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• Time to Get Tough With Iran
  Gen. Paul Vallely (Ret.), Fred Gedrich
  FOXNews.com
   
• Facing Nuclear Madmen? Israel ’s Security and Enemy Rationality
  Professor Louis Rene Beres
   
• Article in Syrian Government Daily: Israel's End Is Near
  Teshreen Newspaper- Syria
  Tanslation from MEMRI - Special Dispatch | No. 2825
  Syria/Iran
   
• Ahmadinejad Warns Israel about Repeating Previous Mistakes
  FNA
   
• Russia Assures Iran of S-300 Delivery
  FNA
   
• Here’s How to Save 100,000 Jobs Mr. President
  LTG Tom McInerney
   
• Israel and "Palestine"
  Not tragedy, but an absurd drama in many acts
  
   
• Baker Says Middle East Agreement Still Possible
  James Kitfield
   
• Prepare for war with Iran -- in case Israel strikes
  Anne Applebaum
  The Washington Post
   
• U.S. State Department lifts travel warning for Syria in sign of warming ties
  The Associated Press
   
• Iran and the IRGC
  Major-Gen. Paul E. Vallely and Fred Gedrich
   
• The Trafficker
  The decades-long battle to catch an international arms broker.
  Patrick Radden Keefe
  The New Yorker
   
• Terror Victims Want to Hold Syrian Artwork Hostage
  Spiegel
   
• ‘New US envoy to Syria a mistake’
  Herb Keinon
   
• President al-Assad Reviews with Burns means of Improving Bilateral Relations, Stresses Need for US to Adopt Policies that Push Israel to Accept Peace requirements
  SANA
   
• Are Lebanon and Israel Headed for War?
  Simon McGregor-Wood
  ABC
   
• US, Afghan troops sweep into Taliban stronghold
  Alfred de Montesquiou and Christopher Torchia
   
• Sarah Palin's friendship
  Caroline B. Glick
  The Jerusalem Post
   
• Iranian regime change: An Obama achievement we could believe in
  William Kristol
  The Washington Post
   
• The Case For Striking Iran Grows
  John Bolton
  The Wall Street Journal
   
• Inside the Ring
  Bill Gert
  The Washington Times
   
• Ahmadinejad warns Israel against any military move
  Reuters
   
• Iranian Revolution: Postelection Unrest Reveals Cracks In The Republic
  Golnaz Esfandiari
   
• US fires first Iran sanctions salvo
  The International News
   
• Don't Let Iran On The Human Rights Council
  Claudia Rosett
  Forbes
   
• Treasury Targets Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps
  US Department of the Treasury
  Press Room- February 10, 2010
   
• “Re balancing” the new Obama – Syria relationship”:
  Expect modest US gains from thaw with Syria: analysts
  Lachlan Carmichael - (AFP)
   
• Fitzgerald: General Petraeus and the likely effect of attacking the Islamic Republic's nuclear project
   
• Iran Plays Games with Fire Again
  Pravda
   
• Why the U.S. Is Back on the Road to Damascus
  Andrew Lee Butters
  Time Magazine
   
• Syria ready to respond to Israeli 'aggression,' minister warns
  Tehran Times
   
• Israeli and Middle East Options
  Paul E Vallely
  Major Gen. US Army Ret
  Chairman of Stand Up America USA
   
• Iran Starts Mass Production of Advanced Unmanned Bombers
  FNA
   
• The Region: Salam Fayyad cannot deliver
  Barry Rubin
  The Jerusalem Post
   
• 'Israel’s obliteration is certain'
   
• The corridor is undervalued
  Yossi Alpher
   
• Israel and Syria Trade Threats
  Patrick Seale
   
• The illusion of 'Syria first'
  Akiva Eldar
  Haaretz
   
• Lieberman has it Right
  Several Israeli Governments
  Took the wrong road dealing with Syria
  By Nagi N. Najjar
  Director
  Lebanese Foundation for Peace
   
• Mottaki: Pakistan and Iran are part of a single body
  Tehran Times
   
• South Lebanon residents brace for new Israel war
  Rana Moussaoui (AFP)
   
• What's behind renewed war jitters in Israel, Lebanon?
  The Christian Science Monitor weekly edition
   
• Beware the coming war
  Al Ahram
   
• Syria told to forget Golan Heights claim
  Tobias Buck in Jerusalem
  Financial Times
   
• Ya'alon says Iran can still be stopped
  Jonathan Weber
  YNET News
   
• Israel's Lieberman cautions Syria
  Al Jazeera
   
• Turkish President Underlines Iran's Decisive Role in Afghanistan
  FNA
   
• Direct Quotes: Bashar Assad
  Seymour M. Hersh
  The New Yorker
   
• The People Ask for Resignations
  Paul E. Vallely MG, US Army (Ret)
   
• Barak: Without Syria peace, we could be headed for all-out war
  Amos Harel,
  Haaretz Correspondent
   
• Former Diplomat Says Iranian Establishment 'Paralyzed From Within'
  Golnaz Esfandiari, Mohammad Zarghami
   
• Gaza and Lebanon on a Brink of a War?
  The Survival of Israel's Iron Wall
  Ramzy Baroud
  Islam on line
   
• Fmr. Pacific Fleet Commander warns Obama:
  Don’t link climate change and national security
  
   
• Hezbollah gains a toehold inside U.N. Security Council
  Kenneth Bandler
   
• Iran’s Private Army Digs in for a Wider Lebanon War
  Michael J. Totten
   
• The Dahiya Doctrine vs. the Goldstone Report
  Yaakov Katz
   
• Petraeus: Missile-Shooting Ships on Station in the Gulf
  Nathan Hodge
   
• Sudan Needs International Action
  Patrick Seale
   
• US Patriot Missiles to Come Very Close to Russian Borders Next Year
  Pravda
   
• President al-Assad and Col. Gaddafi: Challenges Require Overcoming Differences and Achieving Solidarity
  SANA
   
• Bin Laden warns US of more attacks
  Al Jazeera
   
• Spotlight on Iran
  Intelligence and Terrorism Information Center
   
• The Decline of the Obama Administration: Massachusetts and the Middle East
  Barry Rubin
   
• The Lessons of Massachusetts
  Newt Gingrich
   
• US seeks to revive Syria-Israel peace talks
  Khaled Yacoub Oweis
  Reuters
   
• India, Russia close to $1.2 bln deal for 29 navy fighters
  RIA Novosti
   
• Germany’s Role in the Balkans
  Stella L. Jatras
   
• Osama bin Laden visited Croatia, Report
  Vecernji.hr
   
• What happened to the Jordan Valley?
  Dore Gold
  The Jerusalem Post
   
• MEK: Terrorist Organization or Freedom Fighters?
  David Alan Coia
   
• Palestinian group refuses to disarm in Lebanon
  Natacha Yazbeck
   
• Report: Hezbollah held antiaircraft missile test in Syria
  YNet
   
• The Battle for Iran
  The Nation
   
• Obama: More than a Senate seat at stake in Massachusetts
  Steven Thomma
   
• IAEA Board Approves Russian Fuel Bank Plan
  Daniel Horner
   
• Coming Around On Iran
  Mark Hosenball
  Newsweek
   
• Brilliant Defender or Light-Weight?
  Some problems in the thinking of Michael Leiter, director of the National Counterterrorism Center
  Barry Rubin
   
• Iran Accuses U.S., Israel Of Involvement In Tehran Bomb Attack
  RTTNews
   
• Lebanon, Syria reject US air screening rules, branding them discriminatory
  Bassem Mroue
   
• Israel tries to block military aid to Lebanon
  Patrick Galey
  Daily Star staff
   
• Iran-Turkmenistan gas pipeline inaugurated
  Tehran Times Economic Desk
   
• Another Iranian Revolution? Not Likely
  Flynt Leverett and Hillary Mann Leverett
   
• China blocks Iran sanctions over its nuclear plans
  Clifford Coonan
  Irish Times
   
• Little Iran in Lebanon?
  Hayeon Lee
   
• War on Four Fronts
  Patrick Seale
   
• Iran Hasn't Won the Cold War Yet
  Jonathan Spyer
   
• Time to Retire the Russia Reset Button
  Nikolas Gvosdev
   
• Strategic Incompetence: The Greater Threat?
  Harlan Ullman
   
• Expansion of Relations among Muslim States Foils Enemies' Plots
  FNA
   
• Time to face reality
  Syrian-Iranian-led alliance’s clear aim is to destroy all regional democracies
  Farid Ghadry
  Israel Opinion
   
• US forges alliance with Saddam Hussein officers to fight al-Qaeda
  Adrian Blomfield in Sana'a
  The London Telegraph
   
• Obama Waves White Flag in Terror Fight
  Ronald Kessler
   
• Connecting The Dots
  Claudia Rosett
   
• European Union trip to Iran postponed
  DW
   
• The Expansion of Al-Qaeda-Affiliated Jihadi Groups in Gaza: Diplomatic Implications
  Ambassador Dore Gold
   
• Netanyahu Plays Games with Peace
  Patrick Seale
   
• Iran’s Script to Get the Bomb
  Ryan Mauro
   
• Obama's 2010 Policy and Iran: Misconceptions Guarantee Failure
  Barry Rubin
   
• Peace with Syria would bring Israel nothing
  Zvi Bar'el
  Haaretz
   
• In the Shadow of War
  Richard Overy
  The Twin Challenges of Terror and Israel
  Patrick Seale
   
• Iran Takes Significant Steps in Identifying Rioters
  FNA
   
• War? What War?
  Charles Krauthammer
   
• KAUST: Saudi Arabia's First Coed University Unveiled:King Abdullah Science and Technology University
   
• Has Hizbullah Changed?
  The 7th Hizbullah General Conference and Its Continued Ideology of Resistance
  Brig.-Gen. (ret.) Dr. Shimon Shapira
   
• The Primary Threats Facing Israel Today
  Bibi Netanyahu
   
• 2010: Regime Change in Iran
  Engagement Didn't Work
  Stephen F. Hayes
   
• There’s Only One Way to Stop Iran
  Alan J. Kuperman
  The New York Times
   
• For Obama, 2010 in the Middle East Looks More Like the Precipice of Doom than Achievement
  Barry Rubin
   
• Osama bin Laden's family in Iran : new strain on Saudi-Iran ties
  Scott Peterson Staff writer
  The Christian Science Monitor
  Istanbul, Turkey
   
• The Saudi Double-Game:
  The Internet “Counter-Radicalization” Campaign
  in Saudi Arabia
  Col. (Ret.) Jonathan Fighel - Senior Terrorism Intelligence Researcher
   
• Eastern Syria is becoming the new al Qaeda haven
   
• Mullen: Iran not responsive on nuclear issue
  Anne Gearan
  The Associated Press
   
• Saudis fail to halt terrorism funding despite minor gains
  James M. Dorsey
   
• Afghanistan: The Obama Administration's Trust in Pakistan is Going to Get Americans Killed
  Barry Rubin
   
• Shaaban: The 3-hour meeting between President al-Assad and al-Hariri was Frank, positive and friendly, with focus on future relations
  SANA
   
• Presidents al-Assad and Sleiman.. Boosting cooperation and continuing consultation and coordination on all levels
  SANA
   
• How to Stop Iran
  Olivier Debouzy
   
• When is a dictator not a dictator?
  Bashar al-Assad leads an authoritarian regime, but the workings of power in a country such as Syria are surprisingly complex
  Brian Whitaker
  The Guardian
   
• Iran's FM to Visit Lebanon on Monday
  FNA
   
• Obama's Message: Be Afraid, Very Afraid
  Oliver North
   
• NIE Crippling US Policy on Iran
  Rowan Scarborough
   
• Reconsidering the Suez Campaign
  Caroline Glick
  The Jerusalem Post
   
• 'Secret documents' prove Iran is making nuclear bomb - paper
  RIA Novosti
   
• Hezbollah Fortifies Frontier Against Israel
  IPS- by Mona Alami
   
• Mottaki Underlines Expansion of Tehran-Baku Ties
  FNA
   
• A Nobel War Speech?
  Did Obama lay the groundwork for an eventual strike against Iran?
  William Kristol
   
• Get Serious, Mr. Psident
  Oliver North
   
• Cheney Goes There: Obama’s Treason
  Canada Free Press
   
• Questions No One Will Ask General McChrystal
  Diana West
   
• Lebanon Cabinet allows Hezbollah to keep arms
   
• The Era of Narcissistic Catechisms
  Caroline Glick
  The Jerusalem Post
   
• President al-Assad Reviews with Iranian Defense Minister Cooperation between Syrian, Iranian Armies and its Future Prospects.
   
• Syria Exports Trouble
  Michael Young
  Forbes
   
• Lebanese Hizballah to be on UN Security Council
  Barry Rubin
   
• Mousavi vs. Basij: The First Confrontation
  Michael Ledeen
   
• Iran, Russia , US and the New Game
  Hassan Beheshtipour
   
• Lebanese Envoy Hails Iran's Role in Settling Regional Problems
   
• Is Israel considering “game changing scenarios”?
  Beware the winds of December
  Alastair Crooke
  Asia Times
   
• Iran Underlines Unity among Lebanese Political Factions
  FNA
   
• President Obama slammed by military experts
   
• Why the Swiss Were Right to Prohibit Construction of Minarets
  Hege Storhaug
   
• Surprising Study On Terrorism
  Al-Qaida Kills Eight Times More Muslims Than Non-Muslims
  Yassin Musharbash
  Spiegle
   
• Explosion shakes Syrian security
  Chris Phillips
  The London Guardian
   
• Syrian official: blast in Damascus
  Associated Press- DAMASCUS
   
• After Cheney
  James Traub
  The New York Times
   
• What the U.S. can achieve in Afghanistan, despite Karzai
  Mark Moyar
  The Los Angeles Times
   
• The Dubai Crisis
  Patrick Seale
   
• Obama at West Point
  Jed Babbin
   
• Obama on Kabul
  Nikolas K. Gvosdev
   
• Briefing by Special Envoy for Middle East Peace George Mitchell
  George Mitchell
  Special Envoy for Middle East Peace
  US Department of State
   
• Iran's Ahmadinejad In Venezuela For Talks With Chavez
  Michael Hirshman
   
• Middle East Democracy Promotion Is Not a One-way Street
  Marina Ottaway
  Policy Brief, November 2009
   
• US praises Turkey's role amid axis shift debates
   
• Improving the Prospects for Obama's Success: A Report from an IPF Roundtable in Tel Aviv
  Former Deputy Defense Minister Ephraim Sneh and Brig. Gen. (ret.) Shlomo Brom, two of the participants in the discussion, spoke to an IPF audience on November 23rd in a conference call moderated by Professor Steven L. Spiegel.
   
