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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the Defense Ministry in Tel Aviv, Dec. 4, 2018. Credit: Amos Ben-Gershom/GPO.

Israel is still doing America’s dirty work in Syria

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For some observers, this past weekend’s revelations about Israeli strikes against Iranian targets in Syria was just politics as usual in the Jewish state. Some pundits treated Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s public acknowledgement...
U.S. Special Representative for Syria Engagement James Jeffrey addresses reporters at the U.S. State Department in Washington, D.C., on Nov. 14, 2018. Credit: Jackson Richman/JNS.

US Syria envoy: America’s policy is not to oust Assad

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Ousting Syrian President Bashar Assad is no longer a goal of the United States, said the U.S. envoy to Syria on Monday. “We want to see a regime that is fundamentally different. It’s not regime...
An old Israeli tank with a flag overlooking the Syrian town of Quneitra in the Golan Heights on Feb. 11, 2018. Israeli Air Force F-16 jets were sent to Syria following an invasion of an Iranian drone. Photo by Hadas Parush/Flash90.

Sens. Cotton, Cruz to introduce resolution recognizing Israeli sovereignty of Golan Heights

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The outlet reported that the resolution states that “Israel’s sovereignty over the Golan Heights is critical to Israel’s national security,” and that “Israel’s security from attack from Syria and Lebanon cannot be assured without Israeli sovereignty over...
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani. Credit: Wikimedia Commons.

US increases pressure on Iran, warns other players not to impede sanctions

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The U.S. Treasury Department sanctioned nine targets last week related to an illicit oil network between Iran and Russia. “We are acting against a complex scheme Iran and Russia have used to bolster the Assad regime...
Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei speaks in Iran's Kermanshah Province in November 2017. Credit: Khamenei.ir via Wikimedia Commons.

Iran has spent $16 billion to destabilize Middle East, finds US State Department report

The U.S. State Department recently published an ‎unprecedented report detailing the financial ‎resources Iran invests in destabilizing the Middle ‎East. The report estimated that over the past six years, ‎the Islamic republic has spent some...

Syrian civilians targeted by Assad, 20 children killed

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At least 100 civilians, including 20 children, were killed in massive fighting in Syria’s rebel-held Eastern Ghouta, evidence of major escalations on the part of dictator Bashar Assad’s regime. The area has been held by...

Conflicting interests in Syria create a dangerous complexity for Russia and Israel

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At the Munich Security Conference over the weekend, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addressed the situation in Syria and said that “Mr. Assad understands that if he invites Iran in, then obviously, he...

Middle Israel: When Bashar Assad met General Franco

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Bashar Assad has risen from the dead. Confident, brazen and annoyingly soft-spoken, the man who two years ago was discounted as a dead man walking emerged Sunday in the Syrian Foreign Ministry where he wowed...