Iran’s Plans to Take Over Syria

http://jcpa.org/article/irans-plans-to-take-over-syria/ In mid-April, Hizbullah leader Hassan Nasrallah paid a secret visit to Tehran where he met with the top Iranian officials headed by Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei and Gen. Qasem Suleimani, the commander of the...

Iran’s Arms Supply to Hizbullah: International Dimensions

http://jcpa.org/irans-arms-supply-to-hizbullah-international-dimensions/ In an exceptional political signal, a senior Israeli official contacted Mark Landler of the New York Times and explained that the Israeli government was determined to continue to prevent the transfer of advanced weapons...

FEAR OF DISSOLUTION OF UN FORCES ON LEBANESE AND SYRIAN BORDERS

The UN troops stationed along Israel’s northern borders, in the Lebanese and Syrian sectors, fear for their lives and the decision to pull them out of the region could come at any moment. Yesterday,...

Assad Orders Palestinian Attacks

http://www.menewsline.com Syrian President Bashar Assad was said to have ordered Palestinian allies to attack Israel. On May 10, Assad's leading Palestinian ally, the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine-General Command, said it was organizing attacks...

Nasrallah’s Decline

The war in Syria will bring an end to the career of two prominent leaders in the Middle East. The first, that of President Bashar Assad, will end quickly, maybe even by sword or...

Israel Mulls Iran Deterrence

www.menewsline.com Israel has sought to maneuver between two schools on how to deter Iran, a report said. The Institute for National Security Studies asserted that strategists in Israel were considering two doctrines to deter a nuclear...

Syria: The Empire Strikes Back

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...

Syria: The Empire Strikes Back

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...

Getting rid of Bashar Assad won’t end Syria’s civil war

http://www.meforum.org/3501/bashar-assad-syria-civil-war To hear Obama administration officials talk about the Syrian civil war, you'd think it all hinges on the fate of one man. According to U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, Syrian President Bashar Assad "calculated...

Majlis Shura al-Mujahidin: Between Israel and Hamas

http://www.meforum.org/3500/majlis-shura-al-mujahidin-gaza In recent weeks and months there has been a cacophony of Salafi protest that has swept Gaza against the ruling Hamas government related to treatment of prisoners, corruption, and ability to practice Islam as...