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Israel has been concerned that Syrian President Bashar Assad would defeat Sunni rebels over the next few months. Israel's intelligence community is closely following the Assad offensive against Sunni rebels in the spring of 2013....

http://www.gloria-center.org/2013/05/syria-the-empire-strikes-back/ By Truthout.org “My opponent’s reasoning reminds me of the who, being asked on what the world stood, replied, `On a tortoise.’ But on what does the tortoise stand? `On another tortoise....There are tortoises all...

http://www.gloria-center.org/2013/05/syria-the-empire-strikes-back/ By Truthout.org “My opponent’s reasoning reminds me of the who, being asked on what the world stood, replied, `On a tortoise.’ But on what does the tortoise stand? `On another tortoise....There are tortoises all...

http://www.arlenefromisrael.info/current-postings/ The original expectation that Syria would not retaliate for Israel's hits inside of that country appears to be holding true: A Syrian government official has indicated that Syria would not be responding "immediately: "Syria will...

http://jcpa.org/an-improved-arab-peace-initiative/ The Arab Peace Initiative, which was adopted at the Beirut summit in 2002, returned to the diplomatic discourse after an April 29 visit to Washington by an Arab League delegation. Politicians and commentators attributed supreme...

http://jcpa.org/an-improved-arab-peace-initiative/ The Arab Peace Initiative, which was adopted at the Beirut summit in 2002, returned to the diplomatic discourse after an April 29 visit to Washington by an Arab League delegation. Politicians and commentators attributed supreme...

http://www.maannews.net/eng/ViewDetails.aspx?ID=591068 BETHLEHEM (Ma'an) -- The PLO's top negotiator said Tuesday that a concession by the Arab League that Israel and the Palestinians trade land was already an official position. “This is not something new,” Saeb Erekat...

Hamas has pledged to force Israel to release thousands of Palestinian convicts. Hamas political bureau chief Khaled Masha'al said the ruling Islamist movement would take measures to win the release of Palestinian convicts. Masha'al did not...

http://www.gatestoneinstitute.org/3678/germany-mega-mosque-critics The Bavarian branch of Germany's domestic intelligence agency, the Bundesamt für Verfassungsschutz (BfV), has placed under state surveillance German activists accused of fomenting hate against Muslims due to their opposition to the construction of...

http://www.balkanalysis.com/blog/2013/03/31/israeli-security-concerns-and-the-balkans/ Heading into April 2013, Israel is confronted with a complexity of issues in the greater Middle East. These include: chronic political disagreements at home; the Syrian conflict next door, with its possibility to affect...