The U.S. peace envoy to Afghanistan, Zalmay Khalilzad, along with a high-level delegation, met Sunday with leaders in Kabul to discuss bilateral cooperation after U.S. and coalition troops leave the country by a Sept. 11 deadline. The discussions come as Taliban insurgents have intensified battlefield attacks against government forces, capturing …

Sinwar boasted that the last round of bloodshed with Israel represented only “a small battle,” and that the next war will be more significant. There is no pretense of a move to peace. The 11-day war between Israel and Hamas last month started after the terrorist group launched seven rockets …

America offering money is not enough. Money might appease the Palestinian National Authority leadership but not the public. US President Joe Biden and Secretary of State Antony Blinken have spoken of providing equal measures of dignity, freedom, prosperity and democracy, and said that they are working on practical steps to …

Lapid’s years as a writer and a TV presenter have made him an excellent communicator and one of the Knesset’s best orators, traits that will serve him well as Israel’s chief diplomat. If the new government is voted in on Wednesday, as seems likely, Yesh Atid leader Yair Lapid will …

China is one of the few actors which could potentially save Israel from Iran in favor of stability, a new report by the Institute for National Security Studies exclusively first obtained by The Jerusalem Post. According to the report, with Dr. Kevjn Lim as lead author on behalf of INSS, …

Lebanon’s endless political crisis continues. It has lacked a government since prime minister Hassan Diab resigned last year after the Beirut Port explosion. Since then, the country has lurched from crisis to crisis, with Hezbollah being the main benefactor of these crises. Lebanese President Michel Aoun has held discussions with …

Two drones and a rocket targeting Iraqi army bases housing American forces were intercepted in two separate incidents on Sunday, Iraq’s military reported. The rocket, fired at Baghdad airport, was shot down “without causing casualties or damage,” Colonel Wayne Marotto, spokesman for the US-led coalition, said, while the two drones …

The whole world is looking forward to the meeting of the new US President Joe Biden with his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin. Although the Kremlin and the White House urge people not to expect too much from the June 16 summit, one still wants to believe that a personal meeting …

The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps members died during an ambush near Deir ez-Zor in eastern Syria, where the Islamic State remains active. Two Iranian military advisers were killed by the Islamic State (IS) in eastern Syria on Thursday. Hassan Abdullah Zadeh and Muhsin Abbassi died in an IS ambush between …

Iraqi operations against Islamic State cells continue to rely on intelligence and airstrikes more than group battles. Operations resulting in dozens of arrests and the destruction of weapons caches of alleged Islamic State (IS) cells across Iraq in recent weeks continue to rely to some extent on US-led international coalition …