Israel

News that Syria has amassed 10,000 troops on the Lebanese border underscores our view that the opposition is likely to strengthen its position, if not win outright, in next year's... 2008-09-24

Meanwhile, another coalition partner, Labour, has threatened to walk out on Kadima if it succumbs to what Labour MK Ophir Pines-Paz referred to as 'extortion' by the likes of Shas.... 2008-09-18

New information suggests that an attack by Hizbullah and Hamas on Israeli tourists to Egypt's Sinai region is imminent, according to Israeli Defence Minister Ehud Barak. According... 2008-09-16

We have raised our year-end interest rate forecast to 4.25% on the back of a higher than expected inflation reading in August. We now see the headline interest rate remaining at its... 2008-09-16

While our core scenario is for Syria to re-emerge into the international community, Syrian President Bashar al-Assad is clearly not as yet throwing all his eggs into the one basket... 2008-08-20

Egypt is once again cracking down on security at the Gaza border (Rafah), after closing it yet again in a move that could well go down badly with the population, which is sympathetic... 2008-08-15

We continue to see an outside risk that Israel could once again attack neighbouring Lebanon, in an attempt to reduce the threat posed by Hizbullah. Recent signs suggest that hostility... 2008-08-11

Circumstances surrounding the death of top Syrian official General Muhammad Suleiman are unclear to say the least, and we hesitate to draw any firm conclusions at this point, except... 2008-08-04

Reports in Israeli media today give the most hopeful sign yet that a peace deal could be struck with Syria. According to the Jerusalem Post, quoting envoys present at the recent talks... 2008-08-01

Tensions between Hamas and Fatah are rising again, after a bombing which killed five members of the former, as well as a six-year old girl. Hamas blamed its rival Fatah for the attack,... 2008-07-28