Posted on Thu, March 1, 2012 at 23:33 pm CET
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Ankara and Washington Ponder Next Moves in Syria

Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu has just completed a well-timed visit to Washington… Continue reading

Topics: Security and Defense • Syrian Revolution • Turkey • U.S. Middle East Policy 
Posted on Wed, February 29, 2012 at 00:31 am CET
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Middle East Myths Metastasize, Iran War Hysteria Rages Onward

Much written and said about the Middle East has always been fantasy. And number one on that list is the war hysteria with Iran… Continue reading

Topics: Diplomacy • Iran • Israel • Politics • Security and Defense • The Middle East • U.S. Middle East Policy 
Posted on Tue, February 28, 2012 at 22:23 pm CET
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Azerbaijan as an Arena for Iranian and Hezbollah Terrorism and Subversion

Azerbaijan, despite its being a Shi’ite Muslim country, has a strong pro-Western orientation and, to Iran’s dissatisfaction, maintains good relations with Israel… Continue reading

Topics: Azerbaijan • Hezbollah • Intelligence and Terrorism Information Center • Iran • Islamic Terrorism • Israel • Security and Defense • Thailand • Turkey 
Posted on Tue, February 28, 2012 at 22:21 pm CET
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Thailand and Southeast Asia as Arenas for Iranian and Hezbollah Terrorism and Subversion

Since the late 1980s, Southeast Asia, particularly Thailand, has been a favorite theater of terrorist operations for Iran and Hezbollah… Continue reading

Topics: Azerbaijan • Hezbollah • Intelligence and Terrorism Information Center • Iran • Islamic Terrorism • Israel • Security and Defense • Thailand • Turkey 
Posted on Tue, February 28, 2012 at 22:20 pm CET
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Turkey as an Arena for Iranian and Hezbollah Terrorism and Subversion

Turkey and Iran often state that there has been peace along their border for more than four hundred years… Continue reading

Topics: Azerbaijan • Hezbollah • Intelligence and Terrorism Information Center • Iran • Islamic Terrorism • Israel • PKK • Security and Defense • Thailand • Turkey 
Posted on Tue, February 28, 2012 at 22:20 pm CET
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Analysis: Iranian and Hezbollah Terrorist Attacks against Israeli Targets Abroad

For the past half year Iran and Hezbollah have organized and carried out a terrorist campaign against Israeli targets abroad… Continue reading

Topics: Azerbaijan • Georgia • Hezbollah • India • Intelligence and Terrorism Information Center • Iran • Islamic Terrorism • Israel • Security and Defense • Thailand • Turkey 
Posted on Tue, February 28, 2012 at 22:16 pm CET
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WikiLeaks: Iranian Exporter Discusses Regime Pressures, Smuggling Routes, and Iran Narcotics Problem

Iranian manufacturer and exporter said that he and other export/importers utilizing the Russia-Azerbaijan-Iran route and reverse are occasionally approached by known regime insiders or representatives of Iranian security for “help” in bringing in mis-labeled shipments into and out of Iran… Continue reading

Topics: Azerbaijan • Iran • Security and Defense • U.S. Middle East Policy • WikiLeaks 
Posted on Sat, February 25, 2012 at 16:51 pm CET
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WikiLeaks: Israel Cannot Accept Nuclear Iran

Labor MK Ephraim Sneh sees military action against Iran’s nuclear program as only a last resort… Continue reading

Topics: Iran • Israel • Security and Defense • U.S. Middle East Policy • US-Israel Relations • WikiLeaks 
Posted on Sat, February 25, 2012 at 16:18 pm CET
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WikiLeaks: Israeli Intentions Regarding the Iranian Nuclear Program

Israel sees Iran as the primary threat to its security and sees the enrichment cycle as the “point of no return” for Tehran’s nuclear weapons program… Continue reading

Topics: Iran • Israel • Security and Defense • U.S. Middle East Policy • US-Israel Relations • WikiLeaks 
Posted on Wed, February 22, 2012 at 19:35 pm CET
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Iran Cuts Down to Six Weeks Timeline for Weapons-Grade Uranium

Tehran this week hardened its nuclear and military policies in defiance of tougher sanctions and ahead of international nuclear talks… Continue reading

Topics: Diplomacy • International Atomic Energy Agency • Iran • Security and Defense • US-Israel Relations 
Posted on Tue, February 21, 2012 at 22:52 pm CET
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Bashar’s ‘Iron Fist’

The iron fist against “terrorist gangs” as promised by Bashar Assad got off to a fairly impressive start two weeks ago… Continue reading

Topics: Al-Qaeda • Arab Spring • Religion • Security and Defense • Syrian Revolution 
Posted on Sun, February 19, 2012 at 14:11 pm CET
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Riyadh Enters the Yemen-Huthi Fray

On August 11, 2009, the Yemeni government launched “Operation Scorched Earth,” aimed at putting an end to the Huthi uprising that had destabilized the country’s northern province of Sa’da for more than five years… Continue reading