• Lebanon cabinet deal signals Syrian return
  Natalia Antelava
  BBC News, Beirut
   
• US confirms Saudi role in talks with Taliban
   
• Ahmadinejad: Iran Ready to Cooperate with Brazil on N. Plants
   
• Fort Hood: The Saudi Camel in the Room
  Stephen Suleyman Schwartz
  Executive Director, Center for Islamic Pluralism
   
• Why is America Still Allied with Saudi Arabia ?
  Saudis: Exporters of Radical Islamic Propaganda, Torturers and Rapists at Home
  Phyllis Chesler
   
• Iran and Hizballah Get Hillarycare: Two Mistakes That America 's Enemies Notice and Act On
  Barry Rubin
   
• Reforming the Afghan National Army (ANA)
  Getting the most out of the ANA, so we can do less
  (Ret) Col. Jeff Haynes
   
• Where Is Turkey Going?
  Jonas Rey
   
• Strong reactions in Iran to Russia’s announcement about yet another delay
  Intelligence and Terrorism Information Center
   
• Syria Regains its position of control over Lebanon in Saudi-Syrian Deal
  Memri
   
• Suicide Pact
  Oliver North
  The Washington Times
   
• President Obama's Plea for "A World Without Nuclear Weapons" Marching in the Wrong Direction
  Professor Louis René Beres
  Lt. General (USAF/Ret.) Tom McInerney
  Major General (USA/Ret.) Paul Vallely
   
• Iran's Man In Manhattan
  Claudia Rosett
   
• Sturdy Dominos
  Jerry Mark Silverman
   
• Iran and Syria Are Up; Egypt and Saudi Arabia Are Down. And this is Israel’s Fault?
  Barry Rubin
   
• Israel's Ballistic Missile Defense Current Strategic Options for Dealing with Iran
  Louis René Beres
  Professor of Political Science
   
• Russian Arms To Shatter USA's Far-Fetched Monopoly in Saudi Arabia
  Pravda
   
• Lebanon's new Cabinet leery of Hezbollah dispute
  Hussein Dakroub
   
• A Victory for Islamism?
  The Second Lebanon War and Its Repercussions
  Magnus Norell - Senior Analyst
  The Swedish Defense Research Agency
   
• Five militants killed, Arab mercenary injured in Chechnya
  RIA Novosti
   
• Mottaki warns regional countries not to interfere in Yemen conflict
  Tehran Times Political Desk
   
• To Our Great Detriment Redux
  Diana West
   
• PM Netanyahu’s speech to the GA
   
• Holbrooke strikes again
   
• Presidents Assad and Ahmadinejad
  Bolstering Cooperation between the two countries
  SNA
   
• Iran readies launch of new satellite
   
• Lebanon forms national unity government with Hezbollah
  
   
• Call White House, Ask for Barack
  Thomas L. Friedman
  The New York Times
   
• Obama Hosts Netanyahu
  Showing New Discomfort, White House Seeks Conditions to Meet
  Charles Levinson and Jay Solomon
  The Wall Street Journal
   
• Wake Up America
  Obama can’t be bothered by Islamic terrorism
  Ralph Peters
   
• Leviathan Is Born:
  The Annexation of Europe by Brussels
  Paul Belien
   
• Saudis 'retake captured territory'
  Al Jazeera
   
• A new (and old) plan for Mideast peace
  Gene Schwimmer
   
• U.S. top brass: Nuclear Iran is existential threat to Israel
  Amir Oren
  Haaretz Correspondent
   
• Hugo Chavez says Venezuela's Army must be ready for war
  RIA Novosti
   
• Former U.S. diplomat, hostage in Tehran takes up Iran post at State
   
• Jones's priority 2.0
   
• Israelis unsure of U.S. support
  Obama seen by some as favoring Arabs
  Joshua Mitnick
  The Washington Times
   
• Afghan insurgents learn to destroy key U.S. armored vehicle
  Jonathan S. Landay
   
• U.S. Weighs Working With Local Powers In Afghanistan
  But It Can Be Risky Business
  Zarif Nazar, Charles Recknagel
   
• The Taking of the Frankop
  Josh Smilovitz
   
• What Does Iran 's Green Movement Want From Obama?
  Opposition protesters in Tehran
  Golnaz Esfandiari
   
• Israel says weapons shipment a war crime, Iran and Syria cry foul
  Dan Murphy - Staff writer
  The Christian Science Monitor
   
• Two indicted in alleged terror plot
  The Boston Globe
   
• 3 Bosnian Muslims arrested for terrorism
   
• Italy convicts Air Force O-6 in CIA kidnap case
  Colleen Barry - The Associated Press
   
• Obama's Afpak Nightmare
  Patrick Seale
   
• Are Syria, Hizballah, and Iran Threatening to Assassinate Americans Starting with the U.S. Ambassador to Lebanon?
  Barry Rubin
   
• Report: U.S. stopped Israel from attacking 'Hezbollah arms ship'
  Haaretz
   
• They Don’t Get It on Iran
  Oliver North
   
• Israel says seized weapons bound for Hezbollah
  RIA Novosti
   
• Is Obama's Iran policy doomed?
  Dilip Hiro
   
• Ahmadinejad: Regional Conditions in Iran, Syria's Favor
  FNA
   
• Major named as Fort Hood shooter
   
• Intelligence Failures?
  Underestimates could leave U.S. ill-prepared.
  William C. Triplett II
   
• Is the Turkish-Israeli Alliance Over? Yes It Is
  Barry Rubin
   
• The Story of 'Operation Orchard'
  How Israel Destroyed Syria's Al Kibar Nuclear Reactor
  Erich Follath and Holger Stark
  Spiegel International
   
• Obama Shouldn't Tell Generals to Shut Up and Obey Orders
  Robert Maginnis
   
• The Rise and Rise of Turkey
  Patrick Seale
   
• Iran Rejects Deal on Nuclear Weapons' Issue: Engagement is Dead but the Obama Administration Won't Admit It.
  Barry Rubin
   
• The Generals' Revolt
  As Obama rethinks America 's failed strategy in Afghanistan , he faces two insurgencies: the Taliban and the Pentagon
  Robert Dreyfuss
   
• On the Eve of WWIII?
  Gordon Prather
   
• Cheney: “We cannot protect this country by putting politics over security, and turning the guns on our own guys”
  Center for Security Policy
   
• Cross-border insurgents flood Afghanistan
  Iranians, Pakistanis play role in growth of Taliban force
  Sean D. Naylor - Staff writer
   
• Let the Games Begin
  Geoffrey Kemp
   
• When Pro-Israel Is Not Very Pro-Israel
  Meet the J Street gang.
  Michael Goldfarb
   
• Israel, Syria Aim To Resume Peace Talks
  David Bedein, Middle East Correspondent
  The Bulletin
   
• America Can't Afford the Intelligence Community’s Weaknesses
  Robert Maginnis
   
• A view from Iran-understand its intention
  U.S. joins ranks of failed states
  Paul Craig Roberts
  Tehran Times
   
• 'Iran is our friend,' says Turkish PM Recep Tayyip Erdogan
  The Guardian
   
• FM Downplays Israeli War Rhetoric against Iran
  FNA
   
• Nukes We Need
  Preserving the American Deterrent
  Keir A. Lieber and Daryl G. Press
   
• Pakistan to Help Iran Hunt Down Elements of Terror Attack
  FNA
   
• Iran: Biggest Threat Since Soviets
  Mitt Romney
   
• Counterinsurgency Doctrine and the Global Jihad
  Jim Sauer
   
• Lisbon Treaty: Europe’s Slow-Moving Coup d’État
  Soeren Kern
   
• How Turkey was lost
  Caroline Glick
  The Jerusalem Post
   
• A license to kill
  Moshe Arens
  Former Israel Defense Minister
   
• Hillary Clinton's Team Enjoy Russian Beer and Night Clubs
  Pravda
   
• First inisterial Meeting of Syrian-Turkish Strategic Cooperation Council Kicks off in Aleppo
  SANA
   
• Russia rejects, for now, talk about sanctions against Iran
  Tom Lasseter
   
• Commander Terms Iran Invincible Power in Region
  FNA
   
• Remarks With Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov
  Hillary Rodham Clinton
  Secretary of State
  Osobnyak Guest House
  Moscow, Russia
   
• Syria says to hold military exercises with Turkey
  Reuters
   
• "Iran pays, Syria smuggles, and Hezbollah receives weapons"
  Amos Harel and Avi Issacharoff
  Haaretz
   
• Switzerland: Gas Deal with Iran Crucially Important for Bern
  FNA
   
• Iran inks €1.2b gas deal with South Korean company
  Tehran Times Economic Desk
   
• Obama’s Nobel Prize:
  A blatant attempt to Europeanize US policy
  Yoram Ettinger
   
• German Ship Transporting Arms for Iran
  Spiegle
   
• Russia to test-fire 5 ICBMs by end of year
  RIA Novosti
   
• Turkey’s Charm Offensive
  Patrick Seale
   
• Syria's season of clout
  Ayman Abdel Nour
   
• The newest round of war
  Caroline Glick
  The Jerusalem Post
   
• Iran Military Moves Could Provide Greater Muscle Against Critics
  Golnaz Esfandiari
   
• Why Obama is Both Right and Wrong About Afghanistan
  Barry Rubin
   
• Hit the 'Reset' Button, Mr. President
  Fred Gedrich and Lt. Gen. Tom McInerney (ret.)
   
• Who Decides on the Levant in Washington?
  David Schenker
  The Washington Institute
   
• Sarkozy’s Love Affair with Syria and Lebanon
  Patrick Seale
   
• Unconventional Operations to the Rescue
  (Part One)
  Paul E. Vallely, MG US Army (Ret)
   
• Yet again Tehran spins it all to its advantage against the West
  The London Times
   
• New player in Caspian Sea power corridor
  Ari Rusila
   
• Two Leaks and the Deepening Iran Crisis
  The Iranian Nuclear Game
  STRATFOR
   
• Does the road to Tehran run through Jerusalem?
  Dov Zakheim
   
• Big, ominous win for Iran
  Kenneth R. Timmerman
   
• U.S.: Fears of Blame for Defeat Shadow Afghan War Meetings
  Gareth Porter
   
• Israel most serious threat to Middle East: ElBaradei
  Tehran Times Political Desk
   
• Russia to showcase advanced weaponry at airshow in Libya
  RIA Novosti
   
• The Road Ahead for U.S.-Iran Relations
  Interviewee:
  John W. Limbert, Distinguished Professor of International Affairs, U.S. Naval Academy
  Interviewer:
  Bernard Gwertzman
   
• Back In The USSR
   
• France Wins One
   
• Jolie, Pitt visit Iraqi refugees in Syria
   
• Iran intel marked by differences, not disarray
   
• Iran plans to send astronauts into space
  Tehran Times Political Desk
   
• Israel names Russians helping Iran build nuclear bomb
  Uzi Mahanimi in Tel Aviv, Mark Franchetti and Jon Swain
  The London Times
   
• Iraqi Special Operations Forces arrests Hezbollah financier, recruiter (Sadr City)
   
• The West’s Choice of Strategy: Defending Itself From Terror Attacks or Combatting A Radical Strategic Threat?
  Barry Rubin
   
• Hamas, Fatah possible deal may help Abbas regain control of Gaza
  RIA Novosti
   
• Iran-Bashing Will Serve No Purpose
  Patrick Seale
   
• Iran agrees to ship enriched uranium to Russia for refinement
  Warren P. Strobel and Margaret Talev
   
• Syria seen regaining its influence in Lebanon
  Hussein Dakroub
   
• Tehran Unwilling to Compromise Despite American Overtures
  Dieter Bednarz and Erich Follath
  Spiegle
   
• America’s change of tack is placating some and worrying others
  The Economist
   
• Verbal message from President al-Assad to President Sarkozy on bilateral relations and the current situation in region, conveyed by al-Moallem
  SANA
   
• Syria's Deputy FM invited for talks in Washington
  Haaretz
   
• Washington doesn't get it: Iran just wants the bomb
  Louis Rene Beres
   
• Tehran continues to obfuscate, says Social Democrats' foreign affairs expert
   
• Waltzing McChrystal
  Jed Babbin
   
• Iran's missiles are ‘ready to destroy Israel ’
  Catherine Philp, Diplomatic Correspondent and Tim Reid in Washington
  The London Times
   
• IRGC Air Force Commander Warns Enemies about Iran's Crushing Response
  FNA
   
• Iran's Revolutionary Guard Has A Lot To Lose
  Rasool Nafisi
   
• U.S. Committed to the Security of Pakistan
  Richard Holbrooke
   
• Latest Bombshell on Iran's Covert Nuclear Activities Explodes Hopes for Obama Administration's Engagement Strategy
  Jim Phillips
   
• Bosnian Muslim leader weapons smuggler
  Iran after Qom
  Tariq Alhomayed
  Asharq Alawsat
   
• Iran to test fire missile capable of hitting Israel
  The London Times
   
• Defense Minister Appoints Top IRGC's Commander as Acting Deputy
  FNA
   
• Ready, Aim, Fire McChrystal
  Diana West
   
• Syria makes overture to U.S.
  Richard Sale
  The Washington Times
   
• Iran, Venezuela Plan $1.5 Billion Refinery in Syria , RPN Says
  Robert Tuttle
   
• Iranian Nuclear Program Director
  'We Will Not Yield'
  Spiegle International
   
• Mahdi Army members assassinated in Syria?
  Bill Rogio
   
• Spinning Missile Defense In Moscow
  Gregory Feifer
   
• Eight Legislators to Accompany Ahmadinejad in New York Visit
  FNA
   
• Majlis to review Iran-Venezuela gasoline deal
  Tehran Times Political Desk
   
• Deal with Syria brings European Union spirit to Middle East
  Zaman
   
• Politics, Terrorism, and the Sunni Divide
  Samuel Helfont
   
• A Stable Kremlin
  Anatol Lieven
   
• Lebanon: Back to Square One?
  David Schenker
  The Washington Institute
   
• Obama: 'Bush Was Right About Paranoid Russians'
  Pravda
   
• Russia Tries to Control the Reset Button
  John Vinocur
  The New York Times
   
• Hitler in the Living Room, Kalashnikovs in the Street
  The upcoming New Europe
  
   
• Talking with Tehran
  Geoffrey Kemp
  The Nixon Center
   
• Commando raid in Somalia is latest in covert operations across the globe
  Somali raid similar to covert raids in Pakistan, Madagascar, and Syria
  Saleh Ali Saleh Nabhan
   
• Leaping to Somalia
  Diana West
   
• UN finds evidence of Israeli war crimes in Gaza
  Tehran Times
   
• Obama Is Pushing Israel Toward War
  Bret Stephens
  The Wall Street Journal
   
• Putin slams Iran sanctions
  Tim Wall and Anna Arutunyan
  Moscow News
   
• Obama’s New Iran Strategy
  Robert Maginnis
   
• Hezbollah terror threat in US
  The Law Enforcement Examiner
   
• Can the Afghan Problem be Solved?
  Patrick Seale
   
• Nation-Building, No; Lily Pads, Yes
  Diana West
   
• Lebanese politics take a turn for the absurd
  David Kenner
   
• What to do on Lebanon: The Future of Lebanon-Israel Relations
  Prof Eyal Zisser
  Director of the Moshe Dayan Center for Middle East Studies
  Tel Aviv University
   
• Clock ticking for Iran as Israel appears ready for strike
  Amos Harel
  Haaretz
   
• Lebanon in paralysis
  Salman Ansari Javid
  Tehran Times
   
• Arctic Sea was carrying missiles to Iran, new report suggests
  Andrew Osborn in Moscow
  The London Telegraph
   
• What Next for Syria?
  David Schenker
  The Washington institute
   
• New Developments in Iran's Missile Capabilities:
  Implications Beyond the Middle East
  Uzi Rubin
   
• The North Atlantic Phoenix
  James Joyner
   
• Mystery of UAE plane held in Calcutta with arms bound for China
  Jeremy Page in Delhi
  The London Times
   
• The Fallout from the Iraqi-Syrian Crisis
  Patrick Seale
   
• Another Failed Presidency
  Geoffrey P. Hunt
  The American Thinker
   
• Bankrupting the Taliban
  Lt Col. Oliver North
   
• A Meaningless Election
  Anatol Lieven
   
• For Assad, Conflict is a Raison D'etre
  Jonathan Spyer
   
• Could Obama Rescue Ahmadinejad?
  Amir Taheri
  Asharq Alawsat
   
• Hugo Chavez Cements Control of Venezuela
  Jens Gluesing
  Spiegle International
   
• Russia 'delivers SAMs to Syria'
  UPI
   
• Iranian weapons conspiracy suspect nabbed by Feds
  Law Enforcement Examiner
   
• Only a Fool Calls It Surrender
  Diana West
  Townhall.com
   
• Kosovo and Ongoing De-Christianization
  Lee Jay Walker
   
• Arab Oil and Renewable Energy
  Patrick Seale
   
• Israel, Iran and Obama
  The Wall Street Journal
   
• Eurabian Safari
  Thomas Landen
   
• A Forced Breakthrough in the Middle East
  Erich Follath and Christoph Schult
   
• German Intelligence Working on Deal to Secure Israeli Hostage's Release
  Christoph Schult and Holger Stark
  Spiegle International
   
• Syria Cracks Open Its Frail Economy
  The Wall Street Journal
   
• Netanyahu plays down reports of German-mediated prisoner swap
  DW
   
•  US helped Iran arm Bosnian Muslims
  AP- Belgrade
   
• Iraq al Qaeda militant says Syria trained him
  Muhanad Mohammed
   
• Damascus regional arsonist game with Iran:
  Assad: Syria has "direct interest" in Iraq's security, stability
  Xinhua
   
• Israel has Iran in its sights
  Micah Zenko
  The Los Angeles Times
   
• The Iran Countdown
  Annie Hamilton
  San Jose Republican Examiner
   
• Is Yemen Breaking Apart?
  Patrick Seale
   
• Syria and Iran: Decoding the Signals
  IWPR
   
• Syria Clenches Its Fist
  Andrew J. Tabler
  The Washington Institute for Near East Policy
   
• Hizballah's Possible Backdoor Into the UN
  W. Thomas Smith Jr.
   
• The Terror State
  Yoram Ettinger
   
• Iraq burns its bridges with Syria
  Sami Moubayed
   
• What the President's Attack on the CIA Really Means
  Herbert E. Meyer
   
• Fears of Shiite-Sunni violence breakout in Leban
  Bassem Mroue
   
• Iraqi PM steps up pressure on Syria over militants
  Chelsea J. Carter
   
• The Age Of The Celebrity Tyrant
  Claudia Rosett
  Forbes
   
• Morale at CIA Plummets as Panetta Makes a Bad Situation Worse
  Nate Hale
   
• Diplomats: Iran's enrichment program stagnates
  George Jahn
  Associated Press
   
• Iraqi Shi'ite party leader dies, successor eyed
  The Washington Post
   
• Netanyahu Leaves Divided Israel for Europe Trip
  Erich Follath
  Spiegle
   
• Baitullah Mehsud dead; Hakeemullah new leader of Pakistani Taliban
  Bill Roggio
   
• (Peace orientated Syria doesn't do these kind of things)
  Iraq asserts 2 suspected in bombing are in Syria
  Qassim Abdul-Zahra
  Associated Press
   
• Saudi Arabia set to buy 30 Russian military helicopters - source
  RIA Novosti
   
• Obama's War on our Spies
  Jed Babbin
   
• Beer-drinking Muslim model briefly detained
  France News
   
• (Syria's genuine cooperation for Peace with Obama)
  Senior al Qaeda leader leaves Pakistan, directs Iraq operations from Syria
  Bill Roggio
   
• IRGC Pounds Terrorist Groups Positions in Northwestern Iran
  FNA
   
• Tehran censures Argentina for meddling in Iran’s internal affairs
  Tehran Times Political Desk
   
• Internal problems won't stop Tehran from stirring up trouble abroad.
  Mohamad Bazzi
  The Wall Street Journal
   
• Facing National Insecurity
  Why President Obama Must Update US Strategic Doctrine
  Professor Louis René Beres ( Purdue University )
  Lt. General (USAF/Ret.) Thomas McInerney
  Major-General (USA/Ret.) Paul E. Vallely
   
• Eliminating the "Iran Problem"...
  George Friedman
  Stratfor
   
• The full letter from FBI Director Robert S. Mueller, III,
  to Scottish Minister Kenny MacAskill regarding the release of the Lockerbie bomber, Abdelbaset Ali Al Megrahi.
   
