How did diplomacy become so irrelevant to resolving the Armenian-Azerbaijani conflict? For 26 years, the Minsk Group of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) worked fruitlessly to bring the Armenian-Azerbaijani conflict to a peaceful resolution. Then, in just six weeks, the Second Karabakh War radically altered the …

A delegation from the United States State Department travelled to northeast Syria in the first visit to the region since President Joe Biden came to office in January. On May 16, the department issued a press release that said the trip was made by Acting Assistant Secretary Joey Hood, joined …

The United States is taking new steps to make it more difficult for the Islamic State terror group to move money, including donations from international supporters, through Syria and Turkey. The U.S. Treasury Department announced sanctions on Monday against three people and one company, all of which played key roles …

Israel’s Iron Dome air defense system has intercepted a drone belonging to the Hamas militant group, a first for the platform, according to the country’s defense forces. In total, Israel has intercepted six drones using multiple countermeasures since hostilities began between Israel and Hamas on May 10, the Israel Defense …

Jordanian lawmakers on Monday unanimously carried a motion urging the government to expel Israel’s ambassador to Amman in protest against Israeli “crimes” against Palestinians. Speaker of Parliament Abdul Monem Odat announced the move live on television after a parliamentary session devoted to “the situation in Palestine and the crimes committed …

The President expressed his support for a ceasefire and discussed US engagement with Egypt and other partners towards that end. US President Joe Biden spoke on Monday with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. It was the third conversation between the two leaders since the beginning of Operation Guardian of the …

Israel said Hamas assets were in the building, but US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Monday he has yet to see evidence of this. The fallout from the Israeli airstrike that destroyed a Gaza building hosting international media outlets continued today when the top US diplomat addressed the …

A number of progressive Democrats have called for the United States to reexamine Israel’s annual aid package. The mounting death toll from Israel’s campaign of airstrikes against militants in Gaza has thrust US military assistance to the Jewish state into the spotlight, as a small but vocal group of Democrats …

Cairo, which is leading efforts to reach a cease-fire in the week-long conflict between Hamas and Israel, has pledged to help rebuild the battered Palestinian enclave. Egypt will provide the Gaza Strip with $500 million to finance its reconstruction following Israel’s bombing campaign against the militant group Hamas. President Abdel …

The surprise US inflation data last week could be the omen of deepening troubles for the Turkish economy. Turkey’s embattled currency appears on course to tumble further in the coming months, as external headwinds threaten to aggravate the country’s entangled economic woes. The Turkish lira — in a fresh downward …