CURRENT NEWS

 

News
Posted Wednesday, May 14, 2008
11:01 AM EDT

Saudis sends sharp warning to Iran over Lebanon
By Sam F. Ghattas


News
Posted Tuesday, May 13, 2008
11:20 AM EDT

"Prolonged Crisis" in Lebanon Reflects "Cold War" in Region
Counsil on Foreign Relations


News
Posted Tuesday, May 13, 2008
10:28 AM EDT

Bush Tour Diminished by Hezbollah Show of Force
By Jim Lobe


News
Posted Tuesday, May 13, 2008
9:32 AM EDT

Our World: How Lebanon Was Lost
By Caroline Glick
The Jerusalem Post


Surrendering to Hizballah
By Andrew Lee Butters
Time/Beirut


Middle East: Are Iran, Syria Playing Any Roles In Lebanon Fighting?
AFP

Iran's Ambassador to Syria Says Israel in Worst Ever Condition
IRNA

Lebanon Clashes Move North as Beirut Unrest Eases
Bloomberg


News
Posted Monday, May 12, 2008
10:51 AM EDT

The Region: As Lebanon Turns into Gaza
By Barry Rubin

Hezbollah Fighters Pile Pressure on Lebanon Rivals


News
Posted Monday, May 12, 2008
9:39 AM EDT

ANALYSIS / Who Will stop Hezbollah? Not the Lebanon Army
Haaretz


News
Posted Sunday, May 11, 2008
3:02 PM EDT

Lebanese Declaration Threatens Civil War
By Hugh Macleod
The Observer


Ramon: Lebanon - a Hizbullah State
Ynet

Fighting in Mount Lebanon Rages Between Pro, Anti-Government Supporters
Ynet

Hezbollah Battles Druze East of Beirut

Renewed fierce clashes in Lebanon


News
Posted Sunday, May 11, 2008
1:48 AM EDT

Showdown Between Hizballah and Beirut
By David Schenker


News
Posted Sunday, May 11, 2008
1:06 AM EDT

Foreign Ministry Says 30 Russians May Leave Lebanon May 13


News
Posted Saturday, May 10, 2008
12:15 PM EDT

Siniora Slams Hizbullah "Coup"
Ynet

Al-Qaeda Declares War on Hezbollah
Press TV


News
Posted Friday, May 9, 2008
11:34 AM EDT

Lebanon: Increasing Violence Raising U.S. Concerns Over Iran
Radio Free Europe
By Charles Recknagel


News
Posted Friday, May 9, 2008
9:18 AM EDT

Is This the Start of the Next Lebanese Civil War?
Time
by Andrew Lee Butter


Lebanon on the Brink as Violence Erupts
Government has declared war, says Hizbullah, At least 10 killed and 20 hurt as clashes spread

The Guardian

Fighting Pushing Lebanon Toward Another Civil War
Fierce eruption grim reminder of 1975-90 conflict

By Borzou Daragahi
Los Angeles Times


News
Posted Thursday, May 8, 2008
11:04 AM EDT

Lebanon's political conflict turns violent
By Tom Perry


News
Posted Wednesday, May 7, 2008
11:02 AM EDT

Terrorism in the Twenty-First Century: Implications for Homeland Security
The Washington Institute for Near East Policy

Joint Chiefs signal possible Iran strike
World Tribune

Anti-Government Strike Hits Beirut

Medvedev handed control of Russia's nuclear weapons


News
Posted Tuesday, May 6, 2008
11:51 AM EDT

Ahmadinejad is Iran's Jim Jones
by James Zumwalt

Corruption:
Foreign national to be deposed in scandal; major development expected today

By Israel Insider staff

John Bolton: US should bomb Iranian camps
by Damien McElroy, Foreign Affairs Correspondent
The Telegraph


Don't be afraid of peace with Syria
Ha'Aretz Editorial

Washington Cool on New Israel-Syria Talks
by Khody Akhavi


News
Posted Saturday, May 3, 2008
7:22 AM EDT

The Syrian Nuclear Puzzle
By Greg Bruno

Legal source: Olmert in a problematic situation
Ynet- Aviram Zino

The Prospects for Syrian-Israeli Peace


News
Posted Wednesday, April 30, 2008
9:53 AM EDT

Cigarette Smugglers Funnel Money to Hizbullah, HAMAS, Qaida
Fox News


News
Posted Tuesday, April 29, 2008
10:18 AM EDT

Israel's Traditional Elites
Caroline Glick
The Jerusalem Post


Choices and Strategies for Dealing with Iran
Official Testimony of Ambassador Dennis Ross to the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee’s Subcommittee on Federal Financial Management, Government Information, Federal Services, and International Security

