10 Things to Know About Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula
The Sinai Peninsula is a strategic land bridge between Africa and Asia. The Sinai Peninsula, which connects the continents of Africa and Asia, has a landmass of 23,000 square miles, approximately...
Sharm el-Sheikh
PA Security Services Officer Attacks Israeli Forces
Latest Developments A Palestinian Authority (PA) security services officer wounded three Israeli soldiers on Saturday night after ramming a car into them near the West Bank village of Beit Ummar. Other...
Flash Briefs
Israel Braces for Violence During Ramadan
Latest Developments Israeli police plan to deploy thousands of additional officers in Jerusalem ahead of Ramadan in anticipation of recurrent violence on the Temple Mount. Police forces will bulk up...
Flash Briefs
Israel and Palestinians Make Peace Commitments in Sharm el-Sheikh
At the invitation of Egypt, the United States, and Jordan, Palestinian and Israeli government officials met in the Egyptian resort city of Sharm el-Sheikh on Sunday to discuss the soaring...
Flash Briefs
Israel, Palestinians Reaffirm Need to Work Together
Latest Developments Israel and the Palestinian Authority (PA) reaffirmed past peace deals at a Jordanian-hosted meeting on Sunday, and pledged to work together to tamp down West Bank violence. The rare...
Flash Briefs
Neither Here Nor There
Jordan and the Abraham Accords
Memos
Americans are climate criminals and must pay
That’s the indictment handed up by COP27
Op-eds
Bad COP
The U.N. climate summit threatens our planet
Op-eds
Egypt’s President Sisi is moving to thaw relations with Israel, reap economic rewards
For the first time in a decade, an Israeli prime minister is visiting Egypt. President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi is hosting Naftali Bennett at the Red Sea resort of Sharm el-Sheikh, at a time when Cairo has...
Op-eds
Avoiding a Self-Inflicted Wound in the Sinai
Russia and Egypt are Growing Closer
As Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi begins his second term, a new chapter in Egyptian-Russian relations is being written. Disappointed by U.S. policy, Cairo has strengthened its ties with...
Op-eds
The Twisted Tehran-Moscow Axis
When Iranian parliamentary speaker Ali Larijani addressed the participants at the October 15 Valdai Club (the topic was “War and Peace”) he was wearing black, as is traditional among...
Op-eds
Tehran-Moscow Axis: Tactical or Strategic?
Co-authored by Flemming Splidsboel Hansen Ali Larijani wore black as a sign of mourning the Ashoura days of Shiite passion, as he addressed the participants at the October 2015...
Op-eds
The Sinai Crash is Sisi’s Nightmare
It’s still too early to definitively state the cause of the Russian airliner crash...
Policy Briefs
Egypt’s Bloody Wednesday
The Sinai Peninsula experienced its bloodiest attack in a decade on Wednesday, as the Islamic State affil...
Policy Briefs
Terrorism and Tourism in Egypt
Unidentified gunmen on motorcycles killed two members of the tourist police Wednesday at...
Op-eds
When Israel Helped Yemen’s Shiites
Yemen’s Houthi rebels accuse Israel of standing behind the Saudi-led military campaign launched against t...
Op-eds
Bold Plans at Egypt’s Economic Summit, But Challenges Linger
Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi has a flair for dramatic gestures. In his nine months in office, the Egyptian president has challenged the state’s...
Policy Briefs
ISIL’s International Expansion: What Does Ansar Bayt Al-Maqdis’s Oath of Allegiance Mean?
The international expansion of the jihadist organization known as the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) has become a ...
Op-eds
Ansar Jerusalem Claims SAM Attack as 3 Soldiers Killed in Sinai Bus Ambush
In a statement released to jihadist forums on Jan. 25, the Sinai-based jihadist group Ansar Jerusalem (Ansar Bayt al M...