U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo announced that the temporary waivers vis-à-vis oil purchases from Iran, which were granted to eight countries and jurisdictions that relied heavily on Iranian oil…
Israeli President Reuven Rivlin formally designated incumbent Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to 'try to form Jerusalem's next government coalition,' following the April 9th elections. During a special nomination ceremony, the…
White House senior adviser Jared Kushner urged a group of ambassadors to keep an "open mind" vis-à-vis the anticipated Middle East peace initiative, dubbed by President Donald Trump as "the…
President Hassan Rouhani attempted to reassure his country's neighbors that the Iranian armed forces, including the Islamic Revolutionary Guards that were blacklisted by the United States as a terror entity,…
The Egyptian parliament in Cairo approved changes to the country's constitution that will grant President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi the legal backing to remain in power until 2030. Parliament Speaker Ali…
The U.S. Embassy in Beirut announced that the United States provided military equipment to the Lebanese Armed Forces valued at 14.3 million dollars. In a statement published on the Embassy's…
Less than a day after the U.S. decision to designate Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps has officially taken effect, the Iranian Parliament approved a countermeasure to the American move by…
By Dr. Yossi Mansharof, expert on Revolutionary Iran, political Shiite Islam, transnational Shiite networks. The EU’s insistence on preserving the nuclear agreement with Iran and its persistent efforts to establish a mechanism for…
By Professor Efraim Inbar, Presidnt of the Jerusalem Institute for Strategy and Security. The guaranteed failure of the “deal of the century” is an opportunity for Israel to open the Americans’…
By Dr. Emily B. Landau, senior research fellow at INSS and head of the Arms Control and Regional Security Program and Dr. Ephraim Asculai, research fellow at INSS, formerly employed at the Israel…