I examine what is happening with President-elect Donald Trump’s transition to the White House. This week: The Center for ...

The Houthi rebels' actions in the Red Sea off Yemen have had a global impact, cutting transit through one of the world’s most ...

With a nearly unanimous 99 out of 128 votes, the Lebanese parliament elected the head of the army, Gen. Joseph Aoun, as ...

1920 - The League of Nations grants the mandate for Lebanon and Syria to France, which creates the State of Greater Lebanon ...

Israel’s military says it carried out new airstrikes in Yemen against what it said were Houthi rebel targets. Its statement ...

The United Nations and Israel are arguing over who must fill the gap if U.N. Palestinian relief agency UNRWA stops working in ...

Israel’s army has confirmed that one of the bodies recovered from Gaza earlier this week was that of 23-year-old hostage ...

U.S., French and German envoys have warned Syria's new Islamist rulers that their appointment of foreign jihadists to senior ...

Whatever restraints once existed on Israel’s behavior are long gone. Benjamin Netanyahu is now setting his sights on Iran — ...

For Israel, this evolving situation presents a serious dilemma. Jerusalem remains deeply suspicious of the new government in Syria.

Most importantly, the commission offers a truism about Israel’s future survival: The Jewish state cannot afford to lose even ...

Assad Flees, Israel Exploits, New Power Vacuum Emerges The End of an Era? Assad's Fall Triggers Regional Power Shift Syria ...