Can Syria Survive?
On February 25, Syria held a National Dialogue Conference, which is supposed to help the country come together after years of civil war and the toppling of the Assad regime. Syria’s new president,...
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Ahmad al Sharaa’s Victory Conference: Syria’s new era and an exclusive translation of Sharaa’s speech
On January 29, Syria’s new leadership, headed by Ahmad al Sharaa—formerly known as Abu Mohammad al Jolani, the emir of Hayat Tahrir al Sham (HTS) and previously the leader of Al Qaeda’s Syrian affiliate,...
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Assad’s Enemies Are Not Our Friends
The United States shouldn’t make allies out of terrorists.
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Israel SitRep: November 18, 2024
Today’s Issue: | IDF Eliminates Hezbollah’s Chief Propagandist in Targeted Strike | In West Bank, Soldiers Seize Seven Lathes for Producing Weapons, 10 Illegal Vehicles, M16 Rifles | IDF’s 226th...
Israel at War Situation Report
Syria’s regime holds symbolic legislative ‘elections’
The elections are worth watching for what they may tell us regarding the regime’s attempts to return to regions in Syria illegally occupied by Turkey.
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Syria and Turkey could be headed for new era of ties
It is plausible that Turkey-Syria reconciliation could also come at the expense of Israel, because it could be seen as a way for Iran to use this to unite more arenas against Israel.
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‘Ghosts of Beirut’ gets Hezbollah’s most wanted all wrong
Showtime miniseries is thrilling but its portrayal of Hezbollah’s American-killing Imad Mughniyeh is wide off the historical mark
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Bashar Al Assad Must Pay
Arab leaders have welcomed Syria back into the diplomatic fold, but the U.S. Congress remains committed to holding the regime of Bashar al Assad accountable for a decade of atrocities. In...
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The End of Arab Nationalism
How the Abraham Accords put the final nail in the coffin of a bad idea.
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Syria’s chemical program: Rubio ‘gravely concerned’ about Iran & Russia complicity
Florida Sen. Marco Rubio told Fox News he’s “gravely concerned” about Iran’s role in helping Syria develop its chemical warfare program that ended up killing dozens of peo...
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Meet Venezuela’s new VP, fan of Iran and Hezbollah
Facing a parliamentary vote to oust him and a call for new...
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An Iraqi Abroad
Before the invasion of Iraq in 2003, my friend Ahmad Chalabi would often carry fat tomes about America’s occupations of Germany and Japan. An Iraqi exile after 1958 who lived mainly in Lond...
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Who is IS?
Who are they anyway? IS, the Islamic State, that is. There are two big components: religious fanatics and totalitarian leaders. The secret of IS’ success lies in combin...
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Senior Qods Force General Killed in Suspected Israeli Airstrike
A senior general in Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps - Qods Force was among six Iranians and six Hezbollah operatives who were killed in yesterday's airstrike in southern Syria...
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Nixon, Kissinger, and the Shah: A Troika of Realists
There was once a different Iran. At its helm was not a mullah but a monarch — secular, allied with the West, and committed to his country’s development and modernization. In a new boo...
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The Islamic State’s Anbar Offensive and Abu Umar al-Shishani
The recent gains in Iraq’s Anbar province by the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) have, justifiably, garnered a great deal of media attention. McClatchy ...
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Sandstorm
The great medieval historian Ibn Khaldun centered his understanding of history on asabiyya, which is perhaps best translated as esprit de corps mixed with the will to power. In his maste...
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The Islamic State’s Vulnerability
As the U.S. military joins with its allies and temporarily-aligned enemies to fulfill President Obama’s promise to “...
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Syria Spillover: The Growing Threat of Terrorism and Sectarianism in the Middle East
Chairman Menendez, Ranking Member Corker, and distinguished members of the committee, on behalf of the Foundation for Defense of Democracies,it is a...
Congressional Testimonies
Barbarians at Jordan’s Gate
AMMAN – The terrorist army formerly known as ISIS has conquered about a...