The Obama administration’s failure to address the brutality of the Iran-backed regime of Bashar al-Assad in Syria led to a “vacuum” that allowed “a humanitarian catastrophe, a terrible refugee crisis, a deepening proxy war and the rise of ISIL in Iraq and Syria” to occur, Dennis Ross, a former White...

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Supporters of the Iran-backed dictator Bashar al-Assad and the terror group Hezbollah have taken to social media to mock residents of the besieged Syrian city of Madaya, who are being starved by the Assad regime and its allies, The Independent reported on Saturday. The hashtag #متضامن_مع_حصار_مضايا, meaning “solidarity with the...

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Forces loyal to Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad and the Iran-backed terror group Hezbollah have laid siege to roughly 40,000 people near Madaya, a predominantly Sunni town near Syria’s border with Lebanon, leading to widespread starvation and a severe deterioration in living conditions, the Associated Press (AP) reported Tuesday. Residents of Madaya,...

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Over 650 of the nearly 700 medical personnel who have died in Syria since the start of the uprising against dictator Bashar al-Assad have been killed by the regime and its allies, Physicians for Human Rights (PHR) charged in a report last week. According to PHR, there have been 336...

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JNS.org – The most recent Republican presidential debate was a breath of fresh air on the terrorism challenge that is front and center in American politics right now. To begin with, it was heartening to see Jeb Bush, whose quest to secure the nomination is all but over, remind Americans...

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In a shocking interview in Foreign Policy Magazine, former Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel accused White House officials of trying to “destroy” him personally in his last days in office.  The comments have sent a stream of commentary across Washington and suggest a further erosion of the President’s legacy on foreign policy. Hagel resigned in late 2014 after...

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Israeli security officials have confirmed that Iran has withdrawn most of its Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) forces from Syria, The Times of Israel reported Friday. The withdrawal is apparently a reaction to the heavy losses the militia has sustained in recent weeks. A senior IRGC commander and 14 lower-ranking personnel were buried on just...

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Former Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel criticized the administration of President Barack Obama for its failure to develop a clear strategy on Syria in the face of escalating violence and a severe humanitarian catastrophe, in an interview with Foreign Policy published on Friday. Hagel revealed that in August 2013, after...

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Iran has been bolstering the beleaguered regime of its ally, Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad, by recruiting Pakistani Shiites to fight against anti-Assad insurgents, Reuters reported Friday. Two men from the Zeinabiyoun, a unit of Pakistani Shiite fighters, were killed fighting in Syria last month. A Twitter account associated with the group has posted pictures of...

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A senior U.S. treasury official revealed that Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad has been the biggest buyer of oil from ISIS, with the terror group making over $500 million from oil sales to his regime and others, Reuters reported on Thