In ISIS: Can the West Win Without a Ground Game?, published in the October 2014 issue of The Tower Magazine, Jonathan Spyer outlines the dilemmas facing policy makers who wish to, in the words of President Barack Obama, “degrade and ultimately destroy” the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS)....

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Al Arabiya on Monday (link in Arabic) cataloged  a series of concessions that the Obama administration is rumored to have made to Iran as negotiations approach the upcoming November 24 deadline, a week after The New York Times reported on plans by President Barack Obama to “do everything in his power to...

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An analysis written for Lebanon’s NOW media outlet yesterday argues that Hezbollah’s involvement in Syria has “strained” the terrorist group’s resources and is potentially alienating it from its power base, the Shiite population of Lebanon. The author of the analysis, Hussain Abdul-Hussain, observed that in order to justify its involvement outside...

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Dr. Emily Landau, a nuclear proliferation expert at Israel’s Institute for National Security Studies, shared her concerns last Thursday about recent developments in the P5+1 nuclear negotiations with Iran. She made her remarks in a conference call organized by The Israel Project, which publishes The Tower. (A complete recording of the...

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Ahmed Shaheed, the United Nations’ Special Rapporteur on the Situation of Human Right in the Islamic Republic of Iran, compiled a report on the status of minorities in Iran to be presented to political leaders Tuesday. Benjamin Weinthal reports that despite Iranian President Hassan Rouhani’s campaign promise to extend citizenship...

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When the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) initally seized large parts of Iraq, the Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki was replaced and Iran, with whom al-Maliki had close ties, seemingly suffered a reduced level control over Baghdad. Now Tehran is trying to increase both its overt and covert involvement...

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Reyhaneh Jabbari, a 26 year old Iranian woman, was hanged Saturday after international pleas to spare her life were disregarded by the Iranian government. The Telegraph reports: Reyhaneh Jabbari was hanged at dawn in Rajaie Shahr prison outside Tehran after spending seven years behind bars. She was the 967th person...

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Lawmakers from both Congressional chambers and both parties continued on Wednesday and Thursday to blast the Obama administration over reports – explicitly outlined on Sunday by The New York Times – that the White House will seek to freeze out lawmakers from helping to shape a nuclear deal with Iran. The...

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Focusing on the aftermath of the 1994 AMIA Jewish community center bombing in Buenos Aires, in which 85 people were killed, Eamonn MacDonagh asks Has Argentina Turned Against its Jews? in the October 2014 issue of The Tower Magazine. MacDonagh writes that “the criminal investigation into the massive terrorist attack was chaotic,...

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Israeli defense minister Moshe Ya’alon appeared on The Charlie Rose Show on Sunday and discussed many of the issues and threats currently facing Israel. One segment of the interview (embedded below) focused on Iran’s efforts to develop a nuclear weapon. The interview begins with Rose asking Ya’alon how long it...

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