By striking military targets inside Syria three times since January – twice this past weekend alone – Israel is engaging in what Former Secretary of State John Foster Dulles would have described as a “brinksmanship” strategy. It is not in Israel’s national interest to intervene in the bloody Syrian civil...

Two mortar shells struck Israel’s Golan Heights on Monday in the early evening local time. Though the IDF described the mortars as accidental spillover from fighting across the border in Syria, they are bound to deepen fears of escalating violence in the region. On Friday and Sunday Israel reportedly struck...

One of the world’s most-read online news sites has been slammed by a top human rights group for coverage of Israel deeply marked by bias and lack of context. In the past the Huffington Post has been criticized for outright deleting wire references demonstrating Palestinian support for violence, and the...

Early this weekend President Barack Obama explicitly defended Israel’s efforts to enforce its “no trasnfer” red line regarding the Syrian conflict. The president emphasized that “the Israelis justifiably have to guard against the transfer of advanced weaponry to terrorist organizations like Hezbollah.” An article published this morning in the Daily...

Israel is moving quickly to dampen regional tensions in the aftermath of Friday and Sunday air strikes which the Jewish state conducted against military assets in Syria. The air strikes were conducted by Israeli Air Force (IAF) jets hovering in Lebanese airspace, and targeted mostly Iranian and Hezbollah assets. Analysts...

Asked to comment on reports of a second Israeli air strike against Syrian advanced weapons in three days, United Kingdom Foreign Secretary William Hague noted today that though he hadn’t seen confirmation of the incident, Israel has a straightforward obligation to defend itself: “All countries have to look after their...

The latest overnight airstrikes targeting reportedly targeting a dozen military bases, weapons depots and sensitive facilities across Syria, including in the heart of Damascus, may have redrafted the unwritten code of silence between Israel and Syria, at least temporarily. Unlike the earlier strike on Friday, this time Syria dropped its...

President Barack Obama today reiterated support for actions that Israel is taking to maintain its long-established red line against the transfer of Syrian advanced weapons to terrorist groups. His statements were in reference to reports that Israel on Friday struck a Syrian missile shipment. They come amid reports that Jerusalem on...

Tonight’s air strikes in Syria targeted sensitive military facilities, including ones staffed by Iran Revolutionary Guard personnel, according to Western government sources who focus on the Middle East and who spoke to The Tower. Those reports have yet to be publicly confirmed. Israel has consistently made clear that it will act to...

Explosions in Syria tonight are being read against the backdrop of ongoing deterioration in the region, with Damascus publicly blaming Israel for what appear to be a second round of air strikes against advanced Syrian weaponry and military infrastructure. Preventing Hezbollah or al Qaeda from laying their hands on chemical...