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By Barry Rubin
Why help put into power and then favor people who hate you, lie about you, and want to destroy you? What is the pay-off?
If the world does not wake up in time to see the danger, Syria will be only the first domino to fall.
The Syrian army staged a rare bombing attack on Lebanon, near the border with Syria, Monday in an apparent attempt to strike at a weapons smuggling route used by rebels fighting Syrian President Bashar Assad. Four rockets hit the eastern town of Arsal in the second aerial attack inside Lebanon since the uprising against Assad, […]
By Barry Rubin
Despite the current policy's serious problems and visibly dangerous outcomes there is no major debate it.
Hezbollah are currently training a 50,000-strong militia to fight the rebels in Syria – with hopes to recruit 50,000 more.
Salafists are frequently refered to in relation to Islamist terror. It is a slippery descriptor that is sometimes used in contradictory ways.
There will be five other resolutions targeting Israel, and about the same number combined covering the rest of the world.
By Barry Rubin
Israeli officials will be very polite in discussions and sarcastic when they talk among themselves afterward.
A European Union policy officer whose group was giving humanitarian aid to victims of Syrian President Bashar Assad’s suppression of rebels was killed by an army missile near Damascus on Tuesday. EU policy chief Catherine Ashton said in a statement, "I have learned today with great sadness of the tragic death on 12 March of […]
The UN peacekeeping force on the Syrian side of the Syria-Israel border, UNDOF, has been scaling down activities in fear of attacks.
By Daniel Pipes
Before the "8 March Revolution," Syria had been exceptionally unstable. Then came the heavy hand of the Ba'athists.
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said Thursday the timing of freeing the 21 United Nations observers kidnapped Wednesday by Syrian rebels depends on guaranteeing the observers’' safe passage to their base and negotiating a withdrawal from the area of soldiers loyal to Syrian President Bashar Assad. The Syrian Free Army disassociated itself from the […]
Syrian “Martyrs of Yarmouk” rebels kidnapped 20 UN observers stationed on the Golan Heights. The IDF on high alert and reinforces the fence as civil war reaches the border.
Understanding that Iran has interests around the world which go beyond preserving his autocratic regime should be a hard reckoning for Bashar Assad, who has been loyal to the Mullahs and their agenda.
The Gaza Strip is swarming with radical Islamist groups whose goal is to destroy Israel and the U.S. Most emerged after the Israeli withdrawal from the Gaza Strip in 2005.
Syria sent a letter to the United Nations Security Council and United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon Thursday protesting the granting of a license to explore for oil and gas in the Golan Heights. It called the government approval a “blatant violation” of what it considers its sovereignty over the Golan Heights, which Israel annexed […]
What does the State Dept. say when a US-based company, one of whose shareholders is former VP Cheney, explores for oil in the Golan Heights? It says, “Uh, y’know what? that’s a good question.”
Stray fire from the Syrian civil war sent a Syrian army tank shell on a northern Golan Heights community Wednesday after three months of quiet. No one was injured, and there was no property damage, and army sappers naturalized the shell. Similar to the mortar shells that exploded in the Golan Heights last November, there […]
The missing United Nations Interim Forces in Lebanon (UNIFIL) legal adviser Carl Campeau, who was reported to be kidnapped, is a Canadian, according to sources quoted by the Times of Israel. He originally was thought to be from Austria and reportedly was kidnapped nearly three weeks ago from an outpost near the Golan Heights border. […]
The report has not been verified, and there are no details concerning who kidnapped the victim, Carl Kampo from Austria.
Israeli and Saudi-backed intelligence agencies are behind Syrian rebel suicide bombings, according to a Syrian website that is loyal to Syrian President Bashar Assad. The accusations are a new twist on Syrian government accusations that Israel and the United States are behind the suicide bombings. Quoting “informed” sources in the Syrian opposition, Dam Press said […]
John Kerry is off and flying to beat Hillary Clinton’s “Around the World 90 Times” gig with a nine-country tip in 11 days as he tries to fix the world. Israel is not on the list.
