Israel holds national elections for 23rd Knesset

Israelis flooded to polling stations nationwide between 7 AM to 10 PM today to cast ballots for their preferred candidates in parliamentary elections. Official exit polls will be made public…

The Coronavirus and Israel

By: Galia Lavi, research associate and coordinator of the Israel-China program at INSS and Dr. Tomer Fadlon, Neubauer Research Associate at INSS as well as lecturer at Tel Aviv University. …

Deadly attack on Turkish forces in Syria

Fierce battles between the Syrian and Turkish militaries in Syria’s northwestern Idlib region were reported throughout the past 24 hours. The situation quickly deteriorated yesterday evening, when the Syrian army,…

Syria accusation: IDF attacked Assad forces

Official Syrian media outlets are reporting that Israeli helicopter gunships attacked positions held by Assad’s army in Quneitra and other locations on the Syrian side of the Golan border last…

U.S. brands Iranian proxy in Iraq as terrorist entity

The United States has announced a significant terrorist designation related to Iranian proxies in Iraq. During a special briefing at the State Department, the US Coordinator for Counterterrorism, Ambassador Nathan…

P4+1 & Iran try to salvage JCPOA

Representatives of the P4+1 countries met in Vienna with Iran in last-ditch efforts to salvage the 2015 Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) nuclear agreement. The P4+1 -- Russia, China,…

Putin spurns Erdogan’s 4-way talks over Syria

The Syrian army has accelerated its offensive from both the south and east of the northwestern Idlib governorate toward the capital, Idlib City. There has been little to no resistance…