Seth Frantzman

While the US and Iran continue to trade strikes after the Memorandum of Understanding, the question of an easy solution comes down to military advantages in the Gulf region.

Trump also said the United States had "released sanctions from the country," adding that Syria had "become very stable."

US President Donald Trump at the NATO Summit in Ankara earlier on July 8 said that Iran was not being serious in the talks on the Memorandum of Understanding.

Emanuel's argument has been made before and sits at the crossroads of which policy works best in the US-Israel relationship: whether Israel needs more “tough love" or unconditional love.

US President Donald Trump meets with Syrian President Ahmad al Sharaa on the sidelines of the NATO summit in Ankara on July 8. (Syrian Arab News Agency)

Renewed Iranian attacks on its neighbors stretch around 3,000km, expanding the battlefield, pursuing its goal of spreading the conflict as wide as possible.

In many ways, the era that the former emir presided over was a very different Middle East. Against the grain of the time, he was able to position Qatar as a key state in the region.

In 2025, Syria spent the year trying to unite the country and begin its complex process of appointing members of the new parliament.

Tourism in northern Israel is on the mend as the ceasefire with Hezbollah continues.

According to Syria's Interior Ministry, an investigation found that the ISIS cell financed its activities through assassinations and armed robberies targeting gold merchants in Daraa province.