• How Islamism—With Iran at its Center and Flanked by the Global Left–Can Be Defeated
  Seth Mandel
  David Horowitz Blog
   
• Officials upbeat as Lebanon holiday lull sets in
  Syrian ambassador says Damascus and Riyadh pursuing efforts to resolve crisis
  Hussein Dakroub
  Daily Star staff
   
• Lebanon holds its breath over leaked revelations
  Robert Fisk in Beirut
   
• Hariri assassination indictment coming very soon
  Mike Corder
  The Washington Post
   
• Washington skeptical f France-Syria ties as two leaders meet
  Marc Daou
  France 24
   
• The Region: A remarkable record of failure
  Barry Rubin
  The Jerusalem Post
   
• Iran Produces First Uranium Yellowcake from Southern Mine
  Al Manar
   
• Break the Silence on Syria's Nuclear Program
  Graham Allison and Olli Heinonen
  The Wall Street Journal
   
• A resurgent Syria alarms U.S., Israel
  Janine Zakaria
  The Washington Post
   
• US has failed to curb Damascus' interference in Lebanon - report
  The Daily Star
   
• Mossad: was this the chief's last hit?
  The London Telegraph
   
• Web of Destruction
  Charles A. Duelfer
   
• WikiLeaks: U.S.-Iran Relations "Now What" Moment?
  The Huffington Post, By Reza Marashi
   
• Who Assassinated Rafik Hariri?
  Edward Jay Epstein
  The Wall Street Journal
   
• MESS Report / Intel sources implicate Syria in Hariri assassination
  Amos Harel and Avi Issacharoff
  Haaretz
   
• U.N. nuclear agency makes little progress in Syria
  Julia Damianova
  The Los Angeles Times
   
• The Lebanon Crisis: A Simmering Powder keg about to Explode?
  David Eshel
  Defense Update
   
• Obama's Statement of Support for Lebanon Shows His Lack of Support for Lebanon‏
  Barry Rubin
   
• Yes, Israel is a banana republic
  Moshe Arens
  Haaretz
   
• Lebanon response to scandal over Hariri probe may be war against Israel
  Avi Issacharoff
  Haaretz
   
• Hezbollah Not Concerned about Ghajar Pull-out, But Arms Needed for Kfarshouba & Shebaa Farms
  Al Manar
   
• Outgoing MI Chief: in Next War, Tel Aviv is Front Line
  Gil Ronen
  Israel national News
   
• Does the Freeze-Deal Make Sense?
  Yoram Ettinger
   
• Is Iran's Regime Officially Running--Or Merely Helping--a Pro-Nazi Site?
  Barry Rubin
   
• Iran pres. says capitalism era over
  Al Alam News
   
• America's role in Lebanon
  The Guardian
   
• An American Map for Palestine
  Bruce Riedel
   
• With Friends Like These
  Anthony Cordesman
   
• Israeli general: Iran has equipped proxy's rockets with guidance systems
  The World Tribune
   
• The New Great Game
  SPIEGEL Central Asia Special
   
• Tehran Sets Deadline For India
  Siddharth Srivastava
   
• Turkey objects to Iran-centric Nato shield
  EUObserver
  Brussels
   
• Syria moves into regional spotlight
  Marwan Al Kabalan
  Special to Gulf News
   
• Syria has not met US hopes: Clinton
  AFP
   
• N.Korea 'giving nuclear material to Iran, Syria'
  
   
• Robert Fisk: How Lebanon can't escape the shadow of Hariri's murder
  Robert Fisk
  The Independent-UK
   
• Addressing our homegrown enemies
  Caroline Glick
  The Jerusalem Post
   
• To Kabul through New Delhi
  Dov S. Zakheim
   
• Any Hand Seeking to Detain Any of Our Mujahideen Will Be Cut Off’
  Al Manar
   
• Hezbollah warns of US-planned war
   
• Syrian Source: Feltman Still Lives in Illusions, Syria Exercises Independent Role Serving its People's Interests and Region's Security, Stability
  SANA
   
