Egypt urges Israel not to normalize ties with Turkey
The Egyptian government has asked Israel to hold off on normalizing relations with Turkey. (FULL STORY) (more…)
Israel’s outreach to Saudi Arabia points to cooling rapport with U.S.
By Jack Caravelli Dore Gold, the Director General of Israel’s foreign ministry and a highly experienced diplomat, in late December gave the ministry’s first ever interview to a Saudi (more…)
Visit by India’s Modi delivers Putin another foreign policy win
Russian President Vladimir Putin capped the year by signing a series of major bilateral trade and defense agreements during an end of December visit to Moscow by Indian Prime (more…)
Saudis on anti-ISIL coalition: ‘Time for Islamic world to take a stand’
By Jack Caravelli Seriously? Saudi Arabian Defense Minister and Deputy Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman announced last week that his nation will lead a coalition of 34 mostly Muslim (more…)
Kremlin denies top Iranian general again visited Moscow
Russia has denied reports that the general of Iran’s foreign military operations visited Moscow last week. (FULL STORY) (more…)
Deteriorating NATO-Russia relations have reached Cold War levels
By Jack Caravelli A series of incidents has driven NATO-Russia relations to lows not seen since the 1991 end of the Cold War with little prospect of improvement any (more…)
Rise of Iran, success of U.S. fracking shatter oil cartel’s unity
The stage is now set for continuing high crude oil production levels that, combined with strong production figures from the United States and Russia, virtually guarantees a global energy (more…)
Putin pivots to Pakistan in another blow to U.S. strategic interests
By Jack Caravelli Russian President Vladimir Putin, once derided by Barack Obama as presiding over a “regional power,” is demonstrating Russia’s global reach not only in Syria and Ukraine (more…)
Al Qaida rebels kill ‘the Uncle’, a key ISIL commander
The leader of a Syrian rebel group who had aligned with Islamic State of Iraq and Levant (ISIL) was killed on Nov. 15 by rival jihadists of Al Qaida’s (more…)