Turkiye ready to ratify Finland’s NATO entry, Sweden left out in the cold

Stockholm and Washington are pressing Turkiye to ratify Sweden's ascension before the next NATO summit in July

First Israeli commercial flight passes through Omani airspace

This new route via Oman's airspace will shorten flights from Israel to Asian destinations by two hours

Oman opens airspace to Israel

This decision was implemented despite Oman and Israel having no diplomatic relations

Israeli security minister unilaterally orders police to ready for ‘major offensive’ in occupied Jerusalem

As tensions continue to spike across the occupied territories, the Pentagon has announced that Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin is set to visit Tel Aviv and Ramallah soon

Israel’s ruling coalition party says ‘no pause’ to West Bank settlement expansion

Senior US officials recently pressured the Israeli PM to halt the expansion of illegal settlements as a means to reduce tensions in occupied Palestine

Earthquake death toll in Turkiye exceeds 3,000, over 20,000 injured

According to Turkiye's vice president, 8,000 people have been rescued, with 11,022 people involved in the search parties

Netanyahu claims to have reached agreement with Vladimir Putin

Netanyahu noted that Israel does not want a military confrontation with Russia and reached an agreement that does not threaten Russian interests

‘Palestine reliving events that led to Second Intifada’: CIA chief

Washington has been pressing Tel Aviv to ease tensions in the occupied territories, offering help in covert operations against Iran and in normalizing ties with Saudi Arabia

White House offered Israel help with Iran, Saudi in exchange for ‘easing tensions’ in Palestine

As part of a backroom proposal, US officials asked the Israeli premier to 'preserve the status quo at Al-Aqsa Mosque, stop the expansion of illegal settlements, and strengthen the Palestinian Authority'

US, Israel start week of military drills involving thousands of troops, nuclear bombers

The military exercises come at a time when US officials are visiting Israel to 'understand' the new government's plans to illegally annex the occupied West Bank

Saudi Arabia will not normalize with Israel until two-state solution is achieved

On the same day, Netanyahu affirmed that Tel Aviv is ready to normalize relations with Riyadh

Israel, US, UAE, and Bahrain meet on expanding normalization

The meeting focused on 'promising new partnerships,' including the I2U2 (Israel, India, US, UAE), to discuss the food security crisis

Netanyahu says Israel ready to normalize ties with Saudi Arabia

Israel has taken an interest in establishing ties with the kingdom, following the signing of the Abraham Accords in 2020

Oman’s parliament says no to ‘normalization’ with Israel

The amendment specifically bans in-person or online interaction with Israeli settlers

White House ‘grateful’ for Qatar’s efforts to free its nationals from Afghanistan jail

Though thankful to the Taliban, the US insisted Kabul end its practices against women and minorities in Afghanistan

US bargains over Iran’s unrest

The US has voiced willingness to end support for Iran's protest movement if Tehran stops selling drones to Moscow and makes concessions on its nuclear program.

Israel to expand regional activities with US army

The IDF said the joint high level meetings conducted between both nations focused on regional security issues

Oman, US discuss opening airspace to Israeli flights: Report

While Saudi Arabia has given Israeli airliners the green light to pass through its airspace, the agreement becomes useless without the approval of Oman

Blinken describes Israel, Qatar flights for World Cup as ‘historic step’

A few days prior, Israel and Qatar agreed to establish a temporary diplomatic office in Doha for the World Cup

Rewiring Eurasia: Mr. Patrushev goes to Tehran

The meeting this week between two Eurasian security bosses is a further step toward dusting away the west's oversized Asian footprint.

US officials may boycott far-right Israeli MK: Report

The report states that Washington has not yet taken a decision, but is leaning against coordinating with Ben Gvir and others like him

Saudi Arabia expresses ‘total rejection’ of US accusations

US officials have accused the kingdom of 'aligning with Russia' after being blindsided by a major oil production cut by the OPEC+ group of countries

Ukraine’s revenge on the West 

As the balance of power shifts again in Ukraine, its reverberations will impact the very unity of the EU project

Who profits from Pipeline Terror?

Secret talks between Russia and Germany to resolve their Nord Stream 1 and 2 issues had to be averted at any cost

Iranian drones spotted in Ukraine for first time

Both Russia and Ukraine have been found using Iranian weapons of different types and origin

Mossad chief vows to continue sabotage operations in Iran

Israeli officials have been reassured by Washington that they can continue to target Iran even if the nuclear deal is restored

Mossad chief ends US visit with threats against Iran nuclear deal

A majority of Israeli citizens say they do not believe Iran poses an immediate threat to their country, after spending decades being told Tehran is 'weeks away' from developing a nuclear weapon

Internal divisions cloud Israel’s official standpoint on Iran nuclear deal

Israel alleges that the Biden administration is preparing a military option against Iran in parallel to the efforts to revive the nuclear deal

How a missile in Kabul connects to a Speaker in Taipei

Washington’s hard power display of taking out Al-Qaeda’s Al-Zawahiri will not be reciprocated by Beijing over Pelosi’s provocative visit to Taiwan. It does however, definitively bury the decades-long era of cooperative US-Chinese relations.

Riyadh detains officials in new anti-corruption clean-out

The investigation suggests MbS plans to rid himself of political rivals to the throne, as Nazaha authorities carry out over 3000 inspections on corrupt officials from several ministries