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US President Donald Trump gestures as he walks to board Air Force One at Joint Base Andrews in Maryland, May 12, 2025.

Analysis

نتنياهو يتخبط بعد إلغاء ترامب زيارة إسرائيل، والفجوة تتسع بشأن غزة وإيران

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Syrian interim President Ahmed al-Sharaa upon arriving for a meeting at the Elysee presidential palace, Paris, May 7, 2025.

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الشكوك تحيط بالمحادثات غير المباشرة بين سوريا وإسرائيل مع الرهان على الشرع

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Israeli army tanks are deployed at a position near Israel's border with the Gaza Strip, on May 5, 2025. Israel was issuing orders to call up tens of thousands of reservists ahead of an expanded offensive in Gaza, Israeli media reported on May 3, as Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attacked truce mediator Qatar. (Photo by Menahem KAHANA / AFP) (Photo by MENAHEM KAHANA/AFP via Getty Images)

Analysis

مع توجه ترامب إلى الخليج، انقسام في مجلس الوزراء الأمني الإسرائيلي بشأن خطة "غزو" غزة

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Syrian government forces as conflicts intensify between them and the Druze in Sahnaya, April 30, 2025.

Analysis

"نستطيع الوصول إليه": إسرائيل تضرب دمشق تحذيراً للشرع بشأن هجمات الدروز

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Iranians pass by the recently repainted, famous anti-American mural that depics the US flag with bombs and skulls in Tehran, Iran on April 10, 2025, two days before the first round of indirect nuclear negotiations with President Trump's administration hosted and mediated by Oman. (Photo by Mohammadali Najib / Middle East Images / Middle East Images via AFP) (Photo by MOHAMMADALI NAJIB/Middle East Images/AFP via Getty Images)

Analysis

"خارج السياق": إسرائيل تخشى بشكل متزايد أن تُفاجأ باتفاق ترامب وإيران

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An Israeli army Merkava main battle tank is carried on the back of a trailer truck to be deployed near a watchtower of the UN-patrolled buffer zone's Quneitra checkpoint, separating Israeli and Syrian forces in the Golan Heights, on March 2, 2025. (Photo by Jalaa MAREY / AFP) (Photo by JALAA MAREY/AFP via Getty Images)

Analysis

إسرائيل تشكك في تحقيق اختراق في الملف السوري مع إشارة الشرع إلى انفتاحه على اتفاقيات إبراهيم

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: A mural depicting a revolver painted with the colours of the US flag is seen painted on the outer walls of the former US embassy in Tehran, colloquially-referred to as the Spy Den, on April 19, 2025 in Tehran, Iran. Talks between the United States and Iran over the fate of the Islamic Republic's uranium enrichment program continue at the Omani embassy in Rome today. (Photo by Majid Saeedi/Getty Images)

Analysis

تراجع نفوذ نتنياهو على ترامب مع تقدم المحادثات بين الولايات المتحدة وإيران

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WASHINGTON, DC - APRIL 07: U.S. President Donald Trump greets Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as he arrives at the White House on April 07, 2025 in Washington, DC. President Trump is meeting with Netanyahu to discuss ongoing efforts to release Israeli hostages from Gaza and newly imposed U.S. tariffs. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images)

Analysis

الفجوة بين الولايات المتحدة وإيران تبدو قابلة للسد بعد تسريبات عن الضربة الإسرائيلية التي تقوض نتنياهو

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WASHINGTON, DC - APRIL 07: U.S. President Donald Trump bids farewell to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as he leaves the White House after a meeting on April 07, 2025 in Washington, DC. President Trump was meeting with Netanyahu to discuss ongoing efforts to release Israeli hostages from Gaza and newly imposed U.S. tariffs. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images)

Analysis

في حين يلمح ويتكوف إلى أن الولايات المتحدة لن تفكك البرنامج النووي الإيراني، تخشى إسرائيل أن يكتفي ترامب بـ"صفقة سيئة"

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Golan

Analysis

مع قصف إسرائيل لسوريا، هل تستطيع تجنب مسار الصدام مع تركيا؟

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Former US President Donald Trump gestures as US Senator Lindsey Graham (R-SC) addresses the crowd during a 2024 election campaign event in Columbia, South Carolina, on January 28, 2023. Trump hits the campaign trail Saturday for the first time in a third bid for the US presidency overshadowed by intensifying criminal investigations and a firestorm of political controversy. The twice-impeached Republican, whose party lost the White House and both chambers of Congress during his term, makes his case for anoth

Analysis

كيف ربما أغرقت الانتقادات الموجهة لترامب مرشح نتنياهو لجهاز الشاباك؟

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An Israeli soldier checks a Merkava battle tank deployed at a position in the Israel-annexed Golan Heights along the border with southern Syria on March 25, 2025. Israel's military said it carried out a second strike in Syria on March 25, in response to incoming fire from across the demarcation line, hours after Syrian authorities reported that at least five people had been killed as a result of Israeli shelling. (Photo by Jalaa MAREY / AFP) (Photo by JALAA MAREY/AFP via Getty Images)

Analysis

هل لبنان وسوريا جاهزان للسلام مع إسرائيل أم على وشك المزيد من التصعيد؟

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