Israel's left-wing parties, Meretz and Labor, gambled their deepest principles to join a government led by a right-wing nationalist champion of settlements. Is their political bargain paying off? Are they influencers, or fig leaves?

The indictments against four Israeli women in their 50s for spying for Iran are rather laughable, but they mainly serve as an indication of how difficult it is to recruit human agents these days

'As Syrians who suffered a lot, especially after the beginning of the revolution, the trials shows those sufferings are not in vain,' said a torture survivor and co-plaintiffA German court is scheduled to deliver a trial against a former Syrian police officer who supervised the systematic and brutal torture of more than 4,000 prisoners, resulting in the deaths of at least 58 people

Ramy Shaath, the son of a prominent Palestinian politician, was deported after more than two years in pre-trial detention over allegations of having ties with the Muslim Brotherhood

The Jordanian government seeks to restore public trust and defuse anger over successive failures to deliver on pledges of reducing corruption and fixing the economy

On the two most major challenges Israel faces, the Palestinians and Iran, 'continuing the status quo' is a euphemism for avoiding decisions, which can be good for politicians, but doesn't make for good policy