Posted on Fri, July 22, 2011 at 23:12 pm CEST
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Syria: New Phase, How Long Will the Assad Regime Last?

The new line of discussion on Syria is not whether the regime of President (dictator) Bashar al-Assad will survive… Continue reading

Topics: Arab Spring • Syria • Syrian Revolution • U.S. Middle East Policy 
Posted on Sat, July 16, 2011 at 20:45 pm CEST
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Obama Administration New Achievement: Messing Up Turkey, Syria, and Libya Within 24 Hours

It’s truly amazing that literally every day the Obama Administration finds a new way to mess up the Middle East… Continue reading

Topics: Libya War • Syrian Revolution • Turkey • U.S. Middle East Policy 
Posted on Thu, July 14, 2011 at 00:33 am CEST
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Turkey Faces Difficult Challenges in a Volatile Foreign Policy Environment

Foreign and defense policies did not figure prominently in the recent general election in Turkey… Continue reading

Topics: Iran • Kurdish People • NATO • Russian Federation • Syria • Turkey 
Posted on Tue, July 12, 2011 at 00:02 am CEST
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Syrian Revolutionary Song Says It All

Wow, watch the less-than-four-minute video below and you get the flavor of the Middle East and the “Arab Spring” in every respect… Continue reading

Topics: Arab Spring • Democracy • Syria • Syrian Revolution 
Posted on Fri, July 8, 2011 at 23:45 pm CEST
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Israel’s Strategic Doctrine: the Iron Wall

Since its independence, changing threats from Israel’s enemies has forced the country to adhere to the basic components of Israel’s Strategic Doctrine… Continue reading

Topics: Arab-Israeli Conflict • Israel • Israel Defense Forces • Jared Feldschreiber • Zionism 
Posted on Wed, July 6, 2011 at 20:48 pm CEST
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Syria: The Obama Administration’s Favorite Murderous Dictatorship

The Syrian regime has been killing and repressing its people every day for many weeks now… Continue reading

Topics: Syria • Syrian Revolution • U.S. Middle East Policy 
Posted on Mon, July 4, 2011 at 22:01 pm CEST
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Investigation Accuses Four Hizballah Officials of Killing Lebanon’s Leading Political Figure

Years of waiting have just about ended with the word from the international tribunal that four Hizballah officials… Continue reading

Topics: Hezbollah • Lebanon • U.S. Middle East Policy • United Nations 
Posted on Thu, June 30, 2011 at 22:55 pm CEST
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Another ticking bomb under Assad: Hariri “Special Tribunal for Lebanon” heads for Damascus

The Lebanese capital was not the only first stop for a delegation of the UN-backed Special Tribunal for Lebanon… Continue reading

Topics: Hezbollah • International Law • Lebanon • Religious Terrorism • Syria • United Nations 
Posted on Wed, June 29, 2011 at 23:44 pm CEST
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Israel’s Strategic Standpoint: Mid-2011 and Mid-“Arab Spring”

There are two types of strategic perspectives in Israel today. They aren’t contradictory but they have different priorities… Continue reading

Topics: Egypt • Hamas • Hezbollah • Iran • Israel • Jordan • Lebanon • Saudi Arabia • Syria • Turkey 
Posted on Mon, June 27, 2011 at 22:00 pm CEST
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Seinfeld’s Advice for Obama Administration Policy: Do the Opposite

Just your normal Middle East policy day in which every instinct the Obama administration has is wrong… Continue reading

Topics: Al-Qaeda • Islamism • Libya War • Taliban • U.S. Middle East Policy 
Posted on Sat, June 25, 2011 at 23:17 pm CEST
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Israel’s Unilateral Withdrawals from Lebanon and the Gaza Strip

In the last decade, Israel unilaterally withdrew from two areas: the security zone in southern Lebanon and the Gaza Strip… Continue reading

Topics: Gaza and Westbank • Hamas • Hezbollah • Intelligence and Terrorism Information Center • Israel • Lebanon 
Posted on Sat, June 25, 2011 at 13:06 pm CEST
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Turkey renews strategic ties with Israel ahead of showdown with Syria

After more than a year of strained relations, Turkey has decided to restore military and intelligence collaboration in the eastern Mediterranean with Israel… Continue reading

Topics: Hamas • Israel • Israeli–Palestinian Conflict • Syria • Turkey • U.S. Middle East Policy 
Posted on Wed, June 22, 2011 at 23:37 pm CEST
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Look Who Wants to lead the Middle East!