Topics: Al-Qaeda • Islamic Terrorism • Saudi Arabia • Security and Defense • Yemen 
Posted on Sat, February 18, 2012 at 20:58 pm CET
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Rethinking U.S. Strategy in Afghanistan

As U.S. military operations in Afghanistan drag on inconclusively, it is becoming increasingly apparent that the Taliban insurgency is gaining ground… Continue reading

Topics: Afghanistan • Al-Qaeda • Islamic Terrorism • NATO • Security and Defense • Taliban • U.S. Middle East Policy • War on Terrorism 
Posted on Sat, February 18, 2012 at 16:33 pm CET
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From Asharq Al-Awsat: Libya’s new Intelligence Chief, Salem al-Hassi

Asharq Al-Awsat conducted a lengthy telephone interview with Al-Hassi from Tripoli… Continue reading

Topics: Arab Spring • Libya • Politics • Security and Defense 
Posted on Sat, February 18, 2012 at 14:05 pm CET
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Crisis in US-Israel Relations over Nuclear Talks with Iran

In the last 24 hours, the approach of international talks with Iran on its nuclear program has escalated already high tensions over the issue between the Obama administration and the Israeli government… Continue reading

Topics: Diplomacy • Iran • Israel • Security and Defense • U.S. Middle East Policy • US-Israel Relations 
Posted on Sat, February 18, 2012 at 00:48 am CET
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From Magharebia: Mauritanian President Rates Sahel Security

The security vacuum in northern Mali endangers the entire Sahel region, Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz warns… Continue reading

Topics: Al-Qaeda • Maghreb • Mali • Mauritania • Security and Defense 
Posted on Thu, February 16, 2012 at 21:00 pm CET
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What is Russia Doing in the Middle East?

What is most notable about Russian Middle East policy is that it tends to side with the extremist forces… Continue reading

Topics: Politics • Russian Federation • Security and Defense • The Middle East 
Posted on Tue, February 14, 2012 at 20:35 pm CET
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What to Do About Syria

There is a strong case that can be made for doing nothing about the Syrian civil war, but a stronger case can be made for doing something… Continue reading

Topics: Arab Spring • China • Russian Federation • Security and Defense • Syria • Syrian Revolution • U.S. Middle East Policy 
Posted on Sun, February 12, 2012 at 19:10 pm CET
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Iran needs to attack Israel by 2014

A number of conservative news websites in Iran published an article by blogger Ali-Reza Forghani discussing the rationale behind an attack on Israel from the point of view of Islamic religious law, based on interpretations of the term “jihad” in Islam and the thought of Ayatollah Khomeini… Continue reading

Topics: Anti-Israelism • Anti-Zionism • Iran • Jihadism • Security and Defense • Shi'ism 
Posted on Thu, February 9, 2012 at 01:06 am CET
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The World Media Goes Bonkers: An Israel-Attacks-Iran Case Study

For the second time in a few months we have seen a crazy global Israel-About-to-Attack-Iran Story… Continue reading

Topics: Iran • Israel • Security and Defense • The Media 
Posted on Wed, February 8, 2012 at 19:16 pm CET
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Kastelorizo – Mediterranean Flashpoint?

That Athens controls this wisp of land implies it could claim an exclusive economic zone in the Mediterranean Sea that reduces the Turkish EEZ to a fraction of what it would be were the island under Ankara’s control… Continue reading

Topics: Cyprus • Energy • Greece • Politics • Security and Defense • Turkey 
Posted on Tue, January 31, 2012 at 02:21 am CET
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Ankara and Baghdad: A Parting of Ways?

Until now, Turkey’s presence in Iraq has generally been encouraged by all major Iraqi groups… Continue reading

Topics: Economy • Iraq • Kurdish People • PKK • Politics • Security and Defense • Shia Islam • Sunni Islam • Turkey 
Posted on Mon, January 30, 2012 at 16:25 pm CET
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Why We Should End Our Relationship With Pakistan

As Pakistanis burned American flags and the Washington Post wrote of “a new normal” in US-Pakistani relations earlier this month, it looked like the beginning of the end of five decades of friendly alliance between the two countries… Continue reading

Topics: Abigail Esman • Counter-terrorism • Diplomacy • Human Rights • NATO • Pakistan • Politics • Religious Terrorism • Security and Defense • Sunni Islam • U.S. Middle East Policy 
Posted on Mon, January 30, 2012 at 15:57 pm CET
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Assad contains Syrian uprising for now, with help of Russia, Iran and Hizballah

Ten months after the Syrian people launched an uprising against its ruler, Bashar Assad has recovered the bulk of his army’s support and his grip on most parts of the country… Continue reading

Topics: Arab League • China • Hezbollah • Iran • Politics • Russian Federation • Security and Defense • Syrian Revolution 
Posted on Fri, January 27, 2012 at 01:10 am CET
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How Much Security Will NATO’s Missile Defense Shield Provide for Turkey?

By agreeing to deploy the Army Navy Transportable Radar Surveillance System (AN/TPY-2) on Turkish soil, the United States and Turkey have concluded by far the strategically most significant agreement in many years… Continue reading

Topics: NATO • Security and Defense • Turkey • U.S. Middle East Policy