For years, Iran was the chief sponsor of Hamas, supplying it with cash and arms. But when the terrorist group chose to oppose Bashar al-Assad, Tehran’s client, in the Syrian civil war, the ayatollahs shifted their support to Islamic Jihad, with which they soon had a similar falling-out. After trying to cultivate an alternative to both, the Islamic Republic is now reconciling with Islamic Jihad, as Khaled Abu Toameh explains:

To mark the 50th anniversary of the death of the Egyptian leader Gamal Abdel Nasser, Daniel Pipes reflects on his reign: