In public, Qatar was insisting on the right to defend itself after Iran attacked a U.S. military site in the emirate. Behind the scenes, it was already mediating a truce between Israel and Iran.

WAR is inherently chaotic, leaving behind anguish, death, and destruction that ripple far beyond the theatre of conflict. Hence, when the Israel-Iran

President Donald Trump said Monday that Israel and Iran have agreed to a new ceasefire agreement amid back-and-forth attacks from the two nations and on the heels of a retaliatory military strike from Iran to a U.