Middle East crises loom in background as NATO leaders gather in Washington While this year's summit is expected to focus largely on the ongoing war in Ukraine, Iran's military support for Russia and Turkey's strategic balancing act with Moscow are expected to weigh on NATO leaders gathered in Washington. Washington Pulse
US, Israel hold second virtual meeting on Rafah Biden administration officials have denied offering to green-light an Israeli invasion of Rafah if Israel holds off on retaliating against Iran. Washington Pulse
One year on Sudan’s war: 14,700 killed, 8.6M displaced, 4.9M face starvation As the war in Sudan enters its second year, the humanitarian situation is worsening by the day with no prospects of an imminent end of the hostilities. North Africa Pulse
State Department staffer resigns over Biden's handling of Gaza Annelle Sheline is the second State Department official to publicly resign since Oct. 7, citing the erosion of US credibility on human rights in the Middle East as a result of the war. Washington Pulse
Bin Laden Relative Arrested In Turkey Before Bombing While there's no connection between the arrest of Osama bin Laden’s son-in-law, Suleiman Abu Gheith, days before the suicide bombing of the U.S. Embassy in Ankara, and the bombing itself, both incidents put the focus on Turkey’s role in combating terrorism, reports Tulin Daloglu. Turkey
Week in Review: Turkey Terror Attack; Syria Political Solution Al-Monitor’s coverage and analysis of the terrorist attack on the US embassy in Turkey and the possibility of a new opening for a political solution to the Syrian crisis. Syria
Turkish Suicide Bomber Did Not Act Alone Semih Idiz ponders some of the questions about the terrorist attack on the US embassy in Ankara, such as who provided the explosives and was there any support from outside Turkey? Turkey
The Ankara Bomber: A Pro-Assad Communist Mustafa Akyol profiles Ecevit Şanlı and the outlawed People's Revolutionary Liberation Army-Front (DHKP-C), one of Turkey's infamous Marxist-Leninist terror organizations, responsible for the suicide bombing at the US Embassy in Ankara on Feb. 1. Turkey
Terrorist Attack at USEmbassy in Turkey Tulin Daloglu reports from the scene of a suicide bombing at the US Embassy in Ankara. Turkey
Ben-Eliezer Slams Yachimovich For the Labor Party's Failure Veteran Knesset Member Binyamin (Fouad) Ben-Eliezer talks about his frustration and anger over the election results and the missed opportunities by Labor Party leader Shelly Yachimovich in a special interview with Mazal Mualem. Israel
Intel Israel: Pioneer Employer of Women Intel Israel General Manager Maxine Fassberg tells Tali Heruti-Sover about her struggles in the male-dominated high-tech industry — which needs "equal opportunities for men and women alike to enter the industry and move on side by side." Israel
Yair Lapid: As Israeli as You Can Get Ben Caspit writes that Yair Lapid, the biggest winner of the elections, owes his success to the fact that he represents for many the "ultimate Israeli." Israel
Meretz Leader Pledges Feisty Opposition to Netanyahu Akiva Eldar talks to Meretz leader Zehava Gal-On, who pledges to mount a strong opposition, but admits that she sometimes wishes to work in the government. Israel
Palestinians in Gaza See Little Difference in Israeli Parties As far as Palestinians in Gaza are concerned, the results of Israel's elections will produce the same outcome for them, irrespective of the winner, Mohammed Suliman writes. Palestine
Russia's Israel Policies Fyodor Lukyanov explains the complexities and seeming contradictions of Russia's policies toward Israel. Israel
Kuwait Cracks Down on Dissent, Twitter Mona Kareem documents the Kuwaiti government's crackdown on dissent through Twitter. Legacy: Gulf
