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Prolonged Crisis’ in Lebanon Reflects ‘Cold War’ in Region
Counsil on Foreign Relations
Bush Tour Diminished by Hezbollah Show of Force
By Jim Lobe
Our World: How Lebanon Was Lost
By Caroline Glick
The Jerusalem Post
Surrendering to Hizballah
By Andrew Lee Butters
Time/Beirut
Middle East: Are Iran, Syria Playing Any Roles In Lebanon Fighting?
AFP
Iran's Ambassador to Syria Says Israel in Worst Ever Condition
IRNA
Lebanon Clashes Move North as Beirut Unrest Eases
Bloomberg
The Region: As Lebanon Turns into Gaza
By Barry Rubin
Hezbollah Fighters Pile Pressure on Lebanon Rivals
ANALYSIS / Who Will stop Hezbollah? Not the Lebanon Army
Haaretz
Lebanese Declaration Threatens Civil War
By Hugh Macleod
The Observer
Ramon: Lebanon – a Hizbullah State
Military Intelligence chief briefs government ministers on latest developments on northern border, following Hizbullah takeover of west Beirut. 'We have to realize reigning Lebanese government is fictitious,' says vice premier
Ynet
Fighting in Mount Lebanon Rages Between Pro, Anti-Government Supporters
Ynet
Hezbollah Battles Druze East of Beirut
Renewed fierce clashes in Lebanon
Showdown Between Hizballah and Beirut
By David Schenker
Foreign Ministry Says 30 Russians May Leave Lebanon May 13
Siniora Slams Hizbullah “Coup”
Ynet
Al-Qaeda “Declares War on Hezbollah”
Press TV
Lebanon: Increasing Violence Raising U.S. Concerns Over Iran
Radio Free Europe
By Charles Recknagel
Is This the Start of the Next Lebanese Civil War?
Time – by Andrew Lee Butter
Lebanon on the Brink as Violence Erupts
Government has declared war, says Hizbullah, At least 10 killed and 20 hurt as clashes spread
The Guardian
Fighting Pushing Lebanon Toward Another Civil War
Fierce eruption grim reminder of 1975-90 conflict
Lebanon's political conflict turns violent
By Tom Perry
Terrorism in the Twenty-First Century: Implications for Homeland Security
The Washington Institute for Near East Policy
Joint Chiefs signal possible Iran strike
World Tribune
Anti-Government Strike Hits Beirut
Medvedev handed control of Russia's nuclear weapons
Ahmadinejad is Iran's Jim Jones
by James Zumwalt
Corruption:
Foreign national to be deposed in scandal; major development expected today
By Israel Insider staff
John Bolton: US should bomb Iranian camps
by Damien McElroy, Foreign Affairs Correspondent
The Telegraph
Don't be afraid of peace with Syria
Ha'Aretz Editorial
Washington Cool on New Israel-Syria Talks
by Khody Akhavi
The Syrian Nuclear Puzzle
By Greg Bruno
Legal source: Olmert in a problematic situation
The Prospects for Syrian-Israeli Peace
Cigarette Smugglers Funnel Money to Hizbullah, HAMAS, Qaida
Fox News
Israel's Traditional Elites
Caroline Glick
The Jerusalem Post
Choices and Strategies for Dealing with Iran
Official Testimony of Ambassador Dennis Ross to the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee’s Subcommittee on Federal Financial Management, Government Information, Federal Services, and International Security
The Washington Institute for Near East Policy
CIA: Syrian Reactor Capacity Was 1-2 Weapons per Year
Reuters
Samir Kuntar to Marry in Prison
Israel News
Iran, Russia Discuss New N-Package
IAF Chief: Hitler Wasn't Believed, We Can't Make that Mistake with Ahmadinejad
By Haaretz Service
The Region: Stuck in the Middle Ages, Islam Targets Moderation
By Barry Rubin
US Should Have Shared Syria Nuclear Intel Earlier: Legislators
U.S. Policy and Syria: Who's Converting Whom?
