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http://imra.org.il/story.php3?id=61865 +The possibility of transfer of chemical weapons to the Lebanese terrorist organization is realistic + The Assad regime could decide in certain conditions to provide chemical weapons to its proxy Palestinian organizations + The...

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...

http://www.spiegel.de/international/world/situation-in-syria-deteriorates-as-west-looks-for-answers-a-919733.html Two and a half years after the beginning of the uprising, Damascus has become an eerily empty city. The streets were deserted last Friday evening in the remaining regime-controlled districts -- from Bab Tuma...

http://jcpa.org/article/president-obamas-shift-syria-western-strategy/ Vol. 13, No. 24 1 September 2013 The Syrian regime is far weaker than most observers think. Rebel forces are continuing to gain momentum in all districts. The regime’s dire situation is manifested in its...

http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/syria-hiding-weapons-moving-troops-20145087?singlePage=true As the Obama administration tries to prod Congress into backing armed action against Syria, the regime in Damascus is hiding military hardware and shifting troops out of bases into civilian areas. Politically, President Bashar Assad...

http://www.israelnationalnews.com/Articles/Article.aspx/13763#.UiERzxXn_IV On August 16, the US and the Palestinian Authority signed a new $148 million economic aid agreement. Our agency asked PA officials where the money was going. The answer: education, for the new school year of...

http://thehill.com/blogs/global-affairs/middle-east-north-africa/319513-leaked-documents-reveal-us-sees-israel-as-a-major-spying-threat The Obama administration views Israel as one of the top spying threats facing its intelligence services, leaked documents reveal. A secret budget request obtained by The Washington Post from former NSA contractor Edward Snowden lumps...

http://www.meforum.org/3588/morsi-detained-bloodbath-egypt As Egypt explodes in what could be civil war, with a reported death toll of at least 628 dead and rising in clashes between security forces and Islamists that began August 14, many are...

http://www.propublica.org/article/the-terror-threat-and-irans-inroads-in-latin-america Last year, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad visited his ally President Hugo Chavez in Venezuela, where the firebrand leaders unleashed defiant rhetoric at the United States. There was a quieter aspect to Ahmadinejad's visit in January...

http://www.defensenews.com/article/20130617/DEFREG04/306170028/US-Experts-Forecast-Military-Aid-Hikes-Israel Despite sequestration and protracted fiscal constraints, Israel can expect an additional decade of sustained and possibly increased levels of security assistance once its current $30 billion, 10-year military aid package expires in 2018, former...