Middle East
When will the Syria conversation turn to Trump’s ‘betrayal’ of Israel?
The media mantra of ‘Trump betrayed the Kurds’ will soon make way for ‘Trump betrayed Israel’
Pax Russica: as Trump abandons Syria’s Kurds, Russia is ready to expand its empire
The president has always said he wants to get America out of foreign wars. But is he playing into Putin’s hands?
Pulling US troops out of Syria will prove to be the right decision
Donald Trump, peacemaker?
Syria’s Christians are suffering in silence
The Assyrians hang in limbo
Is Trump’s Turkey distraction a miscalculation?
The president has riled up the very senators he may need to save him
The US will pay for abandoning the Kurds
Trump’s credibility gap
The alliance between America and Saudi Arabia is over
We are witnessing the beginning of a new geopolitics in the Middle East
How to stop drones
The Saudi oilfield attack is a portent of things to come
Netanyahu wins again, eventually
Wednesday’s coalition ploy puts him ahead, again
Is time finally up for Benjamin Netanyahu?
The man has painted his way out of more dead ends than the Road Runner
Katharine Gun: the spy who tried to stop the Iraq war
As a young translator at GCHQ, she leaked a secret email
Hold the Nobel
Even before Trump and Kushner unveil their Middle East peace plan, the ‘deal of the century’ is dead
Bibi Netanyahu is the Larry David of nationalists
As media and politics merge, who wins?
Why Netanyahu really banned Tlaib and Omar from Israel
Cutting a real estate deal with the transactional president
Tulsi Gabbard is right. Trump supports al-Qaeda…just like Obama did
Like Trump’s Saudi Arabia policy, Obama inadvertently supported terrorists in the name of aiding allies
Lebanon: the world’s best failed state
However bad things get, most Lebanese I speak to believe that at least they won’t get dragged into another war with Israel
The diplomacy of deference
Trump’s actions are constrained by what Saudi and Israeli leaders are willing to tolerate
Can Trump break the cycle of mistrust with Iran?
It might seem improbable. But then again, there isn’t much with Trump that doesn’t
The presidency unchained
When it comes to war powers, conservatives are at odds with the Framers of the Constitution
The European fighters who battled Isis – and were abandoned by their governments
For all their bravery, they are not welcomed home
What Jared Kushner doesn’t get
Israel doesn’t want peace with the Palestinians
The baffling oratory of Jared Kushner
Safe to say his speech in Bahrain will not solve Israel-Palestine
Pompeo summons up fresh Iran sanctions from the Gulf
The secretary of state’s hasty trip to Riyadh and Abu Dhabi means another escalation in tensions between the Trump administration and Iran
Trump is trapped in an Iran cul-de-sac
Far from undermining the regime, the president has strengthened and emboldened it
Fake estate – the truth about Trump Heights
It’s a Potemkin project