• How Obama might recover
  David Broder
  The Washington Post
   
• Will the Elections Change Obama's Iran Policy?
  Tony Karon
  Time Magazine
   
• 'Israel to launch cluster war'
  Press TV
   
• Russian arms shift balance of forces in Middle East – Israel's MI chief
  RIA Novosti
   
• Anti-Washington Ire Kindles an Old Debate
  Keith Johnson
  The Wall Street Journal
   
• The Age of Dissimulation
  Caroline B. Glick
  The Jerusalem Post
   
• Qinglin: China Strongly Support Syria's Just Cause and its Efforts to Restore the Occupied Golan
  SANA
   
• Hezbollah Declares War on Its Host Lebanon
  Posted by Shinta Dewi
   
• The Sources of Soviet Iranian Conduct
  How George Kennan is still the best guide to today's villain inside a victim behind a veil.
  Foreign Policy
  Karim Sadjadpour
   
• Changes Ahead? American Nuclear Policy and Israeli Strategic Doctrine
  Louis René Beres
   
• Changing nature of threats to Israel affect security plans
  Giora Eiland
  The Jerusalem Post
   
• Weapons seized in Nigeria 'came from Iran'
  Haaretz
   
• Time to Revise Obama’s Russian “Reset” Policy
  Ariel Cohen, Ph.D.
  The Heritage Foundation
   
• US Accuses Syria Of Attempting To Destabilize Lebanon
  RTTNews
   
• Obama's reset button not working for Syria
  Glenn Kessler
  The Washington Post
   
• Iran plans to build 3 more reactors at Bushehr nuclear site
  Tehran Times Political Desk
   
• Five blows that shrank Israel 's peace camp
  Moshe Arens
   
• Would a Beaten Obama Attack Iran?
  George Friedman
   
• Destabilizing Lebanon, and the broader region
  Marco Vicenzino
  The Daily Star
   
• Lebanon: the real story behind Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's visit
  Robert Fisk
   
• Turkey rebuffs U.S. pressure to slash trade with Iran
  Paul Richter
  Los Angeles Times - Reporting from Washington
   
• US Warns Against Middle East Nations Arming Hezbollah And Hamas
  RTTNews
   
• Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's visit to Lebanon sends a menacing message
  Iran's president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad wants the charges dropped against Hizbollah – or else
  Con Coughlin
  The London Telegraph
   
• In Lebanon, We Dance in a Minefield
  There could be war tomorrow. Until then, life goes on.
  Hanin Ghaddar
   
• Ahmadinejad in Lebanon is high drama
  Rami G. Khouri
  The Daily Star
   
• Ahmadinejad in Lebanon : Domestic and regional tensions
  BBC Middle East editor
  Jeremy Bowen
   
• Babylon & Beyond
  ISRAEL: Iranians at the gates — what to do?
   
• Ahmadinejad bears a message for Israel
  Kaveh L Afrasiabi
  Asia Times
   
• Resuming proximity talks with Syria depends on Israel's position
  World Bulletin
   
• Ahmadinejad's target audience
  Caroline B. Glick
   
• Iranian energy, Lebanese rocks
  Mohammad Sagha
  FP
   
• Hezbollah militants training in Syria missile base, satellite images show
  Google Earth photos reveal Scuds at base near Damascus.
  Avi Scharf
  Haaretz
   
• Syria's sleight of hand gives it regional standing
  Michael Young
  The National
   
• Four US Senators write to President Obama
   
• Fear and loathing in the Levant
  Zvi Mazel
  The Jerusalem Post
   
• Could Syria become a force for peace?
  John Hughes
  CS Monitor
   
• Pakistani identified as al Qaeda top brass
  Deadly commander a CIA target
  Eli Lake
  The Washington Times
   
• Obama to Tell Iran Door Open to Engagement
  Wants Tehran to prove its nuclear program is peaceful
  VOA News
   
• Pentagon concerned over Russia's plans to sell Yakhont missiles to Syria
  Ria Novosti
   
• Iranian Commander Warns Potential Aggressors of Heavy Casualties
  FNA
   
• Next Israel-Hezbollah war will be worse, says U.S. analyst
  Amir Oren
  Haaretz
   
