Representatives from Palestinian factions Fatah and Hamas are in Cairo for reconciliation talks, the progress of which has been at best uneven. Resentment and sometimes open fighting has complicated efforts to bring the two groups together since a violent 2007 coup saw Hamas forces expel Fatah from the Gaza Strip....

In response to increased cyber warfare, the Israel Defense Forces has doubled the number of soldiers trained specifically for combatting cyber-attacks on vital Israeli computer infrastructure. During Operation Pillar of Defense in November “a record number of such attacks was recorded, which came from over 180 different countries, mostly against government and...

Despite recent rapprochement between the U.S. and Turkey, Washington is increasingly concerned over Ankara’s involvement in Iraq. Analysts note that business ties, particularly between northern Iraq and Turkey “could further push Baghdad toward Tehran.” Turkey has maintained growing trade with Iran despite U.S. and international sanctions on Iranian financial institutions that aid the...

A new study shows massive Iranian support has improved the military capabilities of Hamas and the Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) terrorist organizations. According to Tel Aviv-based Intelligence and Terrorism Information Center, the massive rocket fire from Gaza in November that targeted Israeli civilian population centers was made possible by Iran’s support....

Two key Iranians, including the man described as Tehran’s “Spy Master” have been spending time in Egypt over the last two weeks. For three decades the two countries had no diplomatic relations, but ties have warmed considerably since the Muslim Brotherhood ascended to power in Cairo. Egypt invited Iranian spy...

Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi is expected to mediate talks in Cairo Wednesday between the leaders of Fatah and Hamas to help implement a unity pact signed in 2011. Egypt helped broker the deal aimed at ending the split between Fatah in the West Bank and Iran-backed Hamas, which seized control of...

State Department spokeswoman Victoria Nuland has described as “detached from reality” a proposal by Syrian ruler Bashar al-Assad to convene a national reconciliation conference between factions warring inside Syria. Assad made the offer in a rare televised speech, at the end of several days that saw the Syrian army halt and...

Israel’s election is seeing its first official TV and radio campaign ads, which are heavily limited – to the relief of many voters inside Israel, and to the jealousy of many abroad – only during fixed times during the day and only within two weeks of voting. Polling throughout the...

Egypt’s Christians are expressing increasingly pointed fears that the country is sliding into a Muslim theocracy which will fail to protect their riots and even expose them to violence. A top Egyptian cleric recently declared that opposition to the country’s new constitution – the draft of which was hastily rushed through Egypt’s...

Iran’s missiles can strike thousands of “enemy” bases throughout the region, according to boasts by a top Iranian military official. Gen. Morteza Qorbani described Iran’s missile arsenal as capable of conducting sustained strikes on targets within 2,000 kilometers of Iran’s borders, and Qorbani emphasized that the range brought 2,000 “enemy” targets...