Morocco

Two Years On, Syria’s Suspension from the OPCW Was Beneficial

Member States’ Next Act Should be Suspending Russia

Advance U.S. Interests by Giving Ukraine the Weapons It Needs Now

The United States and Saudi Arabia: A Possible Path Forward

Israel Arrests Jordanian Lawmaker on Suspicion of Gunrunning

Israel has arrested a Jordanian lawmaker for allegedly trying to smuggle weapons and gold across the countries’ border, Amman said on April 23, in a case that could fray already strained ties between the U.S.-backed security partners. Imad al-Adwan’s case was being attended to “by all relevant authorities,” the Jordanian Foreign Ministry said after local media broke news of his detention at the Allenby Bridge (King Hussein) crossing.

Pray for Peace This Ramadan

The Muslim holy month of Ramadan begins March 22. It celebrates the month during which Muslims believe Allah revealed the Quran to the Prophet Muhammad. The holiday, marked by fasting and prayer, is intended...

Jordan’s King Asks for U.S. Help Combating Iran-Backed Militias

Latest Developments Jordan’s King Abdullah II is asking for U.S. assistance to combat Iran-backed militias from Iraq and Syria involved in an escalating drug war on Jordan’s border and attacking inside...

Iran Launches Cyberattack on Israeli University

Latest Developments Hackers working for Iran’s Ministry of Intelligence and Security conducted a cyberattack against the Technion Institute, a leading Israeli biomedical and hi-tech research university,...

In Israel, Blinken is Betting on the Wrong Peace Process

It makes no sense for Antony Blinken to create a linkage between advancing regional normalization and the moribund Israeli-Palestinian peace process.

Israel and Arab Allies Conclude Negev Forum Without Jordan

Latest Developments  Senior officials from the United States, Israel, Bahrain, Morocco, Egypt, and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) wrapped up two days of meetings on Tuesday as part of the Negev Forum in...

Abdullah in the middle

Why Jordan has not joined the Abraham Accords

German national freed in the Sahel after years of jihadist captivity

Late last week, German national Jorg Lange was freed in the Sahel after spending the last four years being held by the Islamic State’s Sahel Province (more commonly known as the Islamic State in the Greater...

The Lebanese are Living the Dream

The Lebanese have long had an ideal vision for how their dysfunctional polity should be run. Their perfect arrangement involves the great power(s) — which in the past meant Europe and Russia but today...

Neither Here Nor There

Jordan and the Abraham Accords

How to get Kyiv the Tanks and Armored Vehicles It Needs

“We’re fighting the war out of our pickup trucks,” stated a Ukrainian soldier when reflecting on Ukraine’s slowing counteroffensive in Luhansk region. While Ukraine has a large inventory of tanks...

Israel-EU annual meeting after decade hiatus

Israel and the European Union held an Association Council meeting for the first time in a decade. How did Israel change in that time, and how did it affect the EU-Israel relationship?

America’s Regional Integration Scheme Benefits Iran

The Obama-Biden doctrine means that our Mideast allies don’t have to like the Iran deal. They just have to pay for it.

U.S. kills Al Qaeda emir Ayman al Zawahiri in drone strike

Al Qaeda emir Ayman Zawahiri was confirmed killed in a U.S. drone strike in Kabul on Sunday in the first air strike conducted in Afghanistan since U.S. forces completely withdrew from country last year....

Hamas-Fatah reconciliation attempts are DOA

The recent Abbas-Haniyeh handshake signifies the desperate state of both Palestinian factions – as well as of their Algerian hosts

Ayman al Zawahiri is alive; Taliban and Al Qaeda “remain close,” UN reports

Ayman al Zawahiri, the head of Al Qaeda who served as Osama bin Laden’d deputy on 9/11, “is confirmed to be alive” and is “communicating freely,” according to a report from the United Nations’...

Mideast trip shows Biden choosing pragmatism, rejecting ‘Woke’ policy

'Progressives' dislike Saudi Arabia, Israel because they stand firm against ill-advised US policy on Iran