• Saigon 2009
  Afghanistan is today's Vietnam . No question mark needed.
  Thomas H. Johnson
  M. Chris Mason
   
• Obama's State epartment Submits to Islam
  Pamela Geller
  American Thinker
   
• Threat of Violence Overshadows Afghan Elections
  Christian Neef
  Spiegle International
   
• Saddam’s Ba’ath Party loyalists engage with US over Iraq
   
• US spies blamed Iran for Lockerbie bomb
  The London Times
   
• Moscow’s Iran Connection
  Andranik Migranyan
   
• The Axis of Idiots’
  J. D. Pendry – Sergeant Major, USMC, Retired
   
• From Muftis to Mamluks
  Greg Cohen
  Citizen Diplomat
   
• After The Iranian Elections
  Louis René Beres
   
• Israel, Hezbollah threaten war – again
  Nicholas Blanford
  Correspondent of The Christian Science Monitor
   
• Damascus and the Road to Mideast Peace
  There’s no reason to keep pushing Syria in the arms of Iran.
  Edward P. Djerejian
   
• Obama bulldozing Israel 's future
  Victor Sharpe
  The American Thinker
   
• Will Syria Fold?
  Mara E. Karlin
   
• Iran:
  An Increase in Arms Smuggling?
  Stratfor
   
• Britain backs Syria-EU pact despite concerns
  Khaled Yacoub Oweis
   
• Syrian Regime Tightens Grip on Dissenters
   
• The closing of the Christian womb
  Spengler
   
• Ghajar: Problem and Solution
  Giora Eiland
  former head, Israeli National Security Council;
  Senior Researcher, Institute for National Security Studies
   
• Walid Jumblatt, Lebanon’s Political Weathervane
  Patrick Seale
   
• Kurds must shun Israel ties, says leader
  (Papa a dit il ne faut pas, cela pourra deplaire a la Syrie soeur et de l'Iran frere ):
  Nidhal al-Laithi
   
• Syrian MP: Ahmadinejad Can Stand against US-Israeli Plots
  FNA
   
• Meshaal Hails Iran's Support for Palestinian Resistance
  Meshaal Hails Iran's Support for Palestinian Resistance
   
• IRAN:
  Nuclear Capability After 2013, Says U.S. Intelligence
  Daniel Luban
   
• Trial of protesters seems only to hurt Iran, analysts say
  The Los Angeles Times
   
• Approach Syria with caution
  Administration's overture to Damascus gives Israel reason to be nervous
  The Buffalo News
   
• Britain urges Syria to help push Mideast peace
   
• The Golan Heights and the Facts
  Israel Must Retain the Golan
  Yoram Ettinger
   
• CBI Prepared to Repel Potential US Sanctions
  FNA
   
• U-turn puts Hezbollah in the driving seat
  Sami Moubayed
   
• Report: Israel-Lebanon border tense
  JTA
   
• MIDDLE EAST: Israel and Lebanon's Hezbollah rattle sabers
  The Los Angeles Times
   
• What Was Clinton 's Deal With North Korea?
  Lt Col. Oliver North
   
• Portugal to take 2 Syrian Guantanamo detainees
  The Associated Press
   
• Pyongyang Playbook
  Claudia Rosett
  Forbes
   
• Bolton Decries Release Of Euna Lee And Laura Ling
   
• USA To Topple Venezuela 's Chavez Through Indirect Approach Strategy
  Pravda
   
• Cairo Joins the Battle against Tehran
  David Schenker
  The Washington Institute
   
• Leader endorses Ahmadinejad presidency
  Tehran Times Political Desk
   
• Britain sparks row by sending senior diplomat to Ahmadinejad ceremony
  The London Times
   
• Obama’s Emerging Middle East Map
  Patrick Seale
   
• In Afghanistan , U.S. May Shift Strategy
  Rajiv Chandrasekaran
  Washington Post Staff Writer
   
• What the Romans Wrought in Lebanon
  Melik Kaylan
  The Wall Street Journal
   
• Make Them Wait
  The case for a tactical pause with Iran
  Trita Parsi
   
• Minimizing Potential Threats from Iran : Assessing Economic Sanctions and Other U.S. Policy Options
  The Washington Institute for Near East policy
  Featuring Matthew Levitt
   
• Mahmoud Ahmadinejad rounds on conservatives in bitter feud
  The London Times
   
• Mullahs & Generals
  Hossein Askari
   
• Carrots for Syria?
  Salman Ansari Javid
  Tehran Times
   
• U.S. Woos Damascus by Easing Export Ban
  Jay Solomon
  The Wall Street Journal
   
• Russia Loses India as Second Largest Defense Customer
  PRAVDA
   
• The Threat of an Arab-Kurdish War
  Patrick Seale
   
• British talks with Syria offer hope of reconciliation
  David Blair, Diplomatic Editor
  The London Telegraph
   
• Syria says it is rebuilding relations with US
  Raphel G. Satter
   
• NGOs organize global day of solidarity with Iranian protestors
   
• Toward an Intelligence-based Nuclear Cooperation Regime
  Rens Lee
   
• Sacrifice in Afghanistan
  Lt Col. Oliver North
   
• Israel and USA Test New Ballistic Missile Defense System
  Pravda
   
• The World From Berlin
  'Germany Has a Duty to Warn Israel on Settlements'
  Spiegle
   
• Iran opposition leader plans large-scale social movement
  Mir-Hossein Mousavi
  The Los Angeles Times
   
• Time to deal with Afghanistan escalation says top German general
  DW
   
• State Department Walks Back Suggestion U.S. Will Exert Financial Pressure on Israel
  Nina Donaghy
  FOXNew
   
• Iran's Vulnerability to Foreign Economic Pressure
  Featuring Patrick Clawson
  House Committee on Foreign Affairs
   
• Syria softens stance on hosting Hariri
  Phil Sands, Foreign Correspondent
  The National
   
• Diplomats: Iran Could Test Atomic Weapon in Six Months
  Fox News
   
• Breathing life back into Nablus
  Heather Sharp
  BBC News, Nablus
   
• An Uncertain Reset: Can the United States and Russia Find a Common Language?
  Dimitri K. Simes, President of the Nixon Center
   
• U.S. Weighs Special Team of Terrorism Interrogators
  Siobhan Gorman
  The Wall Street Journal
   
• A Silver Bullet In Your Pocket
   
• Revisiting Obama's Riyadh meeting
  FP
   
• Time to Rethink Afghan Strategy
  Patrick Seale
   
• Armageddon in Islamabad
  Bruce Riedel
   
• The Obama Ideology and World Affairs, Part 2:
  The Middle East
  Barry Rubin
   
• Iran, Iraq to expand energy ties
  Tehran Times Economic Desk
   
• Michael Moore filmfest awaits “Greetings from Tehran”
  Tehran Times Art Desk
   
• CIA was a long way from Jason Bourne
  Greg Miller
  The Los Angeles Times
   
• Saudis Step Up Efforts to Repair Syria Ties
  Margaret Coker
  The Wall Street Journal
   
• The Obama Ideology and World Affairs, Part I
  Barry Rubin
   
• And If Iran Doesn't Want To Talk?
  Michael Singh
  International Herald Tribune
   
• Freed Iranian diplomats arrive home
  Tehran Times
   
• Israel’s Obsession with Iran’s Nuclear Program
  Patrick Seale
   
• 'Strategic' Nabucco Deal Inked To Help Curb Dependence On Russian Gas
  Ahto Lobjakas
  RFE
   
• Former Ambassador John Bolton:
  Strike on Iran Is Israel 's Only Option
  Newsmax
   
• CIA Had Secret Al Qaeda Plan
  Initiative at Heart of Spat With Congress Examined Ways to Seize, Kill Terror Chiefs
  Sioghan Gorman
  The Wall Street Journal
   
• The New U.S.-Russian Entente
  Patrick Seale
   
• New chapter for Syria-Saudi relations
  Phil Sands, Foreign Correspondent
  The National
   
• Numbering the days of dictators
  Caroline Glick
  The Jerusalem Post
   
• Between religious and democratic legitimacy
  Iran’s stolen election
  Ahmad Salamatian, Former member of Iran's Parliament
  Le Monde Diplomatique
   
• Israel grab threatens Red-Dead Water Conveyance Project - Palestinians
  Hani Hazaimeh and Agencies
   
• US releases five Iranian detainees in Iraq
  Philippe Naughton
  The London Times
   
• The American Thinker
  Leslie S. Lebl
   
• Iranian exile speaks out against militia he once supported
  Borzou Daragahi
  The Los Angeles Times
   
• Khamenei aide blasts Britain, France
  AFP
   
• The Real Quagmire in the Middle East
  Michael J. Totten
   
• Iran Launches Preemptive War Against July 9 Protests
  Ryan Mauro
   
• The Syria-Lebanon Relations Conference: An Opening for Syria's Return to Lebanon
  N. Moses
   
• Israel still mulls preventative strike on Iran - Russian expert
  RIA Novosti
   
• Mullen cautions against strike on Iran
  Vice President Biden says U.S. wouldn’t stop Israeli attack
  The Associated Press
   
• 'Obama Is Like a Chess Player'
  Former Secretary of State, Henry Kissinger
  Spiegle
   
• Can Obama Be Successful in Afghanistan?
  Robert Maginnis
   
• Obama’s Russian Odyssey
  Jamie Glazov
  FrontPageMagazine
   
• Avoiding an American ambush
  Caroline Glick
  The Jerusalem Post
   
• Jews in Syria say life easier, but few are left
  Brooke Anderson
  The San Francisco Chronicle Foreign Service
   
• The Middle East is a place where wishful thinking gets people killed
  but makes careers for politicians, diplomats, academics, and journalists
  Barry Rubin
   
• Rewards of Syrian Diplomacy
  Patrick Seale
   
• Treasury Designates Individual, Entity Posting Threat to Stability in Iraq
   
• President Obama Repeating Errors of a Two State Solution
  Louis René Beres
   
• Speechless in Tehran
  Hossein Askari
   
• Lebanon: Hezbollah rhetoric leads Jewish comic to cancel visit
  The Los Angeles Times
   
• Syrian Leader Invites Obama to Visit, Raising Hope of Policy Shift
  The New York Times
   
• Nuclear Security in Pakistan : Reducing the Risks of Nuclear Terrorism
  Rolf Mowatt-Larssen
   
• Will U.S.-Russia Summit Finally Begin 'Reset'?
  Gregory Feifer
   
• Obama comes to Moscow to prevent another Cold War
  Pravda
   
• History And Strategy Israel , " Palestine ," And The Samson Option
  Louis Rene Beres
   
• Time for an Israeli Strike?
  John R. Bolton
  The Washington Post
   
• Iran and the Syrian Gambit
  Howard Schweber
   
• Ideologue-in-chief
  Caroline Glick
  The Jerusalem Post
   
• Iran's Faux Revolution
  Robert Maginnis
   
• Saudi Media Take the Lead Against Iran's Regime
  David Pollock and Mohammad Yaghi
  The Washington Institute
   
• The Mullahs Must Go
  Obama is making the same mistake as other presidents -- the only answer is regime change.
  John R. Bolton
   
• Mahmoud Ahmadinejad regime plots purge after Iran election protests
  The supreme leader’s brutal crackdown has crushed dissent on the streets
  The London Times
   
• Hillary Is Wrong About the Settlements
  The U.S. and Israel reached a clear understanding about natural growth
  Elliot Abrams
  The Wall Street Journal
   
• Israeli military build up along borders with Lebanon
  Xinhua
   
• Berri elected Lebanon speaker for fifth term
   
• Mousavi attacks 'evil conspiracy'
  Opposition leader challenges Supreme Leader over his support for Ahmadinejad
  Kim Sengupta
  The Independent UK
   
• "Stable Iraq Key to U.S.-Syria Dialogue",
  Peter Harling in Defense News
   
• Top US commander warns of Iran influence in Latin America
  Agence France Presse
   
• U.S. sees Syria as key player for Mideast peace
  Akiva Eldar, Haaretz Correspondent
   
• J‘Accuse
  Professor Murray Kahl
   
• Documents Back Saudi Link to Extremists
  Eric Lichtblau
  The New York Times
   
• The Obama Effect
  Caroline Glick
  The Jerusalem Post
   
• An Overlooked Force in Iran
  Anne Applebaum
  The Washington Post
   
• Resistance holds its own as tensions grow
  John Catalinotto
  Workers World
   
• Why Does the West Promote the Wrong Side in the Middle East?
  Barry Rubin
   
• Iran’s Air Force starts maneuvers Monday
  Tehran Times Political Desk
   
• Iran is at a Crossroads
  Clare M. Lopez
   
• Tehran Girds for More Protests
  Officials Say More Than A Dozen Died Saturday
  The Wall Street Journal
   
• Exiled Iran opposition group holds big Paris rally
   
• Minister Ya'alon: There will be revolution in Iran
  Attila Somfalvi
  Israel News
   
• Fierce Clashes As Police Disperse Protesters In Iranian Capital
  Radio Free Europe
   
• The Iranian Crisis
  Barry Rubin
   
• Upheaval in Iran Doesn't Change Nuclear Calculus
  David Makovsky
  The Washington Institute
   
• This Week in American Military History:
   
• 'Khamenei Has Never Seen a Crisis Like This'
  Iran Expert: Afshin Molavi
  Spiegle International
   
• U.S. 'preparing to intercept North Korean ship'
  RIA Novosti
   
• Israel's rare opportunity
  Caroline Glick
   
• IRAN: THE START OF THE END GAME IN TEHRAN
  Eurasia
   
• Some Psychos Can't Be Reached
  Ted Nugent
   
• Russia and China sign 100-billion-dollar deal of the century
  Pravda
   
• Internet proxies let Iranians and others connect to blocked Web sites
  DW
   
• Hezbollah MP meets British ambassador
  AFP
  
  Mr. Gates’ Epiphany
  LTG Thomas McInerney and Maj Gen Paul Vallely
   
• Letter From Tel Aviv: Netanyahu’s Iranian Dilemma
  The Limits of the Military Option Against Iran
  Ronen Bergman
   
• Now Obama must include Iran in an axis of respect
  Jonathan Steele
   
• Strategic Challenges in Changing Middle East
  Lt. Gen. (Ret.) Moshe Yaalon
   
• A new cold war in the Middle East
  Greg Sheridan, Foreign editor
  The Australian
   
• Lebanon's Swing Vote
  The Washington Post
   
• Minister Yaalon rejects swift peace process
  Yitzhak Benhorin
   
• The 2009 Lebanon Elections: Outcomes and Implications
  Featuring:
  Graeme Bannerman, Analyst and Lebanon Election Monitor and Bilal Saab, Analyst, Brookings Institution
  Jun 10 2009 - 12:00pm - 1:00pm
   
• Livni's loyalties
  Caroline Glick
  The Jerusalem Post
   
• Lebanese elections not expected to disrupt EU ties, experts say
  The Great European Union
   
• Mahmoud Ahmadinejad rally abandoned because crowds are too big
  The London Times
   
• Pro-U.S. March 14 coalition wins in Lebanon
  Raed Rafei and Borzou Daragahi
  The Los Angeles Times
   
• US envoy to visit Syria, Lebanon
  WASHINGTON (AP)
   
• Syria Claims Vote Fraud In Lebanon
  CBS - Posted by George Baghdadi
   
• March 14 group claims Lebanon win
  Al Jazeera News
   
• Voter turnout reaches 'unheard of' level, says interior minister
  REUTERS
   
• Lebanese throng to polls in watershed elections
  Tehran Times
   
• Revolution
  Herbert E. Meyer
   
• Obama woos Syria in push for peace
  Sarah Baxter in Washington and Uzi Mahnaimi
  The London Times
   
• Lebanese elections could propel Hezbollah into government
  Dion Nissenbaum
   
• Apologies and Ayatollahs
  Oliver North
   
• Obama's Cairo Speech Will Cost Lives
  Jed Babbin
   
• Understanding the Surge in Iraq and What’s Ahead
  Thomas Ricks
   
• Hizballah Campaigns at Home, Exposed Abroad
  Matthew Levitt
  The Washington Institute
   
• In Lebanon Vote, Stark Options, Complex Choices
  Robert F. Worth
  The New York Times
   