Syria, Middle East, Arab-Israeli Relations, Iraq, Israel
Peter W. Rodman, Senior Fellow, Foreign Policy
Top Russian Official Goes to Iran to Discuss Security
Syria's Shadow Still Looms Large Over Lebanon
Netanyahu: Olmert Acting Like an Amateur
Ynet
Background Briefing with Senior US Intelligence Officials
Subject: Syria's covert nuclear reactor and North Korea's involvement
White House: Syria Reactor Not for 'Peaceful' Purposes
CNN
Six-party Deal Under Threat as US Spills the Beans on North Korea
Hugo Chavez Vows to 'Bury U.S. ' in 21st Century
RIA Novosti
Gates: Iranians Kill US Soldiers
Press TV
Al-Sadr may restart full-scale fight against US in Iraq
Radical cleric Muqtada al-Sadr moving toward all-out fight in showdown with Iraqi leaders
Hamza Hendawi and Qassim Abdul-Zahra
Understanding Chronology Of War And Terror In The Middle East
Louis René Beres
Professor of International Law
Syria: Israel ready to return Golan
U.S. Thinks N.Korea Aided Syria on Plutonium Program
Petraeus Picked to Lead Mideast Command
Gen. David Petraeus to be next commander of Mideast command
Anne Flaherty
AP News
Caught in the Net: Syria
Foreign Policy
Sadr's in a JAM
It looks like his militia got routed.
by Tom Donnelly
Don’t rush to Damascus
Israel should accept US position on Syria instead of restoring to baseless fantasies
By Zalman Shoval
Syria gets Russian air-defense system
Stratfor
Israel: 60 years of hope and despair
Sam Kiley
The Observer
As Iran Turns Irreversibly Nuclear
Israel's Last Chance
Louis René Beres
Professor of International Law
Citizen Carter’s Ego Trip
by Lt Col Oliver North
Winning Counterinsurgency War:
The Israeli Experience
By Major General (res.) Yaakov Amidror
The Preemptive Strike Returns
By Amir Oren
Haaretz
Ahmadinejad Hails Iran 's Military Power
Hizbullah Militants Regroup Amid War Jitters
The Lebanese Shiite group is recruiting Sunnis, training in Iran for a possible second war with Israel.
By Nicholas Blanford
Correspondent of the Christian Science Monitor
Indonesia: Jemaah Islamiyah Suspects on Way to Syria When Arrested
Risk of Nuclear Attack on Rise
More Emergency Prep Could Be Done, Experts Tell Senate
By Mary Beth Sheridan
Washington Post Staff Writer
Hamas' Useful Idiot
by Robert Maginnis
A Palestinian Civil War in Lebanon?
Andrew Lee Butters
Syria arming Hezbollah despite UN resolution: Israel
Our World: What is a sufficient victory?
By Caroline Glick
The Jerusalem Post
A Paradigm Shift: How Hizbollah Won the War
By M. Shahid Alam
The Region: 'Lennonism' paints the Middle East
By Barry Rubin
Countering Iran
Tehran's 'special groups' in Iraq are just one element of a regional threat
The Washington Post
Netanyahu: Israel suffers from lack of leadership
YNET
J´accuse
Dr. Joseph Hitti
Israel concludes largest civil defence drill
Africasia
US/IRAQ: Calm on the Surface, Simmering Beneath
Ali Gharib
Bush, seeking to divide Jerusalem, will avoid "controversial" Kotel visit
Israel Insider
CAIR vs. the NYPD
The Wahhabi lobby attacks.
by Stephen Schwartz
Netanyahu: 'We won't be able to deter nuclear Iran'
By Jonathan Beck
Syria: President's brother-in-law 'accused of US-backed coup'
Hamas Confirms: Carter To Meet Terrorist Leader
By Joseph Abrams
Fars: Syria Arrests Saudi Official Over Mughniyeh Assassination
RTT News
China signs oil pact with Syria
Hundreds flee fighting in Baghdad as showdown looms between government and Shiite militia
By Robert H. Reid
Associated Press
Iran joined militias in battle for Basra
Sarah Baxter and Marie Colvin
The Sunday Times
Damascus, Ramallah or Tehran
By Amir Oren
Our World: Covering for the enemy
By Caroline Glick
The Region: An Abbas of failure
By Barry Rubin
Eye on Lebanon:
The presidential 'consensual candidate'
Manuela Paraipan
The Jerusalem Post
The Second Iran-Iraq War
By Kimberly Kagan
Syria wants U.S. to facilitate 'billions' in business
Also want to be primary American ally as region goes on war alert
By Aaron Klein
Crossfire War:
Iran Denies Constructing Monitoring Stations, Syria Admits It
By Willard Payne
MIDEAST: Israel and Syria Flirt Dangerously
Peter Hirschberg
The Biggest Loser
By Hussein Shobokshi
Al Sharq el Awsat
Lebanon, Hezbollah on full alert
Press TV
Petrofac wins $477m Syria gas deal
Revenge for Mugniyah could ignite conflict in north
YNET
War Is Talk Of Syria And Israel
By Benny Avni
Staff Reporter of the Sun
Clash of interests keeps Lebanon unquiet
By Janine Zacharia
Bloomberg
Report: Syrian reservists called up for fear of Israeli strike
Ynet
McCain admits he was caught off guard by Basra offensive
Suzanne Goldenberg in Washington
Syria says offer made to trade Lebanon polls for UN investigation
Senior CPC official arrives in Syria
China Economic Net
Israel readies largest exercise ever to prepare for Iran-Syria missile war
World Tribune
The Region: When terrorism makes sense
By Barry Rubin
A New Report on Hariri's Murder
Nicholas Blanford
Time
MK Netanyahu: I will not allow for the division of Jerusalem
Roni Sofer
UN officials: Syria still suspected in Lebanese PM murder case
By Shlomo Shamir
Haaretz Correspondent
Why Arabs snub Syria
What's Behind the Saudi Snub of the Syrian Summit?
