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Iraq is reeling after an unexpectedly rapid takeover of large swaths of its territory by ISIS militants, who now find themselves in control of Fallujah and Ramadi, and large parts of Anbar and Ninevah provinces.

Turkey, which is currently out of favor with several of its traditional Arab allies, is now apparently cozying-up with Iran, despite differences over the Syrian conflict, as evidenced by Iranian President Hassan Rouhani’s recent state visit to Ankara, marking the first by an Iranian head of s

I never imagined I would see the day when a regime that slaughters, gasses, tortures and starves unarmed civilians is free to do so with impunity. You've shuddered at videos of Syrian infants with protruding bones and distended stomachs.

As the Syrian conflict enters its fourth year, various regional commentators and observers have taken the opportunity to underscore the continuing suffering of civilians as well as the seemingly intractable nature of the negotiations.

There are many obstacles to the negotiations between the Israelis and the Palestinians. As if the issues of security, borders and natural resources were not already complicated, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has demanded that the Palestinians recognize Israel as a Jewish state.

Ibrahim Mehleb, a former member of deposed Egyptian leader Hosni Mubarak’s party, has been nominated as the country’s next prime minister following the surprise resignation of the previous government. Mr.

Israeli Prime Minister Benyamin Netanyahu cut a lonely figure at the recent UN General Assembly in New York. His warnings against being duped by a duplicitous Iranian regime sounded old and tired, further isolating the Israeli leader from the rest of the world.

Now that it seems possible that Syria’s chemical weapon cache can be removed or controlled through diplomatic pressure, many observers are starting to hope that the entire Syrian conflict can benefit from the recent flurry of diplomatic activity.

The announcement by U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry last Friday that Israel and the Palestinians reached an agreement to resume talks about final status issues after years of diplomatic standstill came as a surprise for many.

This week’s blast in a southern suburb of Beirut, traditionally a stronghold of the Hezbollah movement, has raised fears that the Syrian conflict has finally come to Lebanon.