• Uranium found at second Syria site - IAEA
  Bethany Bell
  BBC News, Vienna
   
• Obama's Arabian dreams
  Caroline Glick
  The Jerusalem Post
   
• ANALYSIS-US weighs Lebanon aid if Hezbollah, allies win vote
  Arshad Mohammed
   
• U.S. Leaders Show Every Day They Don't Understand the Middle East and That's Why Their Policies Fail
  Barry Rubin
   
• Why Assad Won't Break with Iran
  Professor Rabbi Daniel M. Zucker
  World Defense Review contributor
   
• Syria implements defense reshuffle
  The Jerusalem Post
   
• Air France Flight 447 'may have stalled at 35,000ft'
  Charles Bremner, Paris
  The London Times
   
• A Rapid and Harsh Turn against Israel
  Daniel Pipes
   
• Obama’s Cairo speech: Time for some people to move on
  John Bourke
  Pravda
   
• ‘Reformist’ Iranian Candidate Founded Hezbollah
  Kenneth R. Timmerman
   
• Lebanon’s Elections
  Mona Yacoubian
  US Institute of Peace
   
• Mapping Peace between Syria and Israel
  US Institute of Peace
   
• Peace envoy Mitchell to Damascus?
  FP
   
• U.S. to send military team to Syria
  Sue Pleming
   
• Q&A: Lebanese elections
  BBC
   
• Syria  Appoints Senior Officials
  The Turkish Weekly
   
• US, Syria show signs of better relationship
  Military envoy, diplomat plan Damascus visits
  Glenn Kessler
  The Washington Post
   
• Balance of power could shift in Lebanon
  Mohammad Almezel,
  Deputy Managing Editor- Gulf News
   
• Hezbollah No. 2 wants Lebanon unity government
  Sam F. Ghattas
   
• N. Korea to mass-produce Syria-provided missile+
  The Associated Press
   
• In the Obama Administration ... It's Easy Being Palestinian
  Daniel Pipes
   
• Russia: Chances for Iran- 5+1 talks are ‘truly good’
  Lavrov says Russia has submitted new proposals to Iran
  RIA Novosti
   
• U.S. satellites help search for French jet
  Bradley Brooks - The Associated Press
   
• Shiite-Christian Alliance Shakes Lebanon Politics
  AP
   
• Obama Says U.S. Must Be More 'Honest' With Israel
  Michael D. Shear
  The Washington Post
   
• The Real Power in Iran
  Mehdi Khalaji
  The Washington Institute
   
• Israel wants Russia to dance to its tune
  Pravda
   
• The Meaning of Lebanon's Election
  Patrick Seale
   
• Jihadis Discuss Plans to Seize Pakistan’s Nuclear Arsenal
  Abdul Hameed Bakier
  Terrorism Monitor
   
• Syria Looks to Iraq for an Economic Boost
  Julien Barnes-Dacey
  The Wall Street Journal
   
• N. Korea's nuclear defiance may embolden Iran, Israelis worry
  Joshua Mitnick
  Correspondent of The Christian Science Monitor
   
• Israel Begins its Biggest Defense Drill
  Robert Berger
  Voice of America
   
• Anti-Iran militia faces terrorist designation
  US is weighing conciliatory step
  Farah Stockman
  The Boston Globe
   
• What if Hizbullah won?
  Jonathan Spyer
  The Jerusalem post
   
• Lebanon's intelligence war with Israel
  Jim Muir
  BBC News, Beirut
   
• Obama offers olive branch of ‘respect’ to Middle East
  Sarah Baxter and Uzi Mahnaimi in Tel Aviv
  The London Times
   
• Israel and the Axis of Evil
  Caroline Glick
  The Jerusalem Post
   
• Hezbollah Says It Is Talking to European Union and I.M.F.
  Robert F. Worth
  The New York Times
   
• Syria-U.S. Friendship Blossoms, Cautiously
  George Baghdadi-Damascus
   
• Latest Study Supports View That Iran Attack Unlikely To Work
  Chance of Success Is Dubious, While Risks Are Overwhelming
  Nathan Guttman and Larry Cohler-Esses
   
• Will the shaky equilibrium hold?
  The Economist
   
• Obama adds Saudi Arabia to Mid-East agenda
  BBC
   
• Iran slams UAE over French military base
  Tehran Times Political Desk
   
• Understanding the Der Spiegel upheaval
  By Michael Young
  Daily Star
   
• Libya claim delays Feltman confirmation vote
  FP
   
• 'Hezbollah has more rockets than before Lebanon war'
  Yuval Azoulay, Haaretz Correspondent
   
• World Agenda: Tehran summit could be a turning point
  Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
  The London Times
   
• 10 Punches Dick Cheney landed on Barak Obama’s Jaw
  Toby Harnden – US Editor
  The London Daily Telegraph’s
   
• When Israel Says "NO" to the USA
  Yoram Ettinger
   
• Lavrov Drops by Lebanon After Biden
  The Moscow Times
   
• Hizbollah denies report it plotted Hariri slay
  Roula Khalaf in London
  Financial Times
   
• Israel's war effort gains religious imperative
  James Hider and Yonit Farrago
  The London Times
   
• Nasrallah: Der Spiegel Report Is an Israeli Accusation and Will Be Treated as Such
  Naharnet-AFP
   
• Hezbollah dismisses allegations in Hariri assassination
  Borzou Daragahi
  The Los Angeles Times
   
• Remarks by Richard B. Cheney
  American Enterprise Institute
   
• A patient enemy
  The Jerusalem Post
   
• Why Syria fuels the Iraqi insurgency
  Raymond Tanter
   
• Have We Already Lost Iran?
  Flynt Leverett and Hillary Mann Leverett
  The New York Times
   
• Iran Within 3 Years Of Nuke: U.S. Military Chief
  Reuters
   
• Hezbollah could strike Israel to divert Hariri probe
  Amos Harel and Avi Issacharoff,
  Haaretz Correspondents
   
• Why Obama Frightens the Israelis
  Patrick Seale
   
• New Evidence Points to Hezbollah in Hariri Murder
  Erich Follath
  Spiegle International
   
• Netanyahu's peace plan
  Caroline Glick
  The Jerusalem Post
   
• Syria's Assad: Israel Is 'Obstacle' to Peace
  Fox News
   
• Pakistan president to arrive in Tehran today
  Tehran Times Political Desk
   
• Michael Moore wants to screen “About Elly” at Traverse City Film Festival
  Tehran Times Art Desk
   
• Biden visits Lebanon, offers support for government
  Borzou Daragahi
  The Los Angeles Times
   
• Russia's Lavrov in Syria to discuss Mideast summit
   
• Netanyahu and Obama: Disagreements in the Oval Office
  Ori Nir
   
• Is Obama’s ‘Tortured’ Obsession with George Bush Impeding His Ability to Move Forward?
  Pam Meister
   
• IAF drill simulates all-out regional war
  Amos Harel,
  Haaretz Correspondents
   
• Biden Visits Lebanon Ahead of Parliamentary Election
  Chip Cummins and Nada Raad
  The Wall Street Journal
   
• Biden heads to Lebanon to discuss military aid
  The Washington Post
   
• Hezbollah says Biden visit interferes in election
  Bassem Mroue, Associated Press Writer
   
• Egyptian politician Hisham Moustafa to hang for murdering pop diva Suzanne Tamim
  The London Times
   
• Ahmadinejad claims Iran's new missile is capable of hitting Israel
  The London Times
   
• Why Pelosi Should Step Down
  Newt Gingrich
   
• Photos are fresh evidence of growing Pakistani nuclear program
  Jonathan S. Landay
   
• TIMMERMAN: Obama in Wonderland
  Kenneth R. Timmerman
  The Washington Times
   
• Iranian nuclear program can make USA and Israel become sworn enemies
  Pravda
   
• Iran's missile test is playing with fire, says Israel
  The London Times
   
• Stopping an Iranian Bomb
  John Hannah
  The Washington Institute
   
• Hezbollah will take ‘precautions’ during Israeli maneuvers
  Tehran Times
   
• Security Breach Results in Potential Theft of Sensitive Clinton Administration Archives
  U.S. House of Representatives
  News Release
   
• Who Needs a Palestinian State?
  Daniel Greenfield
   
• Humanitarian Aid to Pakistan
  Hillary Rodham Clinton
  Secretary of State
   
• Iran Divides Obama, Netanyahu
  Kenneth R. Timmerman
   
• Iran's global reach
  Caroline Glick
  The Jerusalem Post
   
• Barack Obama attempts to ward off disastrous military air strike on ‘nuclear’ Tehran
  Tim Reid in Washington
  The London Times
   
• Richard Milhous Pelosi
  Jed Babbin
   
• Israel's Benjamin Netanyahu to meet Obama
  BBC
   
• Arabs, Persians, Jews
  Roger Cohen
  The New York Times
   
• Gül praises relations with neighbor Syria
  Hurriyet
   
• Don't expect public diplomacy from Syria, top analyst says
  Yaakov Lappin
  The Jerusalem Post
   
• Hezbollah capable of ruling Lebanon if wins election
  Tehran Times
   
• Turkey Is Syria's "window To Europe and U.S."
  The Turkish Weekly
   
• Israel is the real threat to the region, not Iran: Erakat
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• LEBANON: Hezbollah official says group close to 'eradicating' Israel
  The Los Angeles Times
   
• Syria Looking for Improved Relations with Obama Administration
  Interviewee: Joshua Landis, Co-Director, Center for Middle East Studies, University of Oklahoma
  Interviewer: Bernard Gwertzman, Consulting Editor, CFR
   
• Iran ready to help Pakistan meet energy needs: Shahbaz Sharif
  H. Golpira & G.J. Hussain
  Tehran Times
   
• Binyamin Netanyahu's delicate balancing act with Barack Obama
  James Hider
  The London Times
   
• Israel's Secret War With Iran
  Ronen Bergman
  The Wall Street Journal
   
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  Diana West
   
• A World Sliding Into Danger
  Claudia Rosett
  Forbes.com
   
• Damascus gets what it needs
  Jonathan Spyer
  The Jerusalem Post
   
• Born to Jihad
  Clare M. Lopez
   
• Russia warns of war within a decade over Arctic oil and gas riches
  Tony Halpin in Moscow
  The London Times
   
• U.S., Allies Set October Target for Iran Progress
  If Benchmarks on Nuclear Negotiations Aren't Met, Sanctions Would Follow; Move Is Meant to Reassure Israel, Arab States
  Jay Solomon
  The Wall Street Journal
   
• Hizballah's Bust of Israeli 'Spies' Shows Its Growing Power in Lebanon
  Andrew Lee Butters / Beirut
  Times
   
• Nuclear war to break out in South Asia
  Pravda
   
• Lebanon, Syria to boost 'anti-terrorism' cooperation
   
• Abbas to meet Assad in Syria on Thursday
  AFP
   
• Greece Urges Expanding Parliamentary Ties with Iran
  FNA
   
• Punjab Chief Minister: Iran's Revolution Inspiring Pakistanis
  FNA
   
• US Urges Syria to Cut Flow of Foreign Fighters to Iraq
  David Gollust
  Voice of America
   
• Opportunity is knocking at Israel's door
  Caroline Glick
  The Jerusalem Post
   
• An Assured Assad
  Roula Khalaf and Anna Fifield
  The Financial Times
   
• King Abdullah of Jordan's ultimatum:
  peace now or it’s war next year
  Richard Beeston and Michael Binyon in Amman
  The London Times
   
• Al-Qaeda pipeline through Syria reactivated
  AFP
   
• The Pharaoh Strikes Back: Egypt vs. Hezbollah
  David Schenker
  The Washington Institute
   
• Activities intensify at NKorea nuclear, missile sites: report
  AFP
   
• When President Obama meets Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu,
  behind the diplomatic niceties, their encounter will have profound implications for confronting the threat of a nuclear Iran.
  Elliot Abrams
   
• Sixty Miles from the Capital
  Michael Rubin
   
• Syria shrugs off US sanction renewal as 'routine'
  AFP
   
• Loose Nukes in New Neighborhoods: The Next Generation of Proliferation Prevention
  Kenneth N. Luongo
   
• Could the Taliban get the bomb before Iran does?
  Bradley Burston
  Haaretz
   
• Fear of nuclear proliferation makes USA smile to Russia more
  Pravda
   
• Obama's Green Light to Attack Iran
  Caroline Glick
  Jerusalem Post
   
• Netanyahu: Israel in Golan for good
   
• Remarks With Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov After Their Meeting
  Hillary Rodham Clinton
  Secretary of State
  Benjamin Franklin Room
  Washington, DC
   
• The Political Rathole In The Near East
  Marc Ambinder
   
• 'Dear Mr. Lieberman,
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  Erich Follath
  Spiegel's diplomatic correspondent
   
• Pakistan launches full-scale military assault on Taliban
  Jonathan S. Landay contributed to this article from Washington
   
• Pakistan on the Brink
  Steve Schippert
  FrontPageMagazine
   
• Alarm Bells Ring in Peaceful Bahrain
  Patrick Seale
   
• Miliband: Time Not Ripe for More Sanctions against Iran
   
• Analysis: Iran-Syria alliance in harmony
  Jonathan Spyer
  The Jerusalem Post
   
• State Sponsors of Terrorism
  Country Reports on Terrorism 2008
  Office of the Coordinator for Counterterrorism
  US Department of State
   
• Israel would inform, not ask U.S. before hitting Iran
  Reuters
   
• US wants Israel, India in anti-nuclear arms treaty
  Reuters North American News Service
   
• UN report condemns Israel over Gaza war
  James Bone in New York
  The London Times
   
• Behind the scenes of the Peres-Obama meeting
   
• Obama prepares to throw Israel under the bus
  Melanie Phillips
  The Spectator
   
• Leaders of Iran and Syria Vow to Back ‘Palestinian Resistance’
  The Associated Press
   
• Barack Obama hints at tougher line on Israel
  Tom Baldwin in Washington
  The London Times
   
• Pakistan on the Brink: Implications for U.S. Policies
  Simon Henderson
  The Washington Institute
   
• NATO attempts to clutch its claws on Russia’s throat
  Pravda
   
• Italy urges better EU-Israel ties
  BBC
   
• U.S. rejects Syria's suggestion to engage Hamas, Hezbollah
  Xinhua
   
• A cautionary tale
  Caroline Glick
  The Jerusalem Post
   
• US general says Pakistan could be just two weeks from collapse
  Isambard Wilkinson in Islamabad
  The London Telegraph
   
• Israel Will Accept Palestinian State , Rejects Syria Peace Talks
  Gwen Ackerman and Jonathan Ferziger
   
• Lu’lua, The Syrian Pearl, as Syria’s new internal airline
   
• Obama's grandmother to perform Haj
   
• Iraq bloodshed rises as US allies defect
  Ali Rifat, Hala Jaber and Sarah Baxter in Washington
  The London Times
   
• Rules of game changing
  Shimon Shiffer
  Israel News
   
• The Muslim Brotherhood and the Shia
  Tariq Alhomayed
  Asharq Alawsat
   
• United States-Iranian Relations:
  The Terrorism Challenge
  Gawdat Bahgat
   
• Despite Taliban turmoil, Pakistan expands nuke plants
  Jonathan S. Landay
   
• One civilization clashing
  Caroline Glick
  The Jerusalem Post
   
• A Syrian view on the future of relations with the U.S.
  Sheikh Mustafa University - School of Imad Diplomacy
   
• The Ways of Syria , Stasis in Damascus
  Fouad Ajami
   
• A Foreign-Policy President?
  Jacob Heilbrunn
   
• Russia sees Barack Obama as genuine leader of big state
  Pravda
   
• Palestinians’ Last Chance?
  Patrick Seale
   
• Amman, Riyadh seek peace within regional context
  JT
   
• U.S. Plans New Talks With Syria
  Damascus Hopes to Ease Sanctions; U.N. Frees Generals Accused of Hariri Murder
  Jay Solomon and Nada Raad
  The Wall Street Journal
   
• Pres. Suleiman lauds Lebanese-Kuwaiti ties
  KUNA
   
• Suspects in Hariri’s Death Released
  Robert F. Worth
  The New York Times
   
• Lebanese official:Ahmadinejad unmasked true nature of Zionist regime
  IRNA
   
• Robert Fisk: Is this the price of America 's new friendship with Syria ?
  The Independent UK
   
• Is Israel heading for clash with US?
  Katya Adler
  BBC News, Jerusalem
   
• Syria calls on European countries to expand investments in Syria
  KUNA
   
• Wishful Thinking 2 (Syria edition)
  Barry Rubin
   
• Jimmy Carter: U.S. and Syria to restore full diplomatic ties soon
  Haaretz
   
• Iran, Turkey Target $20bln Trade
  FNA
   
• Obama Has Paralyzed the CIA
  Ronald Kessler
   
• Israel's Arab cheerleaders
  Caroline Glick
  The Jerusalem Post
   
• Clinton Reassures Arab Allies as Iran , Syria Outreach Begins
  Indira A.R. Lakshmanan
   
• Preening & Posturing
  Throwing those who guard us while we sleep to the wolves
  William Kristol
   
• Israel Rejects Preconditions for Talks with Syria
  Robert Berger
  Voice Of America - Jerusalem
   
• Barak, Lieberman strike different notes on Syria
  JTA
   
• Barack Obama and the CIA: why does President Pantywaist hate America so badly?
  The Sunday Telegraph
   
