Egypt, which brokered last week’s cease-fire that ended hostilities and between Israel and Hamas and also hosted Palestinian reconciliation talks earlier this year, hopes it can help put in place a long-term truce. Egypt is working to broker an additional agreement between Israel and Hamas following the recent fighting. Israeli …

Amid protests demanding justice after a series of assassinations, Iraqi security forces have arrested the commander of one prominent militant faction. A day after a major protest demanding greater accountability in Iraq, especially as concerns the unsolved murders of several activists, the commander of a faction affiliated with the Popular …

The EU has long played an active role in seeking an end to Israeli-Palestinian hostilities. Why has it lost this role? The European Union was once viewed as an important and credible actor in the Middle East, even a potential counterweight to the United States. No longer. During the recent …