Regional shifts, especially involving Iran, Syria and Turkey, are forcing Israel to reevaluate its complicated relations with Russia.

Israel’s actions toward Syria's new interim regime risk fomenting further instability in the region, a Turkish official told Al-Monitor.

A bipartisan group of House members introduced legislation this week to redesignate Turkey at the State Department as a Middle Eastern country, rather than a European country, describing the move as a message to Turkey about its turn away from its relationships with Europe and the United States and shift toward U.S. adversaries.

"A confrontation, possibly even a small-scale military one, may occur between Israel and Turkey," one expert told Newsweek.

Kurdistan Workers Party, in a major development, declares a ceasefire following a call from its imprisoned founder, Abdullah Ocalan.

Israel is actively pressuring the United States to maintain Russian military bases in Syria. This request is part of a larger strategy to keep Syria weak and prevent Turkey from increasing its influence in the region.

The Israeli military is targeting more areas of southern Syria, and Israel is lobbying world powers to keep the central government in Damascus weak.

A Dangerous Shift in Middle Eastern Dynamics. In the ever-shifting landscape of the Middle East, one thing remains constan

AIPAC and AJC are taking a cautiously hopeful approach to the new government in Damascus, while Israel is growing increasingly alarmed by the regime

Jerusalem said to have told Washington that Damascus's new Islamist rulers, backed by Turkey, pose a threat to Israel's borders

ISTANBUL (JTA) – Despite months of deteriorating relations and increasingly hostile rhetoric, the complete shutdown of trade between Turkey and Israel earlier this month came as a shock to many.