by Sara Moller
Lebanon - a cold war getting hotter all the time
by Alberto Cruz
Genetic Signatures in Lebanon Traced Back to the Crusades
Red Orbit
Engaging Syria
Robert Benson
Fighting leaves crucial truce with Iraq militia in shambles
By Seattle Times news services
Countering Hezbollah & Supporting Gaegea's Criminal Enterprise are Two Different Realities
A Doubtful US Initiative for Lebanon
By Murray Kahl
Director of the Lebanese Foundation for Peace
Saudi King to Skip Arab Summit
By Mariam Fam
The Wall Street Journal
Lebanon Shows Israel's True Face
Iran News
The Next President And the Middle East
Some Policy Pointers: Get Out of Iraq
By Daniel Levy
New America Foundation
Barzani slams Syria 's killing 3 Kurds
Press TV
Peres: No Golan handover
A Tactical Move on the Chessboard
By Osama Al Sharif
The Gulf News
Report: Iran buying missiles for Syria
JTA
Netanyahu: If we leave Jerusalem, Iran and Hamas will take control
Ynet
Clashes erupt in Lebanon camp
Press TV
Kurds shot dead in northern Syria
BBC
Time to change direction
We need leadership that doesn’t convey sense of weakness or cling to flawed notions
MK Benyamin Elon
Nabucco Follies: State Department Shills for EU Pipeline to Carry Iranian Gas
John Rosenthal
World Politics Review
State Department accused of shilling for Iran
Foreign Policy
Save summit from Syrians
by Ahmed Jarallah
Editor-in-Chief - The Arab Times
Russia's Stroytransgaz to build 2nd gas refinery in Syria by 2010
Israel to hold massive drill; Syria - War is possible
Stan Goodenough
UN police quit Kosovo town
Dimitar Dilkoff in Kosovo
Agence France-Presse
The Importance of Fallon’s Fall
By Michael Barone
Fear and gullibility as weapons
Barry Rubin
'We are not enemies,' diplomat says of Syrian-U.S. relations
The Grand Rapids Press
Report: Assad's Brother-in-Law Behind Mughniyeh Death
by Gil Ronen
Israel National News
SYRIA: Offering Lebanon an olive branch, or a booby trap?
Los Angeles Times
Column One: Musharraf's Israeli disciples
By Caroline Glick
The Jerusalem Post
Iraqi fighters told to cease fire after clashes
Hizbullah to support assassinated Jihad man's family
Ynet
Israel secretly warned Syria about Hezbollah
Reuters
Warriors welcome Fallon's resignation
By Sara Carter
The Washington Times
Ahmadinejad: US, Israel plans failed in ME region
Dakar - IRNA
Lebanon's shattered dream
Emile El-Hokayem and Firas Maksad
Assad’s grand show
Smadar Peri
Middle East Forum event
Iran's Attempts to Renew Relations with Egypt
MEMRI
The Way to Exit from Lebanon 's Morass
By Paul Salem
The Daily Star
Candidly Speaking: Hudna? A prescription for disaster
By Isi Leiblerr
The Jerusalem Post
US: Syria backs foreign fighters in Iraq
Has Olmert capitulated to Hamas in agreeing to ceasefire?
