Posted on Fri, September 20, 2013 at 01:11 am CEST
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US Plays Monopoly, Russia Plays Chess

Whatever Putin thinks, he will keep to himself… Continue reading

Topics: Diplomacy • Energy • Politics • Russia's Middle East Policy • Syria • Syrian Revolution • The Middle East • U.S. Middle East Policy 
Posted on Thu, September 12, 2013 at 16:42 pm CEST
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Russia-Iran Axis Gets Access

Has Obama’s Syria policy backfired?… Continue reading

Topics: Iran • Politics • Russian Federation • Security and Defense • Syria • Syrian Revolution • U.S. Middle East Policy 
Posted on Thu, September 12, 2013 at 11:32 am CEST
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Syrian Diplomacy?

Since an attack is unlikely, what difference does that make?… Continue reading

Topics: Diplomacy • Iran • Russian Federation • Syria • Syrian Revolution • U.S. Middle East Policy 
Posted on Mon, September 9, 2013 at 14:42 pm CEST
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How to Tell the “Good Guys” in Syria

Or… do we know who the bad guys are?… Continue reading

Topics: Iraq • Politics • Syrian Revolution • U.S. Middle East Policy 
Posted on Thu, September 5, 2013 at 22:48 pm CEST
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Why a U.S.-Led Intervention in Syria Will Make Things Worse

Why is it a bad idea to strike Syria?… Continue reading

Topics: Crethi Plethi • Russian Federation • Security and Defense • Syria • Syrian Revolution • U.S. Middle East Policy 
Posted on Fri, August 30, 2013 at 10:43 am CEST
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U.S. Attack on Syria Won’t Change Anything

What’s the purpose of attacking Syria?… Continue reading

Topics: Security and Defense • Syria • Syrian Revolution • U.S. Middle East Policy 
Posted on Wed, August 28, 2013 at 10:06 am CEST
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America’s Impending Defeat in Syria

Is America going to fight a full-scale war in Syria… Continue reading

Topics: Russian Federation • Security and Defense • Syria • Syrian Revolution • U.S. Middle East Policy 
Posted on Sun, June 30, 2013 at 20:05 pm CEST
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The ‘Sex Jihad’

Muslim women offer sexual services to jihadi fighters… Continue reading

Topics: Arab World • Global Islam • Global Jihad • Maghreb • Religion • Slavery in Islam • Syrian Revolution 
Posted on Wed, June 26, 2013 at 21:34 pm CEST
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Yusuf al-Qaradawi Calls on Muslims to Support the Rebels in Syria

Al-Qaradawi’s remarks reflect the deepening Sunni-Shi’ite schism in the Middle East… Continue reading

Topics: Global Islam • Intelligence and Terrorism Information Center • Religion • Shia Islam • Sunni Islam • Sunni-Shia Conflict • Syrian Revolution 
Posted on Tue, June 25, 2013 at 20:31 pm CEST
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Hezbollah is preparing to support the Syrian army forces to take over Aleppo

Following the victory at Al-Qusayr Hezbollah is preparing to support the Syrian army forces to take over Aleppo… Continue reading

Topics: Hezbollah • Iran • Lebanon • Religion • Sunni-Shia Conflict • Syria • Syrian Revolution 
Posted on Sun, June 23, 2013 at 23:37 pm CEST
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The Price Hezbollah Pays for Supporting the Syrian Regime

Being drawn into the Syrian civil war forced Hezbollah to pay both a political price and a price to its image in the Arab-Muslim world… Continue reading

Topics: Hezbollah • Intelligence and Terrorism Information Center • Iran • Lebanon • Religion • Shi'ism • Sunni-Shia Conflict • Syria • Syrian Revolution 
Posted on Sun, June 23, 2013 at 23:36 pm CEST
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Hezbollah Support for the Syrian Regime

Hezbollah supports the Syrian regime as the civil war drags on… Continue reading

Topics: Hezbollah • Intelligence and Terrorism Information Center • Iran • Lebanon • Religion • Shi'ism • Sunni-Shia Conflict • Syria • Syrian Revolution 
Posted on Sun, June 23, 2013 at 23:36 pm CEST
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Hezbollah Involvement in the Syrian Civil War

For Iran and Hezbollah, the preservation of Bashar Assad’s regime is of supreme strategic importance… Continue reading

Topics: Hezbollah • Intelligence and Terrorism Information Center • Iran • Lebanon • Religion • Shi'ism • Sunni-Shia Conflict • Syria • Syrian Revolution 
Posted on Fri, June 21, 2013 at 17:03 pm CEST
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New Moderates! Syrian Rebels, Iranian President, and the Taliban!

