ICSR Insight: Up to 11,000 foreign fighters in Syria; steep rise among Western Europeans
http://icsr.info/2013/12/icsr-insight-11000-foreign-fighters-syria-steep-rise-among-western-europeans/
Since ICSR published its first estimate in April, the issue of foreign fighters in Syria has become a major concern for Western governments. More reports have emerged since, though few have accurately gauged the...
The Changing of the Tide in the Syrian Civil War
http://www.inss.org.il/index.aspx?id=4538&articleid=6213
The tide is changing in the Syrian civil war. Bashar al-Assad and his regime are gaining momentum, the opposition is weakening, and some of its major traditional supporters seem to be reconsidering their position....
A LOOK AT INTERNATIONAL SURVEY DATA ABOUT ARAB OPINION
http://www.gloria-center.org/2013/12/a-look-at-international-survey-data-about-arab-opinion/
This article evaluates Arab public opinion with the “Arab Opinion Index” by the Arab Center for Research and Policy Studies (ACRPS) in Doha, Qatar. The Index covers 12 Arab countries with 85 percent...
Aid for Palestinians: Breaking Down Walls or Building Them Higher?
http://www.brownpoliticalreview.org/2013/10/aid-for-palestinians-breaking-down-walls-or-building-them-higher/
A photo of a UNRWA school in Gaza after it was shelled by Israeli forces. Wikimedia Commons, Creative Commons.
The UNHCR (United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees) agency is mandated to lead and co-ordinate international...
The Al-Nusra Front (Jabhat al-Nusra) is an Al-Qaeda Salafist-jihadi network, prominent in the rebel...
http://www.terrorism-info.org.il/en/article/20573
Al-Qaeda Entrenchment in Syria
1. During the Syrian civil war two branches of Al-Qaeda established themselves among the rebel organizations fighting to overthrow the regime of Bashar Assad. The most prominent is the Al-Nusra...
The UNRWA Dilemma
http://www.gatestoneinstitute.org/3979/unrwa-dilemma
The Palestinian people, according to a recent study by the Jerusalem Institute of Justice, have received per capita, adjusted for inflation, 25 times more aid than did Europeans to rebuild war-torn Western Europe under...
A United States Attack on Syria: Implications for Israel INSS
http://www.inss.org.il/publications.php?cat=21&incat=&read=11991
On Wednesday, August 28, 2013, President Barack Obama and British Prime Minister David Cameron affirmed that a chemical weapons attack had taken place in Syria the previous week and "there was no doubt that...
US Military Intervention in Syria: The Broad Strategic Purpose, Beyond Punitive Action
http://www.inss.org.il/publications.php?cat=21&incat=&read=11973
Until the publication of reports that Bashar Assad’s army carried out a large attack using chemical weapons in an eastern suburb of Damascus, Washington had not seriously considered military intervention in Syria. In light...
Turning Point: Obama and Israel, The Next Three Years
www.gloria-center.org
It is not every day that one can announce a shift in world history, but this day is today. And we are now in a new era in the Middle East and the world....
Dominic Lawson: So who still thinks Israel is the root of Middle East problems?
independent.co.uk
Forget the massacre of thousands in Syria and Egypt, whether by chemical weapons or more conventional methods of mass slaughter. The Middle Eastern issue galvanising some of our musical mega-stars and their followers, even...