address the demonstrators’ concerns – Turkish officials...

Though recognized as a terrorist entity by among others the United States, the Gulf Cooperation Council, and Israel, Hezbollah is allowed to operate freely in the European Union. The Iran-backed group has gone so far as to set up a network of mosques on German soil to fundraise: According to...