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Israel has increased attacks on government sites in Damascus and carried out airstrikes against Syrian forces to deter ...

All of these developments could precipitate wider strategic political reverberations. The US has been trying to pivot away from the Middle East and toward Asia for a decade and a half.

Israel launched a direct strike on the Syrian military headquarters in Damascus following escalating violence against Druze civilians in southern Syria. The IDF confirmed the strike, targeting ...

UN Special Rapporteur Francesca Albanese says the Hague Group meeting is “the most significant political development in the ...

A sudden spike in regional tensions has gripped the Middle East as Israel strikes Syria, a fragile ceasefire collapses in ...

Politics Donald Trump The Fix The Briefs Polling Democracy in America Elections. ... it is difficult to think of many more inauspicious foreign policy developments than a war in Gaza and Israel. ...

In Israel’s political turmoil, the Biden administration eyes a threat to US security interests “The U.S. doesn’t want to do more in this region. They want to focus on Russia.

Israel’s Dim Political Future. This article is from the archive of The New York Sun before the launch of its new website in 2022. The Sun has neither altered nor updated such articles but will seek to ...

But Israel’s leaders shouldn’t fear a new Iran nuclear deal. They may even find reasons to welcome it: Among a host of bad options for curbing Iran’s nuclear program and pacifying a volatile region, a ...

Perhaps the most intriguing development of this fourth round, particularly for those who believe in the importance of strengthening Israeli democracy and integrating Israel’s Arab citizens (21% ...

JERUSALEM—Israel’s politics are wild and chaotic. Its electoral system is remarkably reliable. In the past seven decades, 20 parliamentary elections yielded relatively well-functioning ...