President Shimon Peres called on the European Union Thursday to face the facts and follow the American lead in blacklisting Hizbullah as a terrorist organization. Speaking at a ceremony on the 93rd anniversary of the death of Zionist pioneer Joseph Trumpeldor, the president cited Hizbullah’s proven involvement in terrorist attacks in Bulgaria, Cyprus and Nigeria. […]
The Syrian Free Army warned Hizbullah Wednesday it will open a new front in Lebanon in the ongoing war against the Syrian-Hizbullah alliance if the terrorist organization continues to fight for Syrian President Bashar Assad. “"We are announcing and warning that if Hizbullah will not stop shelling the Syrian lands, villages and civilians from inside […]
Two news agencies in Lebanon and Syria claimed Wednesday evening that an Israeli drone was downed, possibly by a SAM anti-missile that was fired from Syria. The official Lebanese National News Agency reported, “The tail of a surface-to-air missile (SAM) fired from Syria fell in the outskirts of the Lebanese town of Deir al-Ashayer,” near […]
Hassan Nasrallah has led Hizbullah – the “party of God” in Arabic - for 21 years. His army has killed hundreds of Jews, but now his opponents in Lebanon charge he is targeting them instead of Israel.
By Barry Rubin
If they could have pressed a button and Israel would have disappeared, almost none of them would have hesitated.
Hezbollah is preparing for the next conflict with Israel.
The real villain is the Iranian regime, which has colonized Syria and is colonizing Lebanon in its attempt to squeeze out U.S. influence in the Middle East.
The Deputy Prime Minister said it will be better for both Turkey and the U.S. if the ambassador minds his own business
By Daniel Pipes
The sort of reasoning going around in Turkey regarding the Israeli strike in Syria can quickly leave one with a sore head.
It is important to Assad to promote the narrative that his ‘legitimate’ regime is under attack by outsiders like Israel.
Whatever happens next, last Wednesday's air strikes sends an unmistakable message: That strategic weapons proliferation will not be tolerated, whatever the price.
Israel bombed a Hizbullah listening post in Lebanon Sunday night, unaffected by Syrian and Iran threats to retaliate for the bombing of anti-aircraft missiles on the their to Hizbullah.
David Cameron's response to infamous British MP George Galloway in parliament last week.
According to israeli Brig. Gen. (Ret.) Amnon Sofri, the transfer of unconventional weapons to Hezbollah is a red line for Israel when it comes to Syria.
Syria has admitted that Israel attacked, but it claims the bombing was aimed at a “research center,” while virtually all other sources said the targets were anti-aircraft missiles for Hizbullah.
There are concerns about the flight of millions of displaced Syrians over the border into Israel.
By Anav Silverman, Tazpit News Agency
Selective perception is the hallmark of Security Council debates, says Ron Prosor.
By Barry Rubin
Once the rebels start consolidating rule, as happened in Egypt, there will be increasing examples radical Islamist control which the West will ignore.
If Israel fails to show up for UPR, this may force the HRC to end the stranglehold of abusive regimes over the institution and implement long overdue reforms.
The more than 60,000 deaths during the Syrian Civil War, are referred to in UN-speak as "the events in Syria since March, 2011," or, sometimes, as "the current events."
Perhaps our President should focus less on construction of apartments and homes and do something instead about the bombs and rockets that are killings tens of thousands of innocent Arabs.
The Syrian civil war is drawing in the world's most dangerous elements to a land that hosts the world's largest stockpile of VX nerve agents, Sarin and mustard gas.
It is reported that U.S. officials admit that there is no way to prevent Assad from using the chemical weapons that were prepared.
It now remains to be seen whether the Salafi Jihadists will resort to violence to prevent or foil the parliamentary election.
U.S. influence is markedly less than we – or our enemies – think it is, or ever thought it was.
Outside Israel, Palestinian groups meddle in the affairs of other Arab states and are punished in the extreme.
By Barry Rubin
The idea that Obama is now backing Israel is what American Jewish voters who supported him desperately need to believe.
Two years after the beginning of the upheaval in the Arab world, the picture does not arouse too much optimism.
Bakeries in Syria are a "high value" target since fuel and flour shortages have resulted in erratic bread production.
France says that the UN Disengagement Observer Force may removed due to the fear of Syrian chemical weapons.
