JERUSALEM — The contrast between the response of Israel and Saudi Arabia to Iran’s nuclear threat is stark. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has chosen rhetoric, warning of a (more…)
NICOSIA — Opposition sources said the regime of President Bashar Assad has been quietly helping Kurdish militias expel such Al Qaida-aligned groups as Islamic State of Iraq and Levant (more…)
WASHINGTON — The U.S. intelligence community has raised the prospect that President Bashar Assad would retain a significant portion of his chemical weapons arsenal in Syria. Officials said the (more…)
TEL AVIV — Israel has determined that U.S. President Barack Obama was behind the leaks of air strikes on Syria by the Jewish state. Israeli sources said Obama was (more…)
WASHINGTON — The U.S. intelligence community has become unwieldy and must be reduced, a report said. A report said that the intelligence community could no longer be managed. The (more…)
ANKARA — Turkey’s pro-Islamist intelligence chief has been determined to dominate the foreign policy of the NATO ally. Analysts and officials agree that Hakan Fidan, director of the Turkish (more…)
TEL AVIV — China’s increasing business presence in Israel could threaten Israel’s relations with the United States, a report said. The Shasa Institute for Strategic Research asserted that Israeli (more…)
TEL AVIV — Israel’s military has launched a multi-year plan based on enhanced intelligence and missile defense capabilities, a report said. The Begin-Sadat Center for Strategic Affairs asserted that (more…)
WASHINGTON — Bahrain is asking China for investments. Egypt requested satellite services from Russia. Little by little, America’s allies in the Middle East are looking elsewhere as Washington’s credibility (more…)
