De Syrische autoriteiten verdachten Israël van de moordaanslag op Mohammed Suleiman, de top veiligheidsadviseur van de Syrische president Bashar al-Assad. Het was laat in de avond op 1 augustus 2008 in de Syrische kuststad Tartus toen een scherpschutter… Lees verder
Speaking before the Al-Quds Institute in Damascus, Khaled Mashaal, head of the Hamas political bureau, said that “resistance [i.e., terrorism and violence] is the only way to liberate Jerusalem, return the refugees and establish the Palestinian state.” He also said that… Continue reading
The arrival of a new Middle East player startled Washington and Jerusalem: debkafile’s military sources disclose that when Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan met Syrian president Bashar Assad in Damascus Monday, Oct. 11, they talked less about the Kurdish question and more about… Continue reading
Early Friday, Oct. 8, senior US diplomat Frederic Hof landed in Damascus with a strong ultimatum from US President Barack Obama warning Syrian President Bashar Assad that he would be held personally responsible for military action Hizballah may pursue in Beirut or any other part of Lebanon… Continue reading
Senior Hamas figures, among them Khaled Mashaal and Ismail Haniya, recently launched a vicious media against the Palestinian Authority. The reasons behind it were the increased Palestinian Authority supervision of the mosques in Judea and Samaria during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan and its decision to relaunch direct negotiations with… Continue reading
Hamas leader Khaled Mash’al has recently presented Hamas’ ideological and strategic alternative to the PA’s approach towards the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. He slammed the PLO leadership, denied the… Continue reading
How come, 35 years and one day after the negotiated return of Quneitra by Israel to Syria on June 26, 1974, the town remains unrebuilt? Because, to make a propaganda point… Continue reading
The border tensions brewing between Lebanon and Israel in recent weeks boiled over Tuesday, Aug. 3 into a heavy exchange of fire between troops on both sides of the border… Continue reading
Senior Hamas figures reveal their intention to exploit the flotilla as part of their campaign to delegitimize Israel, continuing their commitment to jihad… Continue reading
Before Israel’s president Shimon Peres had time to unpack his bags from his Moscow visit, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev was closeted with the Palestinian terrorist leader, Hamas’ Khaled Meshaal. Medvedev’s surprise meeting with the Hamas leadership was perceived as yet another slap in the face to both Washington and Jerusalem… Continue reading
It’s no secret that the Syrian government is highly involved in supporting terrorist groups such as the Hizballah in Lebanon. The latest plan of the Hizballah/Syrian threat to Israel is a massive fortified wall designed as an obstacle against any Israeli tank forces heading… Continue reading
The Obama Administration has developed a new concept as an excuse for not taking action against a radical and aggressive action. Israel has charged on the basis of intelligence information that Syria has been shipping long-range missiles to Hizballah… Continue reading
History tells us much about how the Arab countries will develop within the contemporary Middle East issues. When we remember the history of the Assyrians and the Greater-Syria dream of King Faisal, then we understand what Barry Rubin is trying to point out with this articles about Syria… Continue reading
Since the February 2005 assassination of Hariri and the establishment of the UN-mandated inquiry into the killing, the primary public focus of the investigation has been on Damascus. Then, in May 2009 Der Spiegel published an article that reported in great detail on how Hizballah operatives participated in the murder, and how… Continue reading
Syria, Iran and Turkey, with their great peoples and their lively peoples and their rejectionist policies are moving toward brotherhood and pledged to create a Middle East “without Zionists and without colonialists… Continue reading
Khaled Mashaal, head of the Hamas political bureau in Damascus, headed a delegation to Russia on February 12. During the visit he met with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov. Interviewed by the media, he attempted to present Hamas’ “pragmatic” side and smear Israel… Continue reading
Hamas will never give up the option of resistance, no matter how long it takes. Khaled Mashaal said only “liberating” the (Palestinian) land, “restoring” Jerusalem and… Continue reading
On August 25 1936, Lebanese Fawzi al-Qawuqji infiltrated into Palestine heading some 150 volunteers from neighboring Arab countries. He fought the French invasion of Syria in 1920, and organized later the resistance to the French Mandatory authorities there… Continue reading
Shukri al-Quwwatli’s war policy during the conflict in Palestine was a disaster both for his presidency and for democracy in Syria. It is easy to argue that Syria should never have pushed for war in Palestine… Continue reading
We often hear so-called “experts” in the West say that especially the Crusades have been the main cause for the negative attitude of Muslims towards the so-called “Christian countries,” which is totally wrong given the… Continue reading
Some Western analysts believe the political manifesto published in the wake of Hizbullah’s 7th General Conference at the end of November 2009 represented a fundamental change in Hizbullah policy. But has Hizbullah really changed… Continue reading
It’s remarkable how easy it is for Middle Eastern dictatorships to fool the West. Iran has been stringing along Europe and the United States for seven years on the pretense that it is ready to make a deal on its nuclear weapons’ drive. The Palestinians persuade the West that they really do want to make peace but just need a better offer. And so on… Continue reading
Demolishing some lies and myths that fuels the propaganda war against Israel and its existence as a jewish state… Continue reading
Khaled Mashaal makes it clear that Hamas is determined to continue the path of “resistance” (i.e., terrorism) and that “other statements are political maneuvers.” He reveals that Hamas uses most of its financial resources in the Gaza Strip for military purposes rather than rebuilding… Continue reading
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