By Stan Goodenough
If They Don't Fool You They Can't Defeat You
Barry Rubin
Pentagon insider attacks war plan
BBC News
Zionists should take Hizbollah leader remarks seriously
Tehran - IRNA
His masters' ear
by Akiva Eldar
Haaretz
Israel, Hamas and the Challenge of Gaza
Martin S. Indyk, Director, Saban Center for Middle East Policy
Column One: Condi's echo chamber
by Caroline Glick
The Jerusalem Post
Why There's a Hamas-Israel War
Barry Rubin
The Saudis: Which Side Are They On?
by Robert Spencer
PM: Syria talks worth serious consideration
By Yossi Verter and Barak Ravid
Assad Stresses Expansion of Iran Ties
The Kosovo Catastrophe
by Martin Sieff
Ashdod Prepares to be Next Target of Gaza Missiles\
Ezra HaLevi
Report: Hezbollah says ready for war with Israel, but won't start it
Barak Ravid
Haaretz
Post-Mortem:
Israel's Response to the Increasing Threat From Gaza
By Dore Gold
Our World: Sound and Fury Signifying Incompetence
Caroline Glick
The Jerusalem Post
"We are Waiting for These Sardine Cans Packed with Crusaders to be Incinerated"
Lebanon Awaits the Arrival of the USS Cole
By Franklin Lamb
Showing the spirit of the 2006 Lebanon war
On the path to bitter disappointment
By Uzi Benziman
Death of Paul Reyes
FARC's Zawahiri
Iran to invest dlrs 3.5bn in Syria - official
IRNA
Ahmadinejad hails 'new chapter' in Iran-Iraq ties
By Richard A. Oppel Jr
International Herald Tribune
ANALYSIS:
Hamas' next move will be to avenge Gaza deaths
By Amos Harel & Avi Issacharoff
It's the Middle East, Stupid
Washington Post
By Michael B. Oren
2 dreadful options
Israel can either reoccupy Gaza or talk with Hamas; there’s no other way
Nahum Barnea
Ashkelon Katyushas Came From Iran Via Egypt
by Ezra Halevi
Lebanon unrest fears rise
Agencies
Was Mugnieh part of the trade?
Hezbollah Scolds U.S. for Sending Ships Toward Lebanon
By Robert F. Worth
New York Times
U.S.-Saudi Effort Seeks to End Syrian Interference in Lebanon
Robin Wright
Washington Post
US Navy flexes its muscles in front of Lebanon
Tim Butcher
Telegraph UK
America dispatches warship following failure in Lebanese talks - Iran radio
Voice of the Islamic Republic of Iran, Tehran
Kosovo: Fools Rush In
William S. Lind
Another Israel-Hezbollah war?
Michael Young
Hamas in the spotlight
Matthew Levitt
Our World: Iran’s game of grand strategy
The Jerusalem Post
Caroline Glick
America's misguided blacklist
By David Waddington, Peter Archer and Robin Corbett
International Herald Tribune
Lebanon crisis getting more complex
Kosovo and Muslim solidarity
MOSCOW (RIA Novosti - Maria Appakova)
The Syrian Ambassador has the arrogance to speak about "Peace"
Iran: Slain Hezbollah military chief's widow points the finger at Syria
The Obama Files
by John Batchelor
Peace with Syria May Solve Iran’s Nuclear Problem – Israeli MP
Jerusalem - TrendNews
Russia, Serbia sign South Stream gas pipeline deal
Annapolis failed to change Israel’s approach to Palestine
Amr Moussa
Tehran Times
Violence erupts at Kosovo protest in Vienna
If Kosovo, why not Palestine?
It is time for the Ramallah-based Palestinian leadership to challenge the international community on Palestinian independence
John Whitbeck
Al Ahram
Middle Israel: Is Europe losing its mind?
Amotz Asa-El
Serbian settlers plan partition of Kosovo
Telegraph- UK
Egypt to start Syria gas supply from new pipeline
"Road to Syria runs through Washington"
The Jerusalem Post
Is Iran Winning the Iraq War?
Robert Dreyfuss
Serb official blames U.S. for violence Amid protests, Serbia seems to be drifting away from the West
Kosovo throws wrench into U.S.-Russian relations
Jim Maceda, NBC News
Russia's Serbia Strategy
It's the energy, stupid.
Charlie Szrom
Kosovo: Islamism's New Beachhead?
By Julia Gorin
FrontPageMagazine