The disconnect on Syria is so profound it risks rupturing the assessment of shared interests that underlies the Abraham Accords and the tentative efforts by others in the Gulf to find the right circumstances and timing to sign on to that project.
Israel’s reckless airstrike in Qatar on Sept. 9 appears to have failed to kill the senior Hamas leaders who were primarily targeted. Nonetheless, a great deal of damage to many presumably unintended targets was inflicted, with the wreckage still piling up at many registers.
Confronted with the clear and present danger posed by Israel, Iran’s collective leadership appears mired in policy paralysis, leaving Iran strategically adrift.
Israel’s outrageous bombing attack in Qatar, designed to further stymie cease-fire negotiations that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is systematically sabotaging, may greatly complicate the U.S. role in the region.
The Palestinian people are not friendless. They have access to the International Criminal Court, the Arab League, Western countries' recognition, and U.N. nonmember state status. But will it be enough to counteract Israel?
The September 12 edition considers Iranian media reports and commentary around the transfer of Iran's nuclear portfolio from the Foreign Ministry to the SNSC under Secretary Ali Larijani.
