This analysis was part of Prime Source's Weekly Regional Assessment Recent Development: An Israeli delegation formed of several high-ranking Israeli officials visited Washington on August 18, with reports suggesting Syria was one of the major issues discussed. The delegation included Mossad chief Yossi Cohen, the Israel Defense Forces Military Intelligence head Maj. Gen. Herzl Halevi, as well as the head of the Defense Ministry's political-security department, Zohar Palti. Ac

This analysis is a short extract from Prime Source's latest Weekly Regional Assessment Recent Development: During the past week, Egyptian security forces have launched a broad operation to target an ISIS cell operating in Qesna, including Amr Saad al-Shuwaikhy, who is believed to be the mastermind of the Palm Sunday bombings in Tanta and Alexandria in April. Several incidents have been reported in the region, situated in southern Egypt, including a shooting attack against pol

This analysis was part of Prime Source's Weekly Regional Assessment Recent Development: In a move that is likely related to the Kurdish bid for independence, the North Oil Company (NOC), which is controlled by the central government in Baghdad, stop exports of oil from the city of Kirkuk in the disputed territories of northern Iraq to the Turkish port of Cehyan. A source within the NOC told Rudaw, a Kurdish media, that the decision was “political” rather than technical. The d

This analysis was part of Prime Source's Weekly Regional Assessment Recent Development: During his visit to Washington and meeting with US President Donald Trump, Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri lobbied the Congress in a bid to temper the impact of upcoming sanctions against entities suspected of financing Hezbollah. US lawmakers introduced legislation dubbed the Hezbollah International Financing Prevention Amendments Act of 2017 on July 20 seeking to bolster sanctions ag