Trump’s surprise meeting with Syrian President and former jihadist Ahmed al-Shara’a (right), mediated by Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (left) (Image: Wikimedia Commons)
Israel now on the Road to Damascus? 
The Middle East rollercoaster is hurtling forward at...
US President Trump with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman in Riyadh (Image: Flickr)
Trump’s landmark visit to the Gulf
From May 13 to 16, US President Donald...
Trump and Netanyahu are expected to meet soon and many issues will be on the table, but Iran is expected to supersede them all (Image: Flickr)
Trump versus Teheran?
All eyes on the new Administration’s Iran policy...
An extension of the Abraham Accords that saw a string of Middle Eastern countries making peace with Israel is likely to be a priority (Image: Whitehouse.gov/ Flickr)
Trump and the Middle East
By any standard of measurement, Joe Biden’s Middle...
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Emboldened Iran is still seeking nuclear capacity
Daily Telegraph – 18 April 2024   The...
Security forces of the Palestinian National Authority in Bethlehem (Image: Shutterstock)
Two states talk is hopeless without enforcement
The Biden Administration hopes to use a hostage...
IDF paratroopers outside the Gaza border (File photo: Isranet)
Israel prepares ‘ground manoeuvres’ against Hamas – Ehud Yaari interview on ABC Radio National
ABC RN "Saturday Extra" - 14 October 2023...
Israeli PM Binyamin Netanyahu (r) gets his long-awaited face-to-face meeting with US President Joe Biden in New York (Photo: Avi Ohayon, Israeli Government Press Office)
Netanyahu meets Biden, other world leaders, in New York
Update 09/23 #02   It seems fair to...
The domestic forces that blocked the plans of former Indonesian President Abdurrahman Wahid (above) for closer ties with Israel are still powerful in Indonesia (Image: Wikimedia Commons)
Could Saudi-Israeli normalisation lead Jakarta to follow suit?
Against the backdrop of increasing media reports regarding...
The surprising Palestinian split on Saudi normalisation
After years of stagnation and conflict, a new...
Saudi Energy Minister Prince Abdul-Aziz bin Salman with IAEA head Rafael Grossi (Image: Wikimedia Commons)
Saudi Arabia’s problematic nuclear “asks”
According to accounts of recent off-the-record comments by...
Saudi Foreign Minister Faisal bin Farhan (Image: Wikimedia Commons)
Reading the Signs from Riyadh
Is a Saudi-Israeli peace deal just around the...
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