• 'Without benchmarks, US dialogue with Iran will fail'
  Yaakov Katz
  The Jerusalem Post
   
• The Middle East: End the Process, Make the Peace
  His Majesty King Abdullah II
  of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan
   
• Leader blames U.S. for attacks on pilgrims in Iraq
  Tehran Times Political Desk
   
• Hezbollah Planned Three Synchronized Attacks in Egypt
  Asharq Alawsat - Abdul Sittar Hatita
   
• An Israeli Surprise for Obama?
  Jim Hoagland
  The Washington Post
   
• US sent two diplomats to Syria: Clinton
  AFP
   
• Iran, Israel ready to go to war
  RIA Novosti
   
• North Korea says it has reactivated its nuclear program
  DW
   
• U.S. Prepared to Secure Pakistani Nukes
  James Joyner
   
• Between Barack and a Hard Place
  Oliver North and Thomas Kilgannon
   
• Lebanese officials: 3 men arrested on suspicion of spying for Israel
  The Los Angeles Times
   
• The danger of an Israeli strike on Iran
  Walt Rodgers
   
• Can the al-Asad Regime Make Peace with Israel?
  J. Scott Carpenter
  The Washinhgton Institute
   
• Difficult Issues Remain in Lebanon-Syria Relations
  Tina Wolfe
  World Politics Review
   
• Gaza 's Unfinished Business
  Middle East Report N°85
   
• Hezbollah win in Lebanon poll would be big upset
  Sam F. Ghattas
  Associated Press
   
• 'Ahmadinejad Should Not Be Given a Platform'
  Spiegle
   
• Who's Politicizing Intelligence Now?
  Stephen F. Hayes
   
• Iraq and Syria in pipeline repair deal
   
• Syria: Ahmadinejad speech reflected Arab views
  Middle East Online
   
• Russia’s up-to-date fighter jets to hit Latin America as stable sales market
  Pravda
   
• What Will Happen if Iran's Regime Gets Nuclear Weapons?
  Barry Rubin
   
• Taliban Move Closer to Islamabad
  Zahid Hussain
  The Wall Street Journal
   
• Obama’s Mideast Peace Strategy
  Patrick Seale
   
• Soros Invades Pentagon
  Rowan Scarborough
   
• Iran calls for establishment of international Islamic tribunal
  Tehran Times Political Desk
   
• Russian Tanks Near Tblisi
  James Joyner
   
• Russia to take measures in response if NATO rattles its weapons near Russia ’s borders
  Pravda
   
• Qatar's ambitions roil Middle East
  The Los Angeles Times
   
• Mahmoud Ahmadinejad believes fervently in what he says
  Richard Beeston in Tehran
  The London Times
   
• Dick Cheney: Obama’s Acting Like A Weak President
  Newsmax
   
• Will Chavez and Obama continue to make friendly?
  Tyler Bridges
   
• Latin American revolutionaries make bizarre attempt to bite USA in the side
  Pravda
   
• Fatwa Overload
  Neil MacFarquhar
   
• World 3, Obama 0
  Robert Maginnis
   
• The Region: The confrontation con game
  Barry Rubin
  The Jerusalem Post
   
• Leaving the Nest
  Christopher S. Chivvis
   
• Jitters over expected Israeli air attack
  Arnaud de Borchgrave
  The Washington Times
   
• Al-Qaeda prepares terrorist attacks in Russia
  Pravda
   
• Why Mitchell is bypassing Damascus
  Andrew J. Tabler
  The Jerusalem Post
   
• Israelis warn of Eritrea flashpoint
  Uzi Mahnaimi, Tel Aviv
  The London Times
   
• I Am an Extremist
  Oliver North
   
• Egypt's Campaign against Iran Sends Washington a Signal
  David Pollock and Mohammad Yaghi
  The Washington Institute
   
• Israel stands ready to bomb Iran's nuclear sites
  Sheera Frenkel in Jerusalem
  The London Times
   
• U.S. experts: Pakistan on course to become Islamist state
  Jonathan S. Landay
   
• Iraq has Turned a Corner
  Patrick Seale
   
• Agreeing to a toothless state would be no less of a danger
  Louis Rene' Beres
  The Jerusalem Post
   
• U.S. Pushes for U.N. Censure of Iran , Syria on Arms
  Jay Solomon
  The Wall Street Journal
   
• Iran and its Proxy Hezbollah: Strategic Penetration in Latin America (WP)
  Dr. Ely Karmon
  The Institute for Policy and Strategy- Herzlyia , Israel
   
• Iran set to sign 2 gas deals worth $7b
  Tehran Times Economic Desk
   
• Iran's Western enablers
  Caroline Glick
  The Jerusalem Post
   
• North Korea Expels UN Inspectors After Ending Talks
  Hans Nichols and Kyung Bok Cho
   
• Syria: How an American scholar made friends and influenced a leader
  Borzou Daragahi
   
• Will Mitchell's Trip Bypass Damascus?
  Andrew Tabler
  The Washington Institute
   
• Fitzgerald: Obama Says We Are Not At War With Islam, From Which We Can Conclude That Islam Is.....?
  Jihad Watch
   
• How Will Iran Respond to Obama's Overtures?
  Dieter Bednarz and Erich Follath in Tehran
  Spiegle
   
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  Saeed Shah
   
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• North Korea’s missile flew 500 miles further than it was expected
  Pravda
   
• Lebanon's Hezbollah savors increasing legitimacy
  Borzou Daragahi
  The Los Angeles Times
   
• Syria Stresses Iran 's Uranium Enrichment Right
  FNA
   
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  Kimberly Kagan and Frederick W. Kagan
   
• Playing Hard to Get
  CENTER FOR STRATEGIC & INTERNATIONAL STUDIES
   
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  Bloomberg
   
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  Robert D. Kaplan
   
• Obama’s Iron Fist in a Velvet Glove
  Patrick Seale
   
• Is Obama Afraid of the J-Word?
  Chuck Norris
   
• French commandos storm hijacked yacht, one hostage dies
  DW
   
• Surviving in a post-American world
  Caroline Glick
  The Jerusalem Post
   
• Treasury Designates Iranian Proliferation Network and Identifies New Aliases
  US Department of the Treasury
   
• General Ray Odierno: we may have to ignore Iraq deadline to halt al-Qaeda terror
  Deborah Haynes in Baghdad
  The London Times
   
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  Susanne Koelbl and Britta Sandberg
  Spiegle
   
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  Tim Reid in Washington
  The London Times
   
• Obama's War
  Redefining Victory in Afghanistan and Pakistan
  Milton Bearden
   
• Will Untapped Ottoman Archives Reshape the Armenian Debate?
  Yücel Güçlü
   
• Lebanon to Turn Over Files on Hariri Slaying to U.N. Tribunal larger
  Jay Solomon and Nada Raad
  The Wall Street Journal
   
• Obama Team Debates Stance on Israeli Attack Threat
  Gareth Porter and Jim Lobe
   
• Syria : Ministers al-Moallem and Mottaki discuss situation in region, hold press conference
   
• U.S.-European Relations 2009
  Jeremy Black
   
• Potential job losses threaten Gates plan
  Donna Borak - The Associated Press
   
• Navy says seized ship is U.S.-flagged vessel
  Katharine Houreld - The Associated Press
   
• Obama wowed them in Europe, but was trip a success?
  Steven Thomma
   
• No, We Can't
  Newt Gingrich
   
• Arab League Backs Darfur Genocide
  Robert Spencer
   
• Iraqi premier to discuss oil projects in Russia
  RIA Novosti
   
• Adam Delimkhanov accused of killing Chechen leader Sulim Yamadayev
  Tony Halpin in Moscow
  The London Times
   
• Obama and Medvedev Strike a Deal
  Patrick Seale
   
• Early signs: Netanyahu seeking to shake things up
  Leslie Susser
   
• EU Sharpens Tone Against New Israeli Government
  Spiegel
   
• Saudis Report Plot To Assassinate Obama
  CBS News Posted by Khaled Wassef
   
• AP Investigation: Notorious terrorist indicted in US eludes capture in Iraq, slips into Syria
  The Los Angeles Times
   
• The Meaning of North Korean Missile Launch
  Tim Brown, Senior Fellow, GlobalSecurity.org
   
• Russia to deliver attack helicopters to Brazil this year
  RIA Novosti
   
• Obama facing diplomatic test in Turkey
  Steven Thomma
   
• Chechen politician masterminded assassination
   
• Russia to deliver 22 Mi-17 helicopters to Iraq
  Pravda
   
• Pentagon learning from 'IDF's disaster'
  Ynet
   
• 'US OK with UK 's overture to Hizbullah'
  The Jerusalem Post
   
• Video of Taliban flogging girl stirs anger in Pakistan
  Mubashir Zaidi and Laura King
  The LA Times
   
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  RIA Novosti
   
• Iran, Venezuela set up joint bank
  Tehran Times Economic Desk
   
• Assad Hails Iran as important, influential state in ME
  FNA
   
• IAEA split over new chief, Iran, Syria
  George Jahn
   
• Iranian president set for Kazakhstan visit
   
• Weigh military strike if NKorea hits Japan: Bolton
   
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  Joseph Klein
  FrontPageMagazine
   
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  Gabor Steingart in Washington D.C.
  Spiegle
   
• The Evolving Turkish Role in Mideast Peace Diplomacy
  Author: Steven A. Cook   CFR Senior Fellow for Middle Eastern Studies
   
• Talking to Syria is the key to managing with Palestine
  Yossi Alphe
   
• Ending Israel's conditional legitimacy
  Caroline Glick
  The Jerusalem Post
   
• U.S. green light for Israeli attack on Iran will have to wait
  Amir Oren
  Haaretz
   
• Downwind from Iran
  Why they're nervous in the Gulf.
  Peter Berkowitz
  Kuwait City
   
• Afghanistan Is Not Iraq
  Propagating the myth of the "moderate Taliban" is a leap backward in American understanding.
  Stephen Schwartz
   
• Bosnian al-Qaeda fighter deported
   
• A Battle Between Two Long Arms
  The Economist
   
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  RIA Novosti
   
• Avigdor Lieberman’s Brilliant Debut
  Daniel Pipes
  Front Page Magazine
   
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  Jonathan Schanzer
  The Jerusalem Post
   
• Exclusive: Kaboom 
  The Last Sound Heard after North Korea or Iran Launches a Nuke
  Dr. Robin McFee
   
• Why Not To Join The U.N. Human Rights Council
  Claudia Rosett
  Forbes
   
• 5 Questions for Pierre Vimont
  James Joyner
   
• Petraeus Says Israel Might Choose to Attack Iran
  Tony Capaccio
  Bloomberg
   
• Syria: 'Barack Obama Has Changed Everything'
  Lara Setrakian
  ABC News
   
• World Agenda: Nuclear-armed Iran is fear as Netanyahu visits Obama
  James Hider, Middle East Correspondent
  The London Times
   
• As Netanyahu takes Israel's helm, Syria skeptical of peace prospects
  Nicholas Blanford
  Correspondent of The Christian Science Monitor
   
• Obama: I Know Better Than Israelis and Palestinians
  Barry Rubin
   
• Obama's Atomic Options
  Robert Maginnis
   
• Playing Politics with Martyrs
  Nir Boms & Shayan Arya
  FrontPageMagazine
   
• Taking office, Netanyahu continues balancing act
  Uriel Heilman
   
• Israel-Syria talks seen as possible
  Joshua Mitnick
   
• What's the Problem With Pakistan ? Washington and the Generals
   
• Qatar, Syria Call for Arabs to Back Sudan on Darfur
  Maher Chmaytelli
  Bloomberg
   
• Remembering Olmert's true record
  Caroline Glick
  The Jerusalem Post
   
• Newt Gingrich: A Single Nuke Could Destroy America
  Newt Gingrich and William Forstchen
   
• Iran, Syria Got Indirect U.S. Nuclear Aid
  Siobhan Gorman
  The Wall Street Journal
   
• Umm el-Fahm and liberal democracy
  Caroline GLick
  The Jerusalem Post
   
• Obama’s Arab and Muslim Strategy
  Patrick Seale
   
• Arab summit gets under way in Doha
  Al Jazeera
   
• US and Iran open Afghanistan peace talks
  Christina Lamb
  The London Times
   
• France pays millions of euros to victims of its nuclear explosions in corner of paradise
  Pravda
   
• Syria Calling
  The Obama Administration’s chance to engage in a Middle East peace.
  Seymour M. Hersh
  The New Yorker
   
• With Isolation Over, Syria Is Happy to Talk
  Robert F. Worth
  The New York Times
   
• NATO members stick together against Russia and no one else
  Pravda
   
• Obama: Pakistan is now part of our war
  Tim Reid in Washington and Zahid Hussain in Islamabad
   
• White House: US to 'Disrupt, Dismantle, and Destroy' Al Qaida
  Voice of America
   
• An End to Dependence on Middle East Oil
  Janet Levy
  American Thinker
   
• The State We'll Be In: The Role for Nato in Future Conflict
  The Center for Strategic and International Studies
   
• Israel suspected of bombing Sudan arms convoy headed for Gaza
  Iran rejects idea of U.S. talks at Moscow meeting on Afghanistan
   
• Iran rejects idea of U.S. talks at Moscow meeting on Afghanistan
  RIA Novosti
   
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  Alex Fishman
   
• Iranian Space Program Falls to Earth
  Ardeshir Arian
   
• Netanyahu, Nearing Coalition, Says Peace is 'Enduring Goal'
  DW
   
• Netanyahu: Will push for Israel-Palestinian peace
  Amy Teibel
   
• President Obama’s News Conference
  The New York Times
   
• USA wants to be friends with Russia to destroy its weapons
  Pravda
   
• Hearing of the Middle East and South Asia Subcommittee of the House Foreign Affairs Committee
  Subject: Update on Lebanon
  Chaired by:  Rep. Gary Ackerman (D-NY)
   
• Iran's Axis of Nuclear Evil
  John Bolton
  The Wall Street Journal
   
• Israel paid high price for little achievements in Gaza
  Moshe Arens
  Former Israel Defense Minister
   
• Israel's media star chambers
  Caroline Glick
  Jerusalem Post
   
• Obama's Afghanistan Strategy
  Robert Maginnis
   
• The Impact of the Coming U.S.-Iran Detente
  Patrick Seale
   
• Has NATO Lost Afghanistan ?
  James Joyner
   
• Officials: C-17 crash report not true
  Michael Hoffman
   
• The Troubled Afghan-Pakistani Border
  Jayshree Bajoria
   
• Iran targets the US
  Yoram Ettinger
  The Jerusalem Post
   
• The Burden of Battle
  Oliver North
   
• Security Challenges Arising from the Global Economic Crisis
  Dov S. Zakheim
   
• Afghanistan on the Brink
  Ullrich Fichtner
  Spiegle
   
• Iran dismisses US overture as ‘a slogan’
  Tony Allen-Mills
  The London Times
   
• Assad under pressure
  Guy Bechor
   
• Happy New Year, Mullahs
  Obama's message of weakness.
  William Kristol
   
• Barack Obama tells Iran to choose between terror and peace
  Tim Reid in Washington
  The London Times
   
• US-Syria relations still mired in mistrust
  BBC
   
• Realism and Leverage for Engaging Iran
  Edgar M. Bronfman
   
• Awakening Afghanistan
  Bing West
   
• Targeted Killings Inside Pakistan A Good Idea? Taliban vs. Predator
  Daniel Byman
   
• USA has two options to save its economy: declare default or trigger off war
  PRAVDA
   
• The 21st Century Security Environment and the Future of War
  Colin S. Gray
   
• Syria Offers to Mediate With Iran
  Edward Yeranian  - Voice of America
   
• Hizballah and Iran in the Age of Engagement
  Magnus Norell
  The Washington Institute
   
• Russia says missile defense deal with U.S. possible
  RIA Novosti
   
• Kissinger, Baker Visit Moscow as Obama Resets Ties
  Bloomberg, By Lucian Kim
   
• The U.S.-Russia Reset Picks Up Speed
  RFE
   
• How the Obama Administration Should Deal with Russia 's Revisionist Foreign Policy
  Ariel Cohen, Ph.D.
  The Heritage Foundation
   
• It’s the Russians, Stupid
  Kim Zigfeld
   
• Israel arrests 10 senior Hamas leader in West Bank
  DW
   
• Afghanistan: ceding democracy for stability?
  Michael Allen
   
• Does The U.N. Really Matter?
  Claudia Rosett
  Forbes
   
• A Microcosm of Recent Dynamics
  Yossi Alpher
   
• Russia to put regiment of RS-24 missiles into service in Dec.
  RIA Novosti
   
• Iran, Russia ink energy MOU
  Tehran Times Economic Desk
   
• Gordon Brown to offer Iran deal on nuclear power
  Philip Webster, Political Editor
  The London Times
   
• Pentagon: No surprise Iran using UAV over Iraq
  The Associated Press
   
• The Curious Case of Hillary’s Button
  Peter Lavelle
  The Moscow News
   
• Israel's Balance of Delusion
  Caroline Glick
  The Jerusalem Post
   
• Lebanon  opens embassy in Syria
  Al Jazeera
   
• The Islamic arch in the making
  Ioannis Michaletos
   
• Mohammed Khatami to withdraw from Iranian presidential race
  The London Times
   
• F-16 shot down Iranian drone in February
  Michael Hoffman - Staff writer
   
• Time for Pakistani Coup?
  Robert Maginnis
   
• Khatami will soon withdraw candidacy in favor of Mousavi: source
  Tehran Times Political Desk
   