To get a picture of current U.S. Middle East policy just imagine a “Cold War” in which the United States would side with the Communists… Continue reading

Topics: Iran • Security and Defense • Syrian Revolution • Taliban • U.S. Middle East Policy 
Posted on Tue, June 11, 2013 at 23:16 pm CEST
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Can Assad’s Syria Survive Revolution?

How the Assad regime has managed to survive the revolution, for the time being and in contrast to other recent upheavals in the Middle East… Continue reading

Topics: Alawis • Arab Spring • Culture • Democracy • History • Politics • Security and Defense • Syria • Syrian Revolution 
Posted on Wed, April 3, 2013 at 12:08 pm CEST
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The Arab-Kurdish Battle in Syria: Implications for Turkey’s Standing

The battle over the Syrian town Ras al-Ain on the border to Turkey damaged Turkish relations with the Kurds in Syria, and with parts of Syrian opposition… Continue reading

Topics: Kurdish People • Syrian Kurdistan • Syrian Revolution • Turkey 
Posted on Thu, February 21, 2013 at 01:06 am CET
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Iran Has to Prefer Syria to the Khuzestan Region

Should Iran give more importance to Syria than to the Khuzestan region… Continue reading

Topics: Arab World • Intelligence and Terrorism Information Center • Iran • Shi'ism • SouthWest Asia • Sunni-Shia Conflict • Syrian Revolution 
Posted on Tue, February 19, 2013 at 00:35 am CET
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Turkey and Tehran: A Cold Peace

The Turkish-Iranian relationship is primed for problems due to differing geopolitical and sectarian interests… Continue reading

Topics: Diplomacy • Iran • Iraq • Syrian Revolution • Turkey 
Posted on Sat, January 26, 2013 at 12:33 pm CET
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Anti-Islamism in an Islamic Civil War

The notion of a Sunni-Shi’ite conflict is not the only perceived dichotomy at play in the Syrian civil war… Continue reading

Topics: Alawis • History • Religion • Shi'ism • Sunni-Shia Conflict • Syrian Revolution 
Posted on Tue, January 22, 2013 at 21:40 pm CET
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Won’t Syria Be Obama’s Main Middle East Crisis in 2013?

The Syrian civil war will go on until one side wins and the other loses. And a lot more people are going to die… Continue reading

Topics: Diplomacy • Syrian Revolution • U.S. Middle East Policy 
Posted on Thu, January 17, 2013 at 23:28 pm CET
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The Folly of Arming Syria’s Rebels

What can the United States can do to counteract the glaring Islamization of rebel ranks… Continue reading

Topics: Syrian Revolution • United States of America 
Posted on Wed, December 19, 2012 at 00:52 am CET
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U.S. Policy is Making Syria into an Anti-Western, Antisemitic Islamist State

Western policy is now putting into power yet another anti-Western regime that will oppress its own people and put a high priority on trying to wipe out Israel… Continue reading

Topics: Islamism • Leftist-Islamic Alliance • Muslim Brotherhood • Religion • Syrian Revolution • U.S. Middle East Policy 
Posted on Sat, December 15, 2012 at 15:11 pm CET
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Turkey to Deploy Patriot Missiles

Turkey’s membership in NATO has many unique dimensions, including in the number of missile-related crises the country has experienced… Continue reading

Topics: NATO • Russian Federation • Security and Defense • Syrian Revolution • Turkey 
Posted on Thu, December 13, 2012 at 21:19 pm CET
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Who Will Rule Syria? A Detailed Assessment

The civil war in Syria is moving into the end-game… Continue reading

Topics: Alawis • Muslim Brotherhood • Politics • Syrian Kurdistan • Syrian Revolution • U.S. Middle East Policy 
Posted on Sat, December 8, 2012 at 14:29 pm CET
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Syria’s Assyrians, caught in the middle

Of all the Christian communities in Syria, the Assyrians, that is, those Christians who identify as such by virtue of belonging to the Assyrian Church of the East, arguably have the most complex relationship with the Assad regime… Continue reading

Topics: Christianity • Culture • Iraq • Kurdish People • Religion • Syrian Revolution