In the Middle East,” the Israeli general and politician Ehud Barak once said, “a pessimist is simply an optimist with experience.” Barak would know. He was Israel’s prime minister in 2000, a year that ...

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Leaked recordings obtained by Al-Jazeera feature senior officers from the deposed Assad regime trying to seek Israeli ...

As we travel into 2026, we can only hope that Trump builds on the policy achievements of 2025. Surely that’s a New Year’s ...