• Pentagon chief: Israeli attack on Iran would endanger Mideast
  Amir Oren
  Haaretz
   
• Israel's new defence minister accused of war crime
  Uzi Mahnaimi
  The London Times
   
• Netanyahu's Likud reaches coalition accord with a far-right party
  DW
   
• What are Arabs and Muslims Telling Obama?
  Patrick Seale
   
• Allies’ Clocks Tick Differently on Iran
  David E. Sanger and William J. Broad
  The New York Times
   
• Cheney: Obama Policies Making U.S. Less Safe
  AP
   
• The Return of the Old Middle East, How to Win at Balance-of-Power Politics
   
• Bolton: Obama Turns on Israel
   
• Intelligence and the anti-Israel lobby
  Caroline Glick
  The Jerusalem Post
   
• Joint Warfare in the 21st Century
  General James Mattis
   
• Iranian president declares his country a space and nuclear power
  RIA Novosti
   
• Germany Urged to Boycott UN Conference Against Racism
  DW
   
• High Stakes, High Anxiety: Campaigning in Lebanon
  David Schenker
  The Washington Institute
   
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  James Joyner
   
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  The London Times
   
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  The Washington Post
   
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  Fox News29
   
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  Richard Sale
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  The New York Post
   
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  DW
   
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  The Boston Globe
   
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  Glenn Kessler
  The Washington Post
   
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  The London Times
   
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  The Washington Times
   
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  The London Times
   
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  Voice of America
   
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  Newsweek
   
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  Pravda
   
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  FrontPageMagazine
   
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  The London Times
   
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  The Washington Institute
   
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  Radio Free Europe
   
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  The London Times
   
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  RIA Novosti
   
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  The Wall Street Journal
   
• USA to expand military presence in Central Asia to show more pressure on Russia and China
  Pravda
   
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  FP
   
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  Pravda
   
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  The London Telegraph
   
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  The Jerusalem Post
   
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  Le Monde Diplomatique
   
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  The Washington Institute
   
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• Arab League: Arab Initiative Still Stands
  Rachelle Kliger
   
• Panetta Faces Steep Challenges at CIA
  Kenneth R. Timmerman
   
• The Three-State Option
  John R. Bolton
   
• MIDEAST: U.N. Diplomats Frustrated at Gaza Impasse
  Haider Rizvi
   
• Tehran's Sinister Agenda in Gaza
  Robert Maginnis
   
• In Gaza, the real enemy is Iran
  Yossi Klein Halevi and Michael B. Oren
  The Los Angeles Times
   
• Israeli Troops Slice Deep into Gaza
   
• Golani Soldiers Foiled Kidnapping Attempt
  Tzvi Ben Gedalyahu
   
• Israel Advances in Gaza; Sarkozy Leads Truce Effort
  Bloomberg
   
• Israeli tanks and infantry effectively sliced the Gaza Strip in two on Sunday, sealing off the territory's largest city as their assault entered a decisive new phase.
  Tim Butcher
  The Sunday Telegraph
   
• Israel's Ground Assault Marks Shift in Strategy
  Charles Levinson
  The Wall Street Journal
   
• Triumph and Victory
  Enough is Enough
  By LT. Gen. Thomas McInerney
  Maj. Gen. Paul Vallely
   
• Troops Face Bitter Battle of the Tunnels
  Marie Colvin and Uzi Mahnaimi
   
• Israeli Troops Clash with Gaza Fighters as Ground Invasion Begins
  Richard Boudreaux
  Los Angeles Times
   
• Report: IDF divides Gaza Strip into 3
  Hanan Greeberg
  Israel News
   
• IDF Returns to Netzarim
  Hillel Fendel
   
• IDF Returns to Destroyed Jewish Gaza Towns after Three Years
  Tzvi Ben Gedalyahu
   
• Israeli Troops Launch Attack on Gaza
  The New York Times
   
• Israeli ground forces cross border into Gaza
  Chris McGreal in Jerusalem
  The Guardian
   
• Israel begins Gaza ground offensive
  Al Jazeera
   
• The IDF Will Win
  The Momentum Will be Costly; by Default Failure of this Government
  By Nagi N. Najjar
  Director, The Lebanese Foundation for Peace
   
• Iran, an Invincible, Uncapturable Castle - Ahmadinejad
  IRNA
   
• Israeli Tanks Expected in Gaza Strip as Foreigners are Allowed to Flee
  The London Times
   
• Israel, U.S., Arab nations discuss international force for Gaza
   
• Hamas-Egyptian Relations Deteriorate
  Mohammad Yaghi and David Schenker
  The Washington Institute
   
• Sultanov to Head to Mideast Next Sunday
  KUNA
  Can Sarkozy's Syria Ties Deliver a Mideast Truce?
  Bruce Crumley / Paris
   
• Hamas's March to Victory
  Caroline Glick
  The Jerusalem Post
   
• Israel Alone
  P. David Hornik
   
• Israel Discusses Cease-Fire Amid New Attacks on Hamas
  The Wall Street Journal
   
• Gaza Rockets Put Israel’s Nuclear Plant in Battle Zone
  James Hider in Beersheba
  The London Times
   
• Like in Lebanon, in Gaza Israel Binked First
  Israel Harel
   
• Israel Targeting all Regional Countries
  Tehran Times Political Desk
   
• Gaza Diplomacy Intensifies as Israel Bombs Hamas
  Bloomberg
   
• Is Israel Repeating Mistakes of the Past?
  Spiegel
   
• Labor, Barak Enjoy Popularity Surge Thanks to Gaza Operation
  Yossi Verter
  Haaretz
   
• Gaza: The Logic of Colonial Power
  Nir Rosen
  The Guardian UK
   
• Analysis: the options now for Israel in Gaza
  Richard Beeston, Foreign Editor
  The London Times
   
• Palestine Can do Nothing but Create Problems for Everyone Around
  Pravda
   
• Our World: Patriots and anti-patriots
  Caroline Glick
  The Jerusalem Post
   
• Israel Reminds Foes That It Has Teeth
  Ethan Bronner
  The New York Times
   
• Israel-Palestinian Crisis Explodes onto Obama's Agenda
  CFR
   
• Fighting and Defeating Hamas
  Ely Karmon
   
• Israel Presses Gaza Attacks As Hamas Still Fires Missiles
  Margaret Coker in Tel Aviv and Jay Solomon in Washington
  The Wall Street Journal
   
• Gaza as Microcosm
  Jed Babbin
   
• Ayatollah Khamenei Upbraids Arabs for Deafening Silence on Gaza Tragedy
  Tehran Times Political Desk
   
• Dignity Leaves for Gaza on Emergency Mission of Mercy
   
• Hizbullah Vows to Open Second Front in Gaza Conflict
  Israel National News
   
• Israel Defends Action In Gaza , Says No Plans To Reoccupy
  Paula Wolfson
  Voice of America
   
• Israel Pounds Gaza Again, Signals More on the Way
  Margaret Coker and Charles Levinson
  The Wall Street Journal
   
• Russian Diplomats Prepare Russians' Evacuation from Gaza
  RIA Novosti
   
• Hamas' Strategy: The Rockets or the Media
  Barry Rubin
   
• Israel Masses Forces for Ground Assault on Gaza
  James Hider in Jerusalem
  The London Times
   
• Israeli Raids are Denounced, Defended
  The Boston Globe
   
• Bahrain Terror Plot Suspects Trained in Syria : Minister
  Agence France Press
   
• Barack Obama Needs Help from Syria to Bring Peace to Gaza
  Simon Scott Plummer
  The Telegraph UK
   
• Day 2: Israel Launches Massive Airstrikes Against Hamas In Gaza
  Nicholas Graham
  The Huffington Post
   
• A "Disproportionate Response": A Timely Reminder
  Rachel Neuwirth
  American Thinker
   
• Israel launches air assault on Gaza, killing scores
  Dion Nissenbaum and Ahmed Abu Hamda
   
• Insight into Obama's Middle East Policy?
  Daniel Pipes
   
• Israeli air strikes in Gaza Strip kill 155
  Nicola Smith and agencies
  The London Times
   
• Israel wants to teach Hamas a lesson, but not to reconquer Gaza
  Amos Harel and Avi Issacharoff
   
• Over 195 killed as Israel strikes Gaza , Palestinian militants respond
   
• Column One: The 'realist' fantasy
  Caroline Glick
   
• Interview with Mahmoud Abbas
   
• Syria Edges Closer to Europe
   
• Turkey's Domino Theory
  David Ignatius
  The Washington Post
   
• If Indians Attack Taliban to Fight Alongside Army: Mahsud
  The International News
   
• The Military We Need
  A strategic approach to affordable and effective defense
  Stuart Koehl
   
• War as a "bad acid trip"
  Waltz with Bashir
  Ari Folman
   
• Europeans Await 'President' Obama With Some Nervousness
  CFR
   
• Gaza or Tehran
  Al Ahram
   
• "Somalia's New Reality: A Strategic Overview"
  Michael A. Weinstein
   
• Russia Makes Unpleasant Christmas Present to the West
  Pravda
   
• "Words without End"
  Arlene Kushner
   
• Sarko's Folly
  Doug Bandow
   
• U.S. tells Israel: Don't sell Lebanon for peace with Syria
  Barak Ravid
  Haaretz
   
• Facing Enemy Proxies: America Needs To Revise Its Current Strategic Doctrine
  Professor Louis René Beres, Generals (Ret.) McInerney and Vallely
   
• One World: Repeating Failure in Gaza
  Caroline Glick
   
• Secret Meeting Between Olmert and Syrian Official in Ankara
  Al-Quds al-Arabi
   
• A New Angle on Hizbullah's Weapons
  Rayyan al-Shawaf
   
• Iran-Oman heads of Joint Economic Commission Discuss Ways to Strengthen Ties
  IRNA
   
• Saudi Minister for Expansion of Ties with Iran
  IRNA
   
• Israel Considers Major Offensive in Response to Gaza Rocket Fire
  Voice Of America News
   
• Lebanon: Last Stop on a Jihad Highway
  Michael Scheuer
   
• Bushehr Nuclear Plant's Completion Could be Delayed - Iranian FM
  RIA Novosti
   
• Two Men Captured From Israel-Lebanon Border, Sound Familiar?
  Ahmed Shihab Eldin
   
• Syrian Diplomats Begin Work in Lebanon
   
• The Syrian Strategy
  Danielle Pletka
   
• A President-Elect's Progress
  From Rev. Wright to Rev. Warren.
  William Kristol
   
• Putin's 'Treason Bill' Strikes Fear, Outrage in Russia
  Caspar Weinberger Jr.
   
• Syria Building Missiles with Help from Venezuela and Iran
  Tzvi Ben Gedalyahu
   
• Liar, Liar, Pants on Ceasefire
  Barry Rubin
   
• Leveraging the Clintons
  Jacob Laksin
   
• Dangerous Foes Await the Obama Administration
  Tim Collie
   
• Russia Starts S-300 Missile Supplies to Iran - Iranian MP
  RIA Novosti
   
• Iran to Take Delivery of S-300 Air Defense System Soon
  Tehran,  IRNA
   
• Sarkozy Drops Reform Amid Fears of Riots
  Matthew Campbell
  The London Times
   
• Obama Picks Military Man, Blair, as Top Spymaster
  The Wall Street Journal
   
• Russia develops new monstrous ballistic missile for USA
  Pravda
   
• Obama to create Iran outreach post
  Eli Lake
  The Washington Times
  
   
• Odierno Gives First View of Iraq Pullout
  The Associated Press
   
• Russia Hopes for U.S. Dialogue with Iran Under Obama
  RIA Novosti
   
• Regime-Change Works
  Will Obama Heed Realities?
  Claudia Rosett
   
• USA Believes Russia Threatens its Interests All Over the World
  Pravda
   
• Russia's Military Presents in Lebanon
  Russia Today
   
• Tahdiya: Calm Before the Palestinian Storm?
  Tally Aharony
   
• Paris Did Not Show the Courtesy of a Host
  Tehran Times Political Desk
   
• Russia to donate 10 MiG-29 fighters to Lebanon
  RIA Novosti
   
• Neighbors / Showtime for General Aoun
  Zvi Bar'el
  Haaretz
   
• Syrian–Israeli Peace: A Possible Key to Regional Change
  Paul Salem
   
• Treasury Designates Bank Melli Front Company in New York City
  US Department of the Treasury
  Press Room
   
• Sarkozy to visit Lebanon - but not Syria, sources say
   
• Secretary Condoleezza Rice
  The US Department of State
  Remarks With Quartet Members
  United Nations Headquarters
  New York City
   
• The Return of Realpolitik in Arabia
  Bush's 'diplomacy of freedom' gives way to Obama's caution and reticence. The Middle East may test our fatigue.
  Fouad Ajami
   
• India Is a Key Ally in the War on Terror
  Obama has a chance to build on sound Bush diplomacy
  Douglas J. Feith
  The Wall Street Journal
   
• Barak a Hamas Asset
  Colonel (Res.) Yehuda Wegman
   
• In Lebanon, Jimmy Carter Dishes on Obama's Israel Policy
  Borzou Daragahi in Beirut
   
• Ehud Olmert prepares for trip to London amid corruption allegations
  The London Times
   
• Task of forging Mideast peace falls to new players
  Steven Gutkin
   
• Why Hezbollah stiffed Carter
  Franklin P Lamb
   
• "Smarter Bombs" Will Allow Israel to Hit Lebanon With Impunity
  Andrew Wander
  The Daily Star
   
• Israel's Land Giveaway
  by Jeff Emanuel
   
• New Iranian Danger: Is Iran Setting Up Bases around the World?
   
• Obama Faces CIA Appointment Dilemma
  Top Obama Pick Bows Out After Progressives Question Stance on Rendition
  By Spencer Ackerman
   
• Russia's Open Airspace Can Become Priceless Gift to NATO
  Pravda
   
• Beyond Iraq
  A New U.S. Strategy for the Middle East
  Richard N. Haass and Martin Indyk
  The Brookings Institution
   
• Al-Qa`ida’s Presence and Influence in Lebanon
  Bilal Y. Saab
   
• Lebanese Army To Receive 66 US Tanks by May 2009
  Text of report by Jo Ma'karun
  Al-Safir
   
• Time to stop Peres
  President Peres’ endorsement of dangerous Saudi peace initiative must be resisted
  Adi Mintz
   
• Israel’s Choice
  Janet Levy
  Maj-Gen. Paul E Vallely
   
• Freedom's Edge
  Iran's Power At The United Nations
  Claudia Rosett
   
• A Concert-Balance Strategy for a Multipolar World
  Michael Lind
   
• Bush Suffers Defeat in Somalia
  Patrick Seale
  Failed Terror Attack
  Spiegle
   
• Kouchner Invites Mottaki to Paris Meeting
  Tehran Times
   
• Essay: Doing What is Doable
  Uzi Arad
  The Jerusalem Post
   
• Ex-American Policy Maker: Iran-US Interests 'Partially Congruent'
  London,  IRNA
   
• Reagan, Gorbachev and Bush at Governor's Island
  Previously Secret Documents from Soviet and U.S. Files
  On the 1988 Summit in New York, 20 Years Later
  The National Security Archive
  George Washington University
   
• Mashaie: Zionism's Annihilation Should Turn Into a Global Cause
  IRNA
   
• Russian Church to Elect New Patriarch
  Kommersant
   
• President Bush:Today’s More Capable Military Must Continue Worldwide Offensive
  Jim Garamone
  American Forces Press Service
   
• A SPIEGEL interview with Bruce Riedel
   
• Syria Sees Iraq-US Pact as Threat
   
• Ayatollah Khamenei : Mideast, Asia, Africa Witnessing Victories
  Arafat Desert, IRNA
   
• Russia Against U.S. Missiles in any European Anti-Missile Plans
  RIA Novosti
   
• Ethiopian Army Sets Up New Bases in Somalia
  Voice of America - Nairobi
   
• India's Response to Mumbai Attack
  Robert Maginnis
   
• Zbigniew Brzezinski: Israel's Push for Iran Strike May Hurt U.S. Ties
  Natasha Mozgovaya, Haaretz
   
• The Counterinsurgents’ Defense Secretary
  Gates Lays Out the Emerging Strategy of the Obama Administration
  Spencer Ackerman
   
• Deflater of defeatist discourse
  Reuven Pedatzur
   
• Russian Warship Crosses Panama Canal for First Time Since WWII
  RIA Novosti
   
• Obama's Blindspot
  William R. Hawkins
   
• The Guardians of the Cedars Party communiqué:
   
• The Saudis' New Man in Congress
  Paul Sperry
   
• Bush Scolds Iran, Syria in Mideast Speech
   
• Help Me Give America a Tax Holiday
  by Rep. Louie Gohmert
   
• Foreign Policy Advisory Index
  The National Interest
   
• How a Murder Investigation Could Snarl Mideast Peace
  By Nicholas Blanford
  The Christian Science Monitor
   
