Israel’s Bashan Arrow operation in Syria continues
As the regime of Syrian dictator Bashar al Assad was collapsing on December 8, Israel set in motion a contingency plan that anticipated the situation. In recent weeks, the military intelligence...
Republican Guard
Great Power Competition Comes Home to America
Our leaders’ efforts to heal divisions among our fellow citizens are key to national defense.
Op-eds
Sanctions Target War Profiteer Working for Assad’s Brother
The Treasury Department imposed sanctions today on Syrian war profiteer Khodr Ali Taher and 11 of his companies – part of the fourth set of designations since the Caesar Act went into effect this past...
Policy Briefs
Putin Needs Iran in Syria
Russia’s latest offensive proves the futility of depending on Putin to rein in Iran.
Op-eds
Double Trouble: Beware of the Irani-Sudanese Partnership
It’s a rare day that the Sudan Tribune runs headlines that garner international attention. But on September 1, the...
Op-eds
Lessons of Libya (and Syria, and, Some Day, Iran)
First, for those trying to figure out what’s going on in Libya: this sort of event does not lend itself to “live” coverage. Wars and insurrections are very foggy, and reporters...
Op-eds
Syria’s Assad No Longer in Vogue
It was slow in coming, but the Arab revolutionary wave of 2011 has reached Syria. Its arrival has forced a reassessment of the Bashar al-Assad regime’s domestic legitimacy and prospects for...
Op-eds
Disrupt Iran’s Oil Trade, Aid the Green Movement
Conventional wisdom has it that imposing harsher energy sanctions on the Iranian regime will have little effect on President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, the ent...
Op-eds
“More than 100 terror camps” in operation in northwestern Pakistan
Al Qaeda continues to grow its network and expand its capabilities in northwestern Pakistan, US military and intelligence officials told The Long War Journal. The peace agreements have gi...
Op-eds
Know Thy Enemies
SOMETIMES WHAT WE DON'T KNOW can indeed hurt us. This was the case in 2006, when reporters noticed significant fighting between Iraqi insurgent factions. This confused journalists and govern...
Op-eds
The Intelligence Mess
(Editor's note: This article first appeared in April 2004.) Intelligence-gathering is something of a square peg in the round hole of contemporary political morality. It is about unearthing t...
Op-eds
Syria’s Secret War
By: Dr. Walid Phares. Officially, Syria is making plans to pull back its occupying forces from Lebanon. But according to sources inside the “Cedar Revolution,” the g...
Op-eds
Iraq After Saddam’s Capture
By: Dr. Walid Phares. Many asked the question last week: How is Iraq faring one year after the capture of Saddam Hussein? A Byzantine debate ensued immediately. To the natural a...