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The Palestinians are debating who will succeed after Mahmoud Abbas, what kind of pressure they can put on Israel and the United States, and where the different factions are headed.
All sides in the Syrian conflict are grappling for power amid a complex web of alliances and the latest Turkish invasion into Kurdish areas.
Amid ongoing corruption probes, Likud is standing firmly behind the Israeli prime minister.
Call it the Trump effect. Just as President Donald Trump overcame the media and left-wing establishment to win the election despite his bluster and personal baggage, so, too, is Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu defying the odds in Israel.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin last week did not appear to resolve the two countries’ differing objectives in Syria, and it remains unclear if the status-quo can continue.
Qatar, which has long been a Mideast enigma due to its modernized appearance but sim-ultaneous funding of Islamist terror groups, is engaging in a public relations campaign to recruit increased support in the U.S.—including among American Jews.
Once hailed as the “Paris of the Middle East,” Beirut is now looking more like Tehran than Western Europe.