Sirgany Reports for CNN:Syria Blames Israel for Damascus Airport Blast

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Dispatch from the Gulf: Finding middle ground amid Israel-Iran war

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Allison Minor

Congressional delegation visit coincided with Israel and Iran squaring off in a direct military confrontation.

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Sirgany Reports for CNN:Syria Blames Israel for Damascus Airport Blast

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Jun 18, 2025

Dispatch from Jerusalem: Inside Israel’s bunkers as Iran war erupts

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Sarah Zaaimi

The stakes are higher as two opposing rhetorics about the region’s future are at play: Pan-Abrahamism and Revolutionary Islamism.

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Iran

Sirgany Reports for CNN:Syria Blames Israel for Damascus Airport Blast

Inflection Points
Jun 14, 2025

Israel’s Iran strike provides a historic chance for Middle East realignment

By
Frederick Kempe

History will remember this moment less for the Israeli strikes themselves and more for what follows.

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Apr 27, 2017

Sirgany Reports for CNN:Syria Blames Israel for Damascus Airport Blast

By Sarah El Sirgany

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Apr 23, 2017

Shaffer Quoted by Al Jazeera on the Israel-Europe Gas Deal

By Brenda Shaffer

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Apr 19, 2017

Braw in Foreign Affairs: How Israeli Conscription Drives Innovation

By Elisabeth Braw

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Apr 10, 2017

Gold Quoted by the Washington Post on the Closure of Israel’s Southern Border with Sinai

By Zack Gold

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New Atlanticist

Apr 4, 2017

Arab Leaders Try to Get Trump’s Attention

By Shehab al-Makahleh

Eager to unlock the door to US-Arab cooperation on tackling regional issues following decades of disappointment with Washington’s lack of understanding of their concerns, three Arab leaders are engaging US President Donald Trump’s new administration over the next month. Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi met Trump at the White House on April 3; Jordan’s King […]

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Mar 31, 2017

Shaffer Quoted by VOA on Turkey-Israel Relations and Energy

By Brenda Shaffer

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Event Recap

Mar 28, 2017

Israel in Africa: a roundtable with African ambassadors

By Africa Center

On Tuesday, March 28, the Atlantic Council’s Africa Center hosted a luncheon for African ambassadors with an Israeli delegation, including Ambassador Jeremy Issacharoff, vice director general and head of multilateral affairs directorate for the Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and Ambassador Gil Haskel, deputy director general of the foreign ministry and head of Israel’s international […]

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Mar 17, 2017

Daniels Joins Rudaw Erbil to Discuss the Trump Administration’s Policy Toward Iran and Israel

By Owen Daniels

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Mar 7, 2017

Shaffer in the Hill: Israel-Jordan Gas Trade Portends Brighter Future in Middle East

By Brenda Shaffer

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Mar 5, 2017

Blanford in the Arab Weekly: Hezbollah, Israel Brace for All-Out Conflict

By Nicholas Blanford

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