The Washington Institute for Near East Policy

CIA: Syrian Reactor Capacity Was 1-2 Weapons per Year
Reuters

Samir Kuntar to Marry in Prison
Israel News

Iran, Russia Discuss New N-Package


News
Posted Monday, April 28, 2008
12:27 PM EDT

IAF Chief: Hitler Wasn't Believed, We Can't Make that Mistake with Ahmadinejad
By Haaretz Service

The Region: Stuck in the Middle Ages, Islam Targets Moderation
By Barry Rubin

US Should Have Shared Syria Nuclear Intel Earlier: Legislators


News
Posted Sunday, April 27, 2008
12:16 PM EDT

U.S. Policy and Syria: Who's Converting Whom?
Syria, Middle East, Arab-Israeli Relations, Iraq, Israel

Peter W. Rodman, Senior Fellow, Foreign Policy

Top Russian Official Goes to Iran to Discuss Security

Syria's Shadow Still Looms Large Over Lebanon

Netanyahu: Olmert Acting Like an Amateur
Ynet


News
Posted Friday, April 25, 2008
4:01 PM EDT

Background Briefing with Senior US Intelligence Officials
Subject: Syria's covert nuclear reactor and North Korea's involvement


News
Posted Friday, April 25, 2008
1:02 PM EDT

White House: Syria Reactor Not for 'Peaceful' Purposes
CNN

Six-party Deal Under Threat as US Spills the Beans on North Korea

Hugo Chavez Vows to 'Bury U.S. ' in 21st Century
RIA Novosti

Gates: Iranians Kill US Soldiers
Press TV

Al-Sadr may restart full-scale fight against US in Iraq
Radical cleric Muqtada al-Sadr moving toward all-out fight in showdown with Iraqi leaders

Hamza Hendawi and Qassim Abdul-Zahra


News
Posted Thursday, April 24, 2008
12:18 PM EDT

Understanding Chronology Of War And Terror In The Middle East
Louis René Beres
Professor of International Law


Syria: Israel Ready to Return Golan

U.S. Thinks N.Korea Aided Syria on Plutonium Program

Petraeus Picked to Lead Mideast Command
Gen. David Petraeus to be next commander of Mideast command

Anne Flaherty
AP News


News
Posted Tuesday, April 22, 2008
11:59 AM EDT

Caught in the Net: Syria
Foreign Policy

Sadr's in a JAM
It looks like his militia got routed.

by Tom Donnelly


News
Posted Monday, April 21, 2008
10:07 PM EDT

Don’t rush to Damascus
Israel should accept US position on Syria instead of restoring to baseless fantasies

By Zalman Shoval


News
Posted Monday, April 21, 2008
11:17 AM EDT

Syria gets Russian air-defense system
Stratfor


News
Posted Sunday, April 20, 2008
9:44 AM EDT

Israel: 60 years of hope and despair
Sam Kiley
The Observer


News
Posted Saturday, April 19, 2008
11:19 AM EDT

As Iran Turns Irreversibly Nuclear
Israel's Last Chance

Louis René Beres
Professor of International Law


Citizen Carter’s Ego Trip
by Lt Col Oliver North


News
Posted Friday, April 18, 2008
11:12 AM EDT

Winning Counterinsurgency War:
The Israeli Experience

By Major General (res.) Yaakov Amidror


News
Posted Friday, April 18, 2008
10:37 AM EDT

The Preemptive Strike Returns
By Amir Oren
Haaretz


News
Posted Thursday, April 17, 2008
12:43 PM EDT

Ahmadinejad Hails Iran 's Military Power

Hizbullah Militants Regroup Amid War Jitters
The Lebanese Shiite group is recruiting Sunnis, training in Iran for a possible second war with Israel.

By Nicholas Blanford
Correspondent of the Christian Science Monitor


News
Posted Wednesday, April 16, 2008
11:40 PM EDT

Indonesia: Jemaah Islamiyah Suspects on Way to Syria When Arrested

Risk of Nuclear Attack on Rise
More Emergency Prep Could Be Done, Experts Tell Senate