• Obama Must Rescue the Two-State Solution
  Brent Scowcroft and Zbigniew Brzezinski
  The Daily Star
   
• India's 9-11
  Jed Babbin
   
• Iran and Syria: Why This Unlikely Alliance Endures
  Emile Hokayem
   
• Obama’s New Foreign Policy Team Looks Toward Syria
  Nathan Guttman
   
• Radio Interview with Maj Gen. Paul Vallely
  Iran & the Obama Administration
   
• Israel "Prepared to Attack" Iran Nuclear Plants
  The London Times
   
• Obama Urged to Quickly Engage Iran, Syria
  Jim Lobe
   
• Interview with George Soros
  Spiegel
   
• Experts warn Barack Obama of 'hornet's nest' in Middle East
  The London Times
   
• Start With Syria
  A Middle East Deal Obama Could Build On
  Aaron David Miller
   
• Where is Egypt Headed?
  Daniel C. Kurtzer
   
• The Army of Mohammad on the Attack
  Clare M. Lopez
   
• Taliban are "Patriots,' says Pakistani Army Official"
  Bill Roggio
   
• The West Rethinks its Afghan War Strategy
  Patrick Seale
   
• International Arms Dealer and Cohort Convicted on Terrorism Offenses
   
• The Region: India and Israel: The Parallels
  Barry Rubin
   
• Iran Advises New US Administration not to Fall in Bush Trap
  IRNA
   
• Barack Obama's Security Team Delights the Hawks
  Tom Baldwin in Washington
  The London Times
   
• Obama’s First Test?
  The Washington Independent
   
• Bush to Olmert: Why Are You Giving Syria the Golan for Nothing?
  By Aluf Benn
  Haaretz
   
• India Is Pointing in the Right Direction
  Claus Christian Malzahn
  Spiegel International
   
• An F for Bush's Iran Policy
  By David Ignatius
  The Washington Post
   
• Report: Siege at Taj Hotel Over in India
  Newsmax
   
• Terrorists Slam Indian Gate
  Kommersant
   
• U.S. Accuses Syria of Copying Iran Nuclear Cover-Up Tactics
  Reuters
   
• Bloody End to the Siege of Bombay
  The London Times- Update
   
• Bombay Gunmen Resist Commando Assault
  The London Times
   
• Behind Mumbai
  Robert Kaplan
   
• American Carrots for Syrian Sticks?
  Matthew RJ Brodsky
  The Jerusalem Post
   
• The Real Issue in Hebron
  Moshe Arens
   
• The Future of the Peace Process: A Palestinian Perspective
  Featuring:
  Maen Areikat, Rami Dajani & Khaled Elgindy
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• Tying US Defense Spending to GDP: Bad Logic, Bad Policy
  Travis Sharp
  Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation - Washington, D.C.
   
• German Foreign Minister Wary of NATO Expansion
  Spiegel International
   
• IAEA Overrides U.S., Clears Syria Nuclear Aid Plan
  Mark Heinrich
   
• Foreign Policy Challenges for the New Administration
  John R. Bolton
   
• Foreign Traces in the Strange War
  Kommersant
   
• Meeting Medvedev Halfway
  Patrick J. Buchanan
   
• Lebanon Enjoys Strategic Position in Region: Speaker
  IRNA
   
• Hope and Change for Moscow ?
  Brooke Leonard
   
• On the Brink of an Atomic Tehran
  Robert Maginnis
   
• Our World: Time for the Real Bush to Stand Up
  Caroline Glick
  The Jerusalem Post
   
• The Region: Don't Flatter Your Enemies, Protect Your Friends
  Barry Rubin
   
• Civilization Walks the Plank
  Caroline Glick
  The Jerusalem Post
   
• Israel Fears US Will Dither While Iran Goes Nuclear
  Uzi Mahnnaimi, Tel Aviv
  The London Times
   
• Defense Establishment Paper: Golan for Syria Peace, Plan for Iran Strike
  Barak Ravid
  Haaretz
   
• Syria's Reactor: Can the IAEA Act Effectively?
  Patrick Clawson and David Schenker
  The Washington Institute
   
• Global Trends 2025: A Transformed World
  National Intelligence Council
   
• Syrian Leader Wants Golan so He Can Shift to New Model of Conflict with Israel
  Guy Bechor
   
• Generation Faithful
  Hezbollah Marshals the Young via Scout Troops
  By Robert F. Worth
  The New York Times
   
• Iran, Turkey to Finalize Gas Deal Soon, Minister
  IRNA
   
• Syria and UK 'Share Intelligence'
  BBC
   
• Remarks and Q&A by the Deputy Director of National Intelligence For Analysis & Chairman, National Intelligence Council
  Dr. Thomas Fingar
  The Washington Institute for Near East Policy
   
• Syria: Report says Britain Hammers out Damascus Intelligence Agreement
  Los Angeles Times
   
• Suspect Group Asks Obama to Stop Pressuring Iran
  Kenneth R. Timmerman
   
• David Miliband Arrives on a Mission to Turn President Assad into a Partner for Peace
  James Hider in Jerusalem
  The London Times
   
• Facing the Angry Ducks
  Jed Babbin
   
• What Would You Advise President Elect Barack Obama if You Were His Economic Guru?
  Ziad K. Abdelnour
   
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  David Makovsky
   
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  Akwei Thompson
  Voice of America
   
• The Case of the War between Israel and Hizbullah in 2006
  The Middle East Institute Policy Brief - October 2008
   
• Ayatollah Khatami: Inter-Faith Meeting Aims to Normalize Ties with Israel
  Tehran, IRNA
   
• What Europe Wants from Obama:
  “Democracy” for Gantanamo and “Human Rights & Red Carpet” for the rioters that burned Paris
  Spiegle International
   
• OPEC Redux: Responding to the Russian-Iranian Gas Cartel
  Ariel Cohen
   
• Barack Obama Links Israel Peace Plan to 1967 Borders Deal
  Uzi Mahnaimi in Tel Aviv and Sarah Baxter
  The London Times
   
• Britain in Push to Bring Syria in From the Cold
  Anne Penketh, Diplomatic Editor
   
• New Missile Marks 'Significant Leap' for Iran Capabilities
  Lauren Gelfand and Alon Ben-David
  Janes
   
• Column One: The Perils Ahead
  Caroline Glick
  The Jerusalem Post
   
• Nicolas Sarkozy Calls for Rethink Over US Missile Defence System in Europe
  David Charter in Nice
  The London Times
   
• Syria Heartened by Obama's Plan for Iraq: Envoy
  Louis Charbonneau
   
• CIA: "If There is a Major Strike on [the US ], it Will Bear the Fingerprints of Al-Qaeda"
   
• Temperament, Style Set McCain, Obama Apart on Military Issues
   
• "Our Stories are Singular, but Our Destiny is Shared"
  Doctora Bouthaina Shaaban
  Asharq Alawsat
   
• Background Briefing with Senior U.S. Officials on Syria’s Covert Nuclear Reactor and North Korea’s Involvement
   
• Israeli Bombs Are Source of Uranium at Shelled Site, Syria Says
  By Massoud A. Derhally
  Bloomberg
   
• The President's Role in National Security Teams
  Interviewee: David J. Rothkopf, Visiting Scholar, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
  Interviewer: Bernard Gwertzman, Consulting Editor
   
• U.S.-Europe Relations: An Address by Bernard Kouchner, Foreign Minister of France
  The Brookings Institution
   
• The United States, Israel, and Iran: Defusing an “Existential” Threat
  Chuck Freilich
   
• Russia Threatens Missile Staging Over U.S. Plans
  Nat Helms
   
• Moscow Won’t Cooperate on Missiles
  Kommersant
   
• Barack Obama Looks to Iran to Help Bring Peace to Afghanistan
  President-elect Barack Obama is planning to involve Iran in a major shift in US policy on the war in Afghanistan.
  By Alex Spillius in Washington
   
• Interfaith, Oil, and Afghanistan: Where Saudi and U.S. Interests Diverge
  By Simon Henderson
  The Washingon Institute
   
• Was the U.S. Right About Syria Nukes?
  By Andrew Lee Butters
  Times
   
• Russia to Sell Heavy Arms to Lebanon
  Nissan Ratzlav-Katz
   
• Obama's National Security Challenges
  Robert Maginnis
   
• The Iran-Saudi Cold War
  James Brazier
   
• Syria's Assad Criticizes Proposed US-Iraqi Security Pact
  Voice Of America
   
• Planning an Invasion of Lebanon?
  Olivier Guitta
  Middle East Times
   
• The Region: A Letter to the President-Elect
  Barry Rubin
   
• Moscow to Host Mid-East Conference
  Russia Today
   
• The Iskander Factor
  Kommersant
   
• Will Obama Protect and Defend?
  Ret Lt. Col. Oliver North
   
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  American Forces Press Service
   
• The Culture War and Barack Obama
  Bill O'Reilly
   
• Presidential Transitions and Foreign Policy
  Author: Toni Johnson
   
• No Rose Garden for Obama
  President Obama will be facing greatest challenges, threats since 1930s
  Yoram Ettinger
   
• Obama Aims to Engage Foreign Allies, Adversaries
  Jay Solomon
  The Wall Street Journal
   
• Syria Hopes Obama to Change U.S. Foreign Policy
  Xinhua
   
• Understanding Syria-Iran Alliance
  Marwan Kabalan
   
• IDF Concludes Drill Simulating War with Syria and Lebanon
  Amos Harel
   
• The Treatment of Bush Has Been a Disgrace
  What must our enemies be thinking?
  Jeffrey Scott Shapiro
  The Wall Street Journal
   
• Russia Warns of Missile Deployment
  Ellen Barry and Sophia Kishkovsky
  International Herald Tribune
   
• Can a Nuclear Iran Be Contained or Deterred?
  Michael Rubin
   
• US Must Not Violate Iranian Airspace: Army
  IRNA
   
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  Michael Ledeen
   
• Why the Next U.S. President Will Be a Wartime Leader
  Michael Eisenstadt
   
• ‘Election Gives U.S. Opportunity to Revise Iran Policy’
  Tehran Times Political Desk
   
• US Attack in Syria
  Are More Cross-Border Attacks on the Way?
  Cordula Meyer and Bernhard Zand
   
• Questions Raised Over Syrian Complicity in US Raid
  Syria has denounced a US strike on its territory but sources say Damascus secretly backed the raid
  Marie Colvin and Uzi Mahnaimi
  The London Times
   
• The Future of Oil
  Patrick Seale
   
• Recent US Moves Show Syria that Supporting Jihadists Comes at a Price
  Trevor Royle
  The Sunday Herald
   
• Iran Threatens U.S. With Suicide Bombers
  Newsmax
   
• U.S. Raid Into Syria Sent Two Messages
  Robert Maginnis
   
• Spy Chief Warns US Vulnerable in Next President's First Year
  Voice of America
   
• McCain for President,
  Part 2
  Charles Krauthammer
   
• Security Should Be the Deciding Issue
  Frederick W. Kagans
   
• Libya 'Ready to Host Russian Naval Base'
  RIA Novosti
   
• Duplicity in Damascus
  David Schenker
  The Washington Institute
   
• Comrade Obama?
  Patrick J. Buchanan
   
• Seven Questions for Syrian Ambassador Imad Moustapha
  Foreign Policy
   
• US Mulling Over Next Move Against Syria
  Press TV
   
• Syrian Haven for Killers, Then and Now
  Rafael Medoff
  The Jerusalem Post
   
• Saudi Angle on U.S. Elections
  Bernard Haykel
  Middle East Strategy at Harvard
   
• Iran's Al-Quds Octopus Spreads its Arms
  Yaniv Berman
  The Jerusalem Post
   
• Twilight Struggle
  In its closing days, the Bush administration escalates the war on terror.
  by Eli Lake
  The New Republic
   
• Don’t Appease Iran
  Should Obama win elections, he must not repeat pre-World War II mistake
  Ophir Falk
   
• Israel’s Long Term Survival Means Regime Change in Lebanon and Syria
  Professor M. Kahl
  Director, Lebanese Foundation for Peace
   
• Hitting Syria, Five Years Late
  Soliciting Assad was one of Bush's biggest war mistakes
  The Wall Street Journal
   
• US Says Curbing Iran's Nuclear Program in Moscow's Interest
  David Gollust
   
• U.S. Resupplies Lebanon Military to Stabilize Ally
  Robert F. Worth and Eric Lipton
   
• Know Your Enemy: Obama and Ahmadinejad
  By Amir Taheri
   
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  Lee Hudson Teslik
   
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  Tehran Times Political Desk
   
• What Could Lie Behind Syria Raid?
  Jonathan Marcus
  Diplomatic correspondent, BBC News
   
• A Warning Syria's President Assad Must Heed
  By James Hider
  The London Times
   
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• Breaking The Iran-Syria Link
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  Trudy Rubin
   
• McCain for President
  Charles Krauthammer
   
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  by Oliver North
   
• The US-Iranian Contest over Iraq
  by Patrick Seale
   
• "Assad is the next Sadat"
  By Roni Sofer
  Israel News
   
• Turkish-Syrian Relations: The Erdoğan Legacy
  Sami Moubayed
   
• "From Beirut to 9/11"
  by Robert C. McFarlane
  The New York Times
   
• Bush Plans to Establish U.S. Diplomatic Post in Iran
  By Warren P. Strobel
   
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  Debbie Schlussel
   
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  Der Spiegel Staff
   
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  Bill Roggio
   
• Export Development Bank of Iran Designated as a Proliferator
  US Department of the Treasury : Press Room
   
• Rafsanjani Says Israel Lacks ‘Goodwill’ in Talks with Syria
  Tehran Times Political Desk
   
• When Iran Gives Advice
  By Tariq Alhomayed
  Asharq Alawsat
   
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  By Douglas Rediker and Heidi Crebo Rediker
   
• Russian Northern Fleet ships arrive in Turkey
  By RIA Novosti
   
• Gas Exporters Agree Deal for OPEC-Style Alliance
  Russia Today
   
• Taliban Beheads 30 Afghans
  Kabul, IRNA
   
• Syria Envoy: Future Generations Will Pay if Israel Scuttles Peace Talks
  Haaretz Service
   
• UN Resolution 1701: A View from Lebanon
  By Nicholas Blanford
   
• Powell's Coming Out Party
  By Lynn Woolley
   
• General Blind Spots
  Questioning Powell’s judgment and global perception
  By Claudia Rosett
  National Review Online
   
• A New Financial Order in the Making?
  By Ziad K. Abdelnour
  CEO ,Blackhawk Partners Inc.
   
• Stealing the Presidency: An Obama/ACORN Primer
  By Kyle-Anne Shiver
  The American Thinker
   
• Iran's Economy Runs Out Of Steam
  Michael Rubin
  Forbes
   
• Olmert Seeks to Part With Golan
  Hillel Fendel
   
• Report: Syria Could Host Russian Missiles
   
• Iran: Is Productive Engagement Possible?
  Karim Sadjadpour
  Associate, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
   
• Israel Gets Real on Iran
  By Trita Parsi
   
• Ahmadinejad and the Wrong End of the Stick
  Amir Taheri
  Asharq Alawsat
   
• Syria's Choice
  by Hassan Mneimneh
   
• Syria's Blowback Problem
  The Boston Globe
   
• U.S. Cyber Warriors to Protect Georgia?
  Russia Today
   
• The Next President and the Middle East
  by Patrick Seale
   
• US Troops Backing McCain
  Military Time poll
   
• A Forum without a Future?
  By J. Scott Carpenter
  The Washington Institute
   
• What War with Iran in the Gulf Could be Like
  Asymmetry at Sea
  by Robert D. Kaplan
   
• Up North, Hothouse of Tension in Lebanon
  New York Times
   
• Extremists turn their wrath on Syria, Lebanon
  By Hugh Macleod
  Chronicle Foreign Service
   
• The Fog
  by Frederick W. Kagan
   
• New Russia-Venezuela Military Contract
  Kommersant
   
• The Reid-Pelosi-Obama (RePO) Team Vs. The Rest of America
  by Newt Gingrich
   
• Obama Is Right About Talking to Iran
  By Vali R. Nasr
   
• A Prayer for Lebanon
  By Elias Bejjani
   
• The Region: Why the Middle East is Sick
  By Barry Rubin
   
• Leaders Fooling the Public
  Former IDF Chief of Staff
  Lt Gen Moshe Yaalon
   
• The New Rules of the Game
  By Ephraim Halevy
  Former director of the Mossad  1998-2002
   
• Syria at the Door
  Security coordination agreement will eventually allow the Syrian regime to come back
  Hanin Ghaddar, NOW Staff
   
• The Ties That Bind
   
• Iran and US Eye Diplomatic Opening
  By Jon Leyne
  BBC News, Tehran
   
• Hezbollah: Lebanon’s Power Broker
  by Robert G. Rabil
  The Journal of International Security Affairs
   
• Time for a U.S.-Iranian 'Grand Bargain'
  By Flynt Leverett, New America Foundation
  with Hillary Mann Leverett, STRATEGA
   
• Spanish FM Moratinos During Visit to Syria, Lebanon:
  "The Unipolar World [Order] Has Come to an End"; "Syria Should Be Included in E.U. Framework";
  "I See [Syria] as My Home"
  MEMRI
   
• Is Sarkozy Also Helping Iran?
  By Tariq Alhomayed
  Asharq Al Awsat
   
• The Coming Train-Wreck in Lebanon
  By Caroline Glick
   
• Syria Forces in Refugee Camp Battle
  Al Jazeera
   
• Annual Report on the Assets in the U.S. of State Sponsors of Terror and the Other International Terrorism Program Designees
   
• The Curious Incident in Northern Syria and Its Potential Proliferation Implications
  Arms Control Association
   
• In Response to Abraham Rabinovich
  Article in the Jerusalem Post
  Looking for Humanity
  By Nagi N. Najjar
  Director, The Lebanese Foundation for Peace
   
• From Syrian Fishing Port to Naval Power Base: Russia Moves into the Mediterranean
  The Guardian
   
• Ehud Olmert Resigns via Moscow
  Kommersant
   
• National Defense University
  Speech Delivered by Secretary of Defense Robert M. Gates, Washington , D.C.
   
