President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s Turkey remains mostly unchanged—cracking down on political opposition at home while seeking a bigger role on the world stage—yet its relationship with the United States might be shifting. On March 26, Secretary of State Marco…

 Amid growing challenges on its other fronts, Israel has resumed targeted military operations in the Gaza Strip to apply increasingly suffocating military pressure against Hamas. The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) has struck over 400 targets since resuming its campaign…

 Israel resumed military operations in the Gaza Strip on March 17 after direct U.S.-Hamas ceasefire negotiations collapsed. U.S. Middle East special envoy Steven Witkoff blamed Hamas for the talks’ breakdown, citing the terror group’s “entirely impractical” demands, while Secretary…

 At the direction of President Donald Trump, the U.S. military began a wide-ranging aerial campaign on March 15 against the Iran-backed Houthis, targeting dozens of military sites and key leaders. Since late 2023, the terrorist group has launched hundreds…