By Mary Beth Sheridan
Washington Post Staff Writer


News
Posted Wednesday, April 16, 2008
10:15 AM EDT

Hamas' Useful Idiot
by Robert Maginnis

A Palestinian Civil War in Lebanon?
Andrew Lee Butters

Syria arming Hezbollah despite UN resolution: Israel


News
Posted Tuesday, April 15, 2008
11:04 AM EDT

Our World: What is a sufficient victory?
By Caroline Glick
The Jerusalem Post


A Paradigm Shift: How Hizbollah Won the War
By M. Shahid Alam

The Region: 'Lennonism' paints the Middle East
By Barry Rubin


News
Posted Sunday, April 13, 2008
4:18 PM EDT

Countering Iran
Tehran's 'special groups' in Iraq are just one element of a regional threat

The Washington Post

Netanyahu: Israel suffers from lack of leadership
YNET



Posted Friday, April 11, 2008
9:27 AM EDT

J´accuse
Dr. Joseph Hitti

Israel concludes largest civil defence drill
Africasia

US/IRAQ: Calm on the Surface, Simmering Beneath
Ali Gharib

Bush, seeking to divide Jerusalem, will avoid "controversial" Kotel visit
Israel Insider

CAIR vs. the NYPD
The Wahhabi lobby attacks.

by Stephen Schwartz


News
Posted Thursday, April 10, 2008
11:18 AM EDT

Netanyahu: 'We won't be able to deter nuclear Iran'
By Jonathan Beck

Syria: President's brother-in-law 'accused of US-backed coup'

Hamas Confirms: Carter To Meet Terrorist Leader
By Joseph Abrams


News
Posted Wednesday, April 9, 2008
12:22 PM EDT

Fars: Syria Arrests Saudi Official Over Mughniyeh Assassination
RTT News

China signs oil pact with Syria


News
Posted Tuesday, April 8, 2008
12:52 PM EDT

Hundreds flee fighting in Baghdad as showdown looms between government and Shiite militia
By Robert H. Reid
Associated Press


Iran joined militias in battle for Basra
Sarah Baxter and Marie Colvin
The Sunday Times


Damascus, Ramallah or Tehran
By Amir Oren

Our World: Covering for the enemy
By Caroline Glick

The Region: An Abbas of failure
By Barry Rubin

Eye on Lebanon:
The presidential 'consensual candidate'

Manuela Paraipan
The Jerusalem Post


News
Posted Monday, April 7, 2008
10:37 AM EDT

The Second Iran-Iraq War
By Kimberly Kagan

Syria wants U.S. to facilitate 'billions' in business
Also want to be primary American ally as region goes on war alert

By Aaron Klein


News
Posted Sunday, April 6, 2008
1:23 PM EDT

Crossfire War:
Iran Denies Constructing Monitoring Stations, Syria Admits It

By Willard Payne


News
Posted Sunday, April 6, 2008
8:48 AM EDT

MIDEAST: Israel and Syria Flirt Dangerously
Peter Hirschberg

The Biggest Loser
By Hussein Shobokshi
Al Sharq el Awsat


Lebanon, Hezbollah on full alert
Press TV

Petrofac wins $477m Syria gas deal


News
Posted Thursday, April 3, 2008
11:46 AM EDT

Revenge for Mugniyah could ignite conflict in north
YNET

War Is Talk Of Syria And Israel
By Benny Avni
Staff Reporter of the Sun


News
Posted Wednesday, April 2, 2008
11:59 AM EDT

Clash of interests keeps Lebanon unquiet
By Janine Zacharia
Bloomberg


Report: Syrian reservists called up for fear of Israeli strike
Ynet

McCain admits he was caught off guard by Basra offensive
Suzanne Goldenberg in Washington


News
Posted Wednesday, April 2, 2008
1:42 AM EDT

Syria says offer made to trade Lebanon polls for UN investigation

Senior CPC official arrives in Syria
China Economic Net

Israel readies largest exercise ever to prepare for Iran-Syria missile war
World Tribune


News
Posted Tuesday, April 1, 2008
2:40 PM EDT

The Region: When terrorism makes sense
By Barry Rubin


News
Posted Sunday, March 30, 2008
12:14 PM EDT

A New Report on Hariri's Murder
Nicholas Blanford
Time


MK Netanyahu: I will not allow for the division of Jerusalem
Roni Sofer

UN officials: Syria still suspected in Lebanese PM murder case
By Shlomo Shamir, Haaretz Correspondent


News
Posted Friday, March 28, 2008
10:50 PM EDT

Why Arabs snub Syria
What's Behind the Saudi Snub of the Syrian Summit?

by Sara Moller


News
Posted Friday, March 28, 2008
2:26 PM EDT

Lebanon - a cold war getting hotter all the time
by Alberto Cruz


News
Posted Friday, March 28, 2008
12:27 PM EDT

Genetic Signatures in Lebanon Traced Back to the Crusades
Red Orbit


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