In the absence of U.S. leadership, others want to direct the Middle East… Continue reading

Topics: Egypt • GCC • Iran • Islamism • Israel • Jordan • Neo-Ottomanism • Saudi Arabia • Shia Islam • Sunni Islam • Syria • The Middle East • Turkey • U.S. Middle East Policy 
Posted on Sun, June 19, 2011 at 11:05 am CEST
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Syria: Dissidents Unite to Oust Assad

Twenty years ago, I was a school kid chanting with my peers, “Our leader forever, the father, Hafez Assad!” Back then, I could not have imagined… Continue reading

Topics: Arab Spring • Democracy • Syrian Revolution 
Posted on Fri, June 17, 2011 at 18:52 pm CEST
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Lebanon’s Radical pro-Iranian and pro-Syrian New Government

After five months of political stagnation, Lebanon has a new government… Continue reading

Topics: Hezbollah • Iran • Islamism • Lebanon • Syria • Turkey 
Posted on Wed, June 15, 2011 at 13:06 pm CEST
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Egypt and Lebanon: Things Just Keep Getting Worse

Is there a pattern here? I guess I’m going to be writing a series of “things keep getting worse” articles for some time to come… Continue reading

Topics: Egypt • Hezbollah • Islamism • Lebanon • Muslim Brotherhood • The Middle East 
Posted on Sun, June 12, 2011 at 11:33 am CEST
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Syrian Regime Flak Calls for Mass Murder; West Does Nothing

Here is the real Middle East not the Fantasyland of the Obama Administration about President Bashar al-Asad as a reformer or… Continue reading

Topics: Arab Spring • Libya War • Syrian Revolution • U.S. Middle East Policy 
Posted on Fri, June 10, 2011 at 02:05 am CEST
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Moscow opposes Western anti-Syrian motions because of Tripoli bombing

Russia is opposed to any UN Security Council resolution on Syria,” Russian Foreign Ministry spokesman Alexander Lukashevich told journalists… Continue reading

Topics: Britain • France • Libya War • NATO • Russian Federation • Syria 
Posted on Thu, June 9, 2011 at 21:35 pm CEST
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One Degree of Separation: President Obama, al-Qaida’s New Leader, and Their “Mutual Friend”

Ayman al-Zawahiri, nephew of a Nazi collaborator and grandson of the man who helped produce the… Continue reading

Topics: Al-Qaeda • Hamas • U.S. Middle East Policy 
Posted on Thu, June 9, 2011 at 16:48 pm CEST
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Internal Palestinian Clashes Following the Naksa Day Events

Following the Naksa Day events, there was strong internal Palestinian criticism of Ahmed Jibril’s organization, affiliated with the Syrian regime… Continue reading

Topics: Intelligence and Terrorism Information Center • Palestine Liberation Organization • Palestinian Terrorism • Syria 
Posted on Wed, June 8, 2011 at 01:14 am CEST
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How A New York Times Article Tells You Everything You Need to Know About the Israel-Palestinian Conflict By Being Full of False Information

I don’t mean to keep picking on the New York Times but the problem is that the New York Times keeps picking on Israel… Continue reading

Topics: Israel • Israeli–Palestinian Conflict • Syria • The Media • United States of America 
Posted on Sun, June 5, 2011 at 23:17 pm CEST
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Naksa Day Clashes: U.S. says “Israel has right to defend itself”

The United States said Sunday Israel has the right to defend itself, just as every sovereign nation although it is “deeply troubled” over clashes… Continue reading

Topics: Anti-Israelism • Israel • Israel Defense Forces • Israeli–Palestinian Conflict • Syria • U.S. Middle East Policy 
Posted on Sun, June 5, 2011 at 16:03 pm CEST
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Naksa Day: Clashes Erupt on Israel-Syria Border

Syrian television on Sunday said at least six protesters were killed and dozens were wounded along the Syria-Israel border in the Golan Heights… Continue reading

Topics: Anti-Israelism • Israel • Israel Defense Forces • Israeli–Palestinian Conflict • Jihadism • Syria 
Posted on Fri, June 3, 2011 at 01:27 am CEST
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It’s Official: I Announce My Candidacy to be Middle East Czar for the U.S. Government

A politician needs the ability to foretell what is going to happen tomorrow, next week, next month, and next year… Continue reading

Topics: Satire • The Middle East • U.S. Middle East Policy • United States of America 
Posted on Fri, June 3, 2011 at 00:57 am CEST
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Economy: Humpty Obumpty and the Arab Spring

Pay close attention to this article by the analytical artist who calls himself “Spengler.” He has been arguing… Continue reading

Topics: Economy • Egypt • G8 • Islamic Countries • Morocco • Syria • The Middle East • Tunisia • Yemen