Lebanon's self-defeating survival strategies
Lebanon survives against all odds in a troubled environment thanks to a remarkable immune system, but that resilience has become an excuse for a dysfunctionality and laissez-faire attitude by its political class that could ultimately prove the country’s undoing.
Turkey's war against the Islamic State is also a war against the PKK
On the morning of Monday, July 20, a bomb carried by a supporter of the Islamic State ripped through a crowd in Turkey, breaking the tense, years-long standoff between the Turkish government and the Islamic State. Turkey bombed IS positions on the following Thursday night and, on Friday, officially announced that the United States would be allowed to fly missions from the U.S. military base in the southern part of the country.
Has Iran cut off Hamas? Is Hamas turning to Saudi Arabia?
Newsweek is reporting that Iran has cut off funding to Hamas in Gaza, citing Israeli journalism and Hamas sources.
Iran’s relationship with the Hamas party-militia in the Gaza Strip has been an roller-coaster ride in the past three years.