• Syria Plays Hardball with the Saudis
  By Sami Moubayed
   
• House Cleaning in Damascus?
  By Olivier Guitta
  Middle East Times
   
• A New Strategy for the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict
  Lt.-Gen. (ret.) Moshe Yaalon
  Former Chief of Staff, Israel Defense Forces
   
• SYRIA: Al Qaeda Mastermind Said to be Captured
  Los Angeles Times
   
• Iran Votes for Obama
  Tariq Alhomayed
  Asharq Alawsat
   
• Russia Today
   
• The Challenges of the New World Order
  By Wolfgang Nowak
  Spiegle International
   
• Setting a Constructive Russia Agenda
  Interview with Steven Pifer, Brookings Institution
  Bernard Gwertzman, Consulting Editor, CFR
   
• The Future of U.S. Military Aid to Lebanon
  By David Schenker
  The Washington Institute
   
• ANALYSIS
  Will Israel's Next War be a Repeat of Lebanon 2006?
  By Amos Harel
  Haaretz
   
• Syria Rejects Opening Military Sites to Atom Probe
  Tehran Time
   
• Stability in Lebanon Threatened, Again
  By David Schenker
  The Washington Institute
   
• Iran's Revolutionary Guards  A Rogue Outfit?
  Michael Rubin
  Middle East Quarterly
   
• 25 Years Later: We Came in Peace
  By Colonel Timothy J. Geraghty, U.S. Marine Corps (Retired)
   
• Damascus Renews Nuclear Activity
  Israel News
   
• UN Appeals for USD 20 mln to Help Syrian Drought Victims - United Nations
  KUNA
   
• Russia Must Protect its Arctic Interests - Russia Security Council
  RIA Novosti
   
• Quite a Few Nations Interested in Russia's Iskander-E Missiles
  Kommersant
   
• The ISI and Terrorism: Behind the Accusations
  CFR
  By Eben Kaplan, Associate Editor
  Jayshree Bajoria, Staff Writer
   
• Who Is Reshaping the World
  The Brooking Institution
   
• Lebanon Approves New Election Law
  BBC
   
• Tension Grows Between Syria and Lebanon After Bombings
  The Guardian
   
• Brief Talks With Syria Spur Speculation
  by Jim Lobe
   
• US Customs & Border Chief:
  No Evidence of Iranian Sleeper Cells in U.S.
  By Jeff Stein
   
• American Diplomats Meet Syrians in Sign of Thaw
  The Wall Street Journal
  By Jay Solomon
   
• Media Source Says 200kg of Explosives Used in Syria Car Blast
  Text of report by state-run Syrian news agency SANA news agency website, Damascus in Arabic 27 Sep 08
   
• Reading the Signs of the Syrian Bombing
  By Andrew Lee Butters
  Time
   
• Report: Top Syrian Officer Killed in Damascus Explosion
  Roee Nahmias
  Israel News
   
• EuCom Deploys Radar, Troops to Israel
  By Gayle S. Putrich - Staff writer
  Army Times
   
• Car Bomb Kills 30 in Damascus
   
• ANALYSIS - Damascus Car Bomb Another Blow to Syrian Security
  Turkey News
   
• The New Face of Israel?
  By Daniel Levy
   
• We Must Not Let History Repeat Itself
  By Major Gen. Paul Vallely
  Alireza Jafarzadeh
   
• The Secret War on the Dollar
  by Oliver North
   
• Bailout or Surrender?
  By Michael Reagan
   
• Assad Aide Killing Hurts U.N. Probe in Syria: Diplomats
  By Mark Heinrich and Sylvia Westall
  The Boston Globe
   
• Contact Man's Murder Delays Syria Nuclear Probe: IAEA
   
• Appease Iran?
  by Daniel Pipes
  The Jerusalem Post
   
• Fear of New Mid East 'Cold War' as Syria Strengthens Military Alliance With Russia
  The London Times
   
• Fears Grow in Lebanon as 10,000 Syrian Troops Arrive on the Border
  Nicholas Blanford in Hekr Janin
   
• The Trouble with Russia
  Barry Rubin
   
• Livni's Outlook: Political and Policy Options in Israel
  By David Makovsky
   
• How Syria's Assad Is Steering His Country out of Isolation
  Part I
  Deir Spiegel, By Erich Follath
   
• How Syria's Assad Is Steering His Country out of Isolation
  Part II: Torture Is on the Decline, but Harrassment of Dissidents Persists
  Deir Spiegel, By Erich Follath
   
• How Syria's Assad Is Steering His Country out of Isolation
  Part III: Can Syria Be Democratized?
  Deir Spiegel, By Erich Follath
   
• U.S., Israel Face Key Decisions
  by Lt Gen.Thomas G. McInerney
   
• "No Plan to Disarm Lebanon's Hezbollah"
   
• Ex-IDF chief: Israel Can't Avoid a Military Confrontation With Iran
  Reuters
   
• Go Silent, Go Deep”
  by Major Gen. Paul E. Vallely
  US Army (ret)
   
• How Does AP Cover Israeli Politics?
  Barry Rubin
   
• An End to the "Anglosphere?"
  Matthias S Klein
  The Guardian UK
   
• Al Qaida Intensifies Support From Syria
  Middle East Newsline
   
• Israeli Official Warns of Chemical Warfare Against Syria
  Mohammed Mar'i
  Arab News
   
• Syria Awaits Airbus Team in Move to Buy Jets
  By Andrew England in Abu Dhabi and Peggy Hollinger in Paris
  Financial Times
   
• Column One: It is Time to Act
  By Caroline Glick
  The Jerusalem Post
   
• IAEA Report on Iran - September 15th 2008
   
• The Petraeus Doctrine
  by Andrew J. Bacevich
   
• Lebanon Holds National Reconciliation Talks
  By Edward Yeranian
  Voice of America
   
• Treasury Designates Individuals and Entities Fueling Violence in Iraq
  US Department of the Treasury
  Press Room
   
• Ukraine's Pro-Western Ruling Coalition Collapses
  Tehran Times
   
• Russia eyes Mediterranean as alternative to Sevastopol naval base
  RIA Novosti
   
• Method in Their Madness
  Barry Rubin
   
• Airbus-Syria Deal To Skirt U.S. Sanctions Official Tells CBS News European Manufacturer To Supply State Carrier With 50 Jets
  CBS News
   
• Hamas Official Assassinated in Syria, Opposition Group Claims
   
• Exit Olmert
  by Fania Oz-Salzberger
  Forbes
   
• Babacan Says Fifth Round Of Israel - Syria Talks Will Be Held In Next Week
  Turkish Press
   
• Iran, Ecuador Sign Deal on Energy
   
• Report: Saudi Official Met Al-Zawahiri
   
• Madam Secretary - A Secure Israel is a Condition for Peace
  By Eli E. Hertz
   
• Iron Lady’ Tzipi Livni Set to be Israel’s New Leader
  The London Times
  by Uzi Mahnaimi, Tel Aviv
   
• Tzipi Livni is Preparing to End Talks with Syria if She Becomes Israel's New Prime Minister
  By Carolynne Wheeler in Tel Aviv
  The Sunday Telegraph
   
• Seeing Iranian Gains in the Caucasus
  by Greg Bruno
   
• Damascus in No Rush For Peace
  Institute for War & Peace  - London
   
• Assassination Raises Tension as Lebanon Seeks to Bridge Divide
  By Anna Fifield in Beirut
  Financial Times
   
• Seven Years After 9/11
  How Dangerous Is Al-Qaida?
  Reuven Paz, Israel: "A Worldwide Model for Both Terrorism and Insurgency"
  Spiegel On Line
   
• Cracks Seen in Lebanon's Ruling Coalition
  Published remarks by Druze leader Walid Jumblatt disparaging Sunni leader Saad Hariri are seen as a sign that he may break from the Western-backed alliance. But Jumblatt's office disputes the quotes.
  By Borzou Daragahi,
  Los Angeles Times
   
• Iran Says Will Stand by Palestine Until Final Victory
  Tehran Times
   
• Syria: Khurbet East Oil Field Production Exceeds 11,500 Barrels Per Day
  Al Bawaba
   
• Lebanese Islamist Sheikh Omar Bakri: Britain's Problem – 'Its Law Is Not the Law Sent Down by Allah'; Terrorism by Mujahideen is 'Blessed'; 'Within 20 Years, British Society Will Have A Muslim Majority'
  MEMRI
   
• Bush to discuss Lebanon, Iraq with Berlusconi next month
  KUNA
   
• Syria, Russia Resurrect Naval Fleet
   
• On the Recall of the Russian-American Civil Nuclear Cooperation Agreement from the US Congress
  Press Release from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation
  Information and Press Department
   
• Car Bomb Kills Senior Lebanese Politician
  The London Times
   
• Syria Accused of Plotting Return to Power in Lebanon
   
• Syria in Talks to Buy Airbus Jets as Sarkozy Visits Damascus
  By Andrew England in Damascus and Ben Hall and Peggy Hollinger in Paris
   
• Uncertainty Remains Over Israel-Syria Talks After Damascus Four-way Summit
  Xinhua
   
• Total Signs 3 Energy Deals with Syria
  Tehran Times
   
• Peres Proposes Direct Talks with Syria
  By Guy Dinmore in Cernobbio, Italy
   
• Assad Offers Israel Peace While Allying With Hizbullah
  by Tzvi Ben Gedalyahu
   
• Hezbollah 'Not to Lay Down' Arms
   
• French President Visits Syria
  By Lisa Bryant
  Voice of America
   
• Syria Warns of Global 'Disaster' if Iran Attacked
  Reuters
   
• Sarkozy in Damascus : French President Treads in Bush Absence
  By Andrew D. Bishop
   
• Iran's Most Useful Idiot?
  The New York Post
   
• French President Warns Iran''s Nuclear Arms Will Threaten Whole World
  KUNA
   
• Assad to Jerusalem: Dream or Reality
  Middle East Times
  By Yonah Alexander
   
• Assad’s Reckless Behavior
  Farid Ghadry advises Israel to stay away from negotiations with unreliable President Assad
  Farid Ghadry , President - Reform Party of Syria
   
• Russian Experts Check Bushehr Plant
   
• Between McCain and Obama, an Energy Gap
  by Robert Maginnis
   
• An Asymmetric Campaign
  by Jed Babbin
   
• A Syrian-Israeli Breakthrough?
  By David Ignatius
  The Washington Post
   
• Russia May Push Forward With S-300 Sales to Iran
  RIA Novosti
   
• If Russia Shows Interest in the Conflict
  By Zvi Bar'el
  Haaretz
   
• Hezbollah Warlord Was an Enigma
  By Borzou Daragahi and Sebastian Rotella
  Los Angeles Times Staff Writers
   
• LEBANON: Hezbollah Hands Over Helicopter Shooting Suspect
  Los Angeles Times
   
• Sarkozy to Make Landmark Syria Visit
  By Sana Abdallah
  Middle East Times
   
• Russia Threatens to Supply Iran with Top New Missile System as 'Cold War' Escalates
  By Phillip Sherwell in New York and William Lowther in Washington
   
• Moscow Eyes Naval Build up in West Asia
  The Hindu - India National Newspaper
   
• When History is Not Repeated
  By Caroline Glick
  The Jerusalem Post
   
• Attar: 4,000 Centrifuges Work at Natanz Enrichment Facilities
  IRNA
   
• Russia Links Its Help On Iran To Georgia Dispute
  Reuters
   
• Israel: Assad Not Serious About Peace
  The Jeruslem Post
   
• Iran Agrees Nigeria Nuclear Deal
  BBC
   
• Assad Working Post-Georgia World to His Advantage
  By Aluf Benn
  Haaretz Correspondent
   
• Assad Slapped in the Face
  Syrian leader thought Cold War is back, but Russia made it clear Assad was wrong
  By Guy Bechor
  Ynet
   
• Lebanese Army Helicopter Hit, Pilot Killed
  Reuters
   
• Knowing When to Strike
  By Israel Harel
  Haaretz
   
• Syria and Iran: An Alliance of Convenience
  The Huffington Post
  by Alon Ben Meir
   
• Syria Recovers Lebanon Not by War, But Diplomacy
  TrendNews - Near East Service
   
• Israel Only Understands Language of Weapon: President
  Tehran IRNA
   
• Gov't Must Act Now to Eliminate Rocket Threats Against Israel's Cities
  By Moshe Arens
  former Defense Minister of Israel
   
• Syria Rebuffs Arms Buildup Accusation
  Press TV
   
• Syria, Iran Warm to Russia as US Tensions Grow
  Syria Takes Advantage of Russia-U.S. Tensions; Iran May be Next
  By Sam F. Ghattas
   
• Our World: Three Guys, a Trailer and Israel's Survival
  By Caroline Glick
  The Jerusalem Post
   
• Fixing Our National Security Process
  By Robert Maginnis
   
• The Latest Syrian Miscalculation
  By Tariq Alhomayed
  Asharq Alawsat
   
• Dangerous Talks with Syria
  By Uzi Dayan and Jonathan Spyer
  The Jerusalem Post
   
• "Syria Dialogue Endangers Future Deal"
  By Rebecca Anna Stoil
  The Jerusalem Post
   
• Iran and Qatar and the Solution to Regional Problems
  Tariq Alhomayed
  Asharq Alawsat
   
• Russia, Syria Complement Each Other in Security Areas
   
• The Iranian Nuclear Challenge
  Efraim Inbar
  The Middle East Institute
   
• Under Moscow's Wing
  by James Denselow
  The Guardian
   
• Hubbub Over Syria
  The New York Sun
   
• Column One: Dominoes Anyone?
  By Caroline Glick
  The Jerusalem Post
   
• Dmitry Medvedev Met with President of Syria Bashar al-Assad
  Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation
  Information and Press Department
   
• Syria Supports Anti-US Alliances
   
• Fear of New Mid East 'Cold War' as Syria Strengthens Military Alliance with Russia
  Kevin O’Flynn in Moscow and James Hider, Middle East Correspondent
   
• Russian Troops Dig In at Poti
  Associated Press
   
• Netanyahu: Government Crossed Red Line by Freeing 199 Palestinian Prisoners
  Israel Insider
   
• Assad Warns on US-Poland Deal
   
• "Israel must freeze ties with Syria"
   
• Our World: Iran's American Protector
  By Caroline Glick
  The Jerusalem Post
   
• Russia Considers Nuclear Missiles for Syria, Baltic
  Hürriyet, Turkey
   
• Q&A: Hezbollah's Triumph Is Blowback for Israeli Policy
  Interview with journalist and author Deborah Campbell
   
• Islamic Terror Cell 'May Have Been Plotting to Attack Queen'
  By Duncan Gardham, Security Correspondent
  The Sunday Telegraph
   
• Report: Syria Test Fires Series of Long-range Missiles
  By Yuval Azoulay
  Haaretz Correspondent
   
• Hezbollah, Sunnis Sign Deal on Unity
   
• Iran to Orbit Several Satellites by 2010
  RIA Novosti
   
• The US is Losing But the Winners are Unclear
  by Phyllis Benni
  The New Nation
   
• Lebanon:
  Hizbullah, Salafi group sign Memorandum of Understanding
  Al Bawaba
   
• Iran Strike Not an Option
  Tehran Shows us That Nuke Project is Huge Venture that Cannot be Destroyed
  Alex Fishman
   
• The Region: Israel's Grand Strategy
  By Barry Rubin
   
• Russia Back to the Future
  by Robert Maginnis
   
• Iran and Syria, in the Role of Russia
  By Itamar Rabinovitch
   
• "Brilliant And Brutal Display' Of Russia's National Game, Chess"
  Radio Free Europe
   
• The Russian-Georgian War: Implications for the Middle East
  Ariel Cohen
   
• Georgia: Abkhaz Forces Seize 13 Villages
  TBILISI
   
• Conflict Narrows Oil Options for West
  By Jad Mouwad
  The New York Times
   
• Georgia: Let's Not Start World War III
  By Mike Jackson
  The Sunday Telegraph
   
• Russia Digs in 20 Miles from Georgian Capital
  Mark Franchetti, outside Tbilisi
  The Sunday Times
   
• Crisis Looms in U.S.-Pakistan Relations
  by Patrick Seale
   
• Sticks, Carrots, and Nukes
  By Patrick Clawson
  The Guar