• Netanyahu's Novelty
  Shiri Tal-Landman
  INSS Insight
   
• Iran’s Chinese Energy Partners
  Companies Eligible for Investigation Under U.S. Sanctions Law
  Mark Dubowitz & Laura Grossman
   
• Lebanon on verge of 'new wave of insanity'
  Tensions soar as rivals trade blows over Tribunal
  Patrick Galey, Carol Rizk and Agence France Presse
  Daily Star staff
   
• Syrian eyes see peace as a mirage
  Sami Moubayed
   
• Russia to honor deal to sell P-800 anti-ship missiles to Syria
  RIA Novosti
   
• If War Comes
  Israel vs. Hizballah and it's Allies
  Jeffrey White
   
• Officials:Resuming aid to Lebanese military in U.S. interest
  Elise Labott,
  CNN Senior State Department Producer
   
• Syria's Strategic Alliance with Hizbullah
  Jonathan Spyer
   
• The long road to Syria
  New book reveals full story behind bombing of Syrian reactor by Israel
  Yedioth Ahronoth
   
• Arming Hizballah? U.S. Military Assistance to Lebanon
  David Schenker
  The Washington Institute for Near East policy
   
• Nasrallah's dilemma over Hariri probe
  Zvi Bar'el
  Haaretz
   
• Rebutting Nasrallah
  Hizbullah continues its psychological warfare.
  A Jerusalem Post Editorial
   
• Hezbollah, Hamas, slamic Jihad To Stand Up Against Israel?
  Pravda
   
• Military Implications of the Israel-Lebanon Border Incident
  Jeffrey White
  The Washington Institute for Near East Policy
   
• Iran vows to support Lebanon against Israeli 'aggression'
  Foreign Minister Mottaki says Israel reached dead end, 'Zionist regime' desperate in joint press conference with Lebanese counterpart
  Dudi Cohen
  Israel News
   
• Mottaki: Ahmadinejad in Lebanon After Ramadan
  Al Manar
   
• Lebanon's 'hot summer'
  Carol Malouf in Lebanon
  Al Jazeera
   
• The truth about Lebanon
  Giora Eiland
   
• United by hate for Israel
  Hagai Segal
   
• The Failure of Long Range Planning
  Ari Bussel
   
• Israel’s eroded deterrence
  Shmuel Gordon
   
• Israel’s foolish leadership
  Our government forgot that attacks call for military response, not diplomacy
  Moshe Dann
   
• Lots of Questions, Few Answers in Border Skirmish
  Ulrike Putz in Southern Lebanon
  Spiegle
   
• Splintered silence
  The last four years have been quiet for Israel but that quiet will not last unless Prime Minister Netanyahu acts to change Israel's strategic landscape.
  Ari Shavit
  Haaretz
   
• LEBANON, ISRAEL:
  Regional fears helping prevent war, says International Crisis Group
  The LA Times
   
• What's Behind the Latest Lebanon Clash?
  Karl Vick
  Time Magazine
   
• Sayyed Nasrallah: Israeli Hand That Attacks Army Will Be Cut Off
  Al Manar
   
• Iran's Defense Minister: Counter-Strike Plan Ready
  FNA
   
• Israel’s deterrence needs a boost
  Yaakov Katz
  The Jerusalem Post
   
• Israelis mull war on multiple fronts as STL indictment looms
  Possible outbreak of Lebanon strife will prompt Tel Aviv to react
  The Daily Star
   
• Beirut's Crisis Foretold
  Planned Arrest Warrants Create Political Challenge for Lebanon's Hariri
  Spiegle
   
• Turning up the heat on Iran
  Victor Kotsev
  Asia Times
   
• Illusion and Reality Clash in Lebanon
  Jonathan Spyer
   
• Playing three-ball billiards in Beirut
  Michael Young
  The Daily Star
   
• Supertanker damage raises alarm in Persian Gulf
  Adam Schreck
  The Washington Post
   
• Obama The Muslim
  Major Gen. Jerry Curry
   
• The Broken Link: What Peace Won't Fix
  James Kirchik
  World Affairs Journal
   

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