In the arid, forsaken and violent area that we live in, if you beg for peace you get a kick in the behind and thrown out of the arena.
If this were happening in your neighborhood, what steps would you be taking?
By Moshe Herman
Yishai and Malkah discuss the end of Chaukah, the situation in Hebron, an update on the petting zoo Malkah tends to, and the capture of American journalists in Syria.
One resolution condemned Israel for holding on to the Golan Heights, demanding Israel hand the land and its people to Syria.
A shootout ensued, and the journalists escaped through the back of the van.
By Barry Rubin
Obama Administration policy is to put into power yet another anti-Western regime that will oppress its own people and put a high priority on trying to wipe out Israel.
Telling apart the right Syrian rebels from the wrong Syrian rebels is tricky. The Free Syrian Army, once hailed as a moderate secular organization, has more Al Qaeda in it than the dirt in Tora Bora.
Although the wider regional implications of Assad's pending collapse remain unknown, the fall of the Alawite regime will undoubtedly strike a major blow to Iran.
By Barry Rubin
The Obama Administration was using a barely disguised channel to pay for a revolutionary Islamist movement seeking to take over Syria.
It is striking to see that within the EU there is but one country courageous enough to stand with Israel: the Czech Republic.
By J. E. Dyer
At least we can probably count on the Muslims Brotherhood to refrain from making bunny-snuff videos.
Today's news indicates that Japan is pulling its troops out of the UN Observer force in the Golan Heights.
The Salafi political victories, militia victories and terror attacks are all part of the same phenomenon, and it is about time that we confronted it for what it is.
Those of us living just south of the Syrians intuitively understand how much more serious the consequences can be for us.
Chanukah highlights the moral-high-ground of Jews in their ancestral land.
By J. E. Dyer
One of the key lessons from a career in Naval Intelligence is that if you can imagine it, someone is trying to do it.
A video uploaded to YouTube by Syrian rebels on Saturday seems to indicate that Syrian President Bashar Assad is attacking opposition forces with chemical weapons.
Syrian military is just waiting for the "go" order from the embattled President Bashar Al-Assad.
By Tzvi Fishman
“It wasn’t the Greeks whom the Israelis conquered. They were Palestine refugees from Syria."
What's happened the ceasefire went into effect.
Not a week passes without some new rumor from Syria tearing up the social media channels. Here's the latest about Assad.
By Moshe Herman
Yishai presents audio on the Palestinian statehood bid along with the situations in Syria and Iraq.
By Moshe Herman
Yishai presents audio on the current situation in Syria and also how Hurricane Sandy has affected Jews on the east coast.
For the second time today, gunfire from Syria crossed the border into Israel on the Golan Heights. An IDF vehicle was nearly hit. No injuries were reported.
By Tzvi Fishman
This past year, the government of Syria has slaughtered 50,000 truly innocent civilians. Does the world give a damn? No.
In an interview with PBS NewsHour's Ray Suarez, Israel Ambassador to the United States Michael Oren explained the explosion of images circulating around the world, allegedly showing dead Gazan children "targeted" by Israeli air strikes.
1:02 AM (Sunday) IDF Radio reports that for the past hour, the IDF has been pounding away at terror targets in Gaza. The past few hours have been quieter than usual...and only a few rockets fired at Israel. 12:52 AM This evening, IDF Homefront command installed additional sirens in Herziliya due to the escalation down south. 12:39 […]
An IDF soldier on the Golan Heights was lightly injured by shrapnel from a stray mortar that shot from Syria as part of their civil war. An IDF soldier on the Golan Heights was lightly injured by a stray bullet that shot from Syria as part of their civil war.
By Moshe Herman
Yishai is joined by Mordechai Taud to talk about conflict in Gaza, upcoming Israeli elections, and the situation in Syria.
Unconfirmed reports from Arab media: Syria has attacked Israeli bases in Golan in retaliation to the aggression on Gaza. Unconfirmed. Investigating... Update: As this report from the Arab media cannot be confirmed at this time, we are assuming it's false.
Syrian rebel soldiers calling themselves “Eagles of the Golan” have taken over Beerajam and Bariqa in Southern Syria, in an area which serves as a demilitarized zone between Israel and the country to the north.
