Middle East Experience

Hamas' security efforts are paying off, stopping suspected terrorists from crossing into Egypt on twice in one week.
Source: Al Monitor
Full Article: Hamas arrests gunmen trying to cross into Sinai

Islamic Jihad has vowed to avenge Israel’s assassination of its commander and the attempted killing of another leader in Syria.
Source: Al Monitor
Full Article: Islamic Jihad holds firm on Gaza cease-fire conditions

Most Israeli Arabs aspire to integrate into the general society, but the country’s political leadership is engaged in a hate campaign against them.
Source: Al Monitor
Full Article: Israeli politicians prefer chaos over Jewish-Arab partnership

Tehran will likely look to Russia and China to purchase advanced weapons when a UN arms embargo against the country expires next year, a senior defense intelligence official said Nov. 19.
Source: Al Monitor
Full Article: Report: Iran likely to buy Russian and Chinese arms

Turkey's catch-and-release handling of 18 regime fighters captured by the Syrian opposition shocked many opposition forces.
Source: Al Monitor
Full Article: Did Turkey backstab Syrian opposition's National Army?

The naval forces of Egypt, Greece and Cyprus conducted joint military exercises in the Mediterranean amid tensions with Turkey over its drilling activities in the area.
Source: Al Monitor
Full Article: Egypt conducts joint drills with Greece, Cyprus amid Turkey tensions

Two Armenian Catholic priests are killed by the Islamic State near Hasakah and pro-Turkish Syrian fighters are reported to have hoisted the Islamic State flag in Ras al-Ain.
Source: Al Monitor
Full Article: IS kills priests in Syria as Turkish-backed fighters express IS sympathies

Ankara may boast about how many Islamic State members it has captured, but its handling of IS suspects on the ground, especially in deportation centers, speaks of a slipshod attitude to the problem.
Source: Al Monitor
Full Article: Turkey’s fight against IS riddled with black holes

Protesters have once again blocked the entrance to Iraq’s Umm Qasr commodities port near Basra, preventing employees and tankers from entering and bringing operations down by 50 percent, two
Source: Al Arabiya
Full Article: Protesters block entrance to Iraq’s Umm Qasr port

US policy reversal represents yet another steep shift by the Americans in dealing with the Israeli-Palestinian conflict..
Source: Albawaba
Full Article: Analysis: US settlement move, a Palestinian leadership failure