However bad many Americans think that the Obama administration is on security matters, at least one thing can be said in their favor: they are not Europeans.
Late Monday afternoon, Israel time, a mortar shell hit an open area in the vicinity of an IDF post in the central Golan Heights, as part of the internal conflict inside Syria, causing no damage or injuries.
TAZPIT NEWS AGENCY--A short while ago, a mortar shell hit an IDF post in the Golan Heights adjacent to the Israel- Syria border, as part of the internal conflict inside Syria. No damage or injuries have been reported. In response, IDF soldiers fired warning shots towards Syrian areas. The IDF has filed a complaint through […]
Thousands of Syrian refugees poured across the border into Turkey on Friday after heavy fighting between Syrian opposition and loyalists to President Bashar Assad led to the deaths of 46 people in two days in the northeast and 68 throughout the rest of the country, including 47 civilians.
By Barry Rubin
Over and over again I’ve written about what President Barack Obama should do. Now the voters have given him a whole new chance. He could take it and change his policy. I don't believe he will do that but let me lay out both what he's been wrong and what he should do, just in case Obama is seeking a different approach.
Three mortar shells landed in Israel’s Golan Heights on Thursday morning, in what security officials are saying is an accidental firing as part of the bloody battle between forces loyal to Syrian President Bashar Assad and a growing militant opposition.
Muslim thugs in Jordan last weekend attacked a large group of young men and women who had gathered at a coffee shop in Amman to celebrate Halloween. The thugs were members of the Muslim Brotherhood organization and the Salafi group. They claimed that the party was being held by "worshippers of the devil" and said Halloween was in violation of the teachings of Islam.
By Barry Rubin
Once upon a time, Arab nationalism ruled the Middle East. Its doctrine saw Arab identity as the key to political success. Some regarded Islam as important; others were secular. Yet there was no doubt that national identity was in charge. All Arabs should unite, said the radical nationalists who ruled in Egypt, Libya, Syria, Iraq, and elsewhere, to destroy Israel, expel Western influence, and create a utopian single state in the region. Instead, of course, the period was characterized by battles among the radical Arab states for leadership. The less extreme ones sought survival through a combination of giving lip service to radical slogans, paying off the stronger regimes, and getting Western help.
Saddam fell, the evil regime that he established fell with him and the people of Iraq could finally breathe freely.
Three Syrian tanks drove into the DMZ between Israel and Syria. Two were destroyed.
Hezbollah, by most calculations, is the military force that has the largest deployment of weapons pointed at Israel today. It's Iran's proxy, and is funded and armed by Iran and also by Syria. In much of the Arab and Moslem world, it has long been called a resistance movement [see this Asia Times analysis from 2006]. Among Western countries like the United States, the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, Australia, Canada and of course Israel, it's been classified as a terrorist organization for years and remains so.
By Daniel Pipes
Why does the Turkish government act so aggressively against the Assad regime of Syria? Perhaps Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan hopes that lobbing artillery shells into Syria will help bring a satellite government to power in Damascus. Maybe he expects that sending a Turkish war plane into Syrian air space or forcing down a Syrian civilian plane en route from Russia will win him favor in the West and bring in NATO. Conceivably, it's all a grand diversion from imminent economic crisis due to borrowing too much.
Israel’s Finance Ministry has authorized the sale of water purification tablets to Syria by Israel Chemicals.
By Moshe Herman
Yishai, who is away for reserve duty in the IDF, presents highlights from around the world.
“Israel will do everything it takes to ensure Syria’s chemical weapons do not fall into the hands of terrorist organizations — and if such a situation arises, then Israel will weigh a military option,” Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu told a group of European ambassadors in Jerusalem on Tuesday.
By Daniel Pipes
Shimon Shiffer reports in Yedioth Ahronoth that in secret talks in 2010 via U.S. government mediator Frederic C. Hof, Israel's Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu agreed in principle to a full withdrawal from the Golan Heights to the June 4, 1967, lines in return for the "expectation" of Bashar al-Assad cutting ties with Iran, and that the nearly-completed negotiations ended because of the anti-Assad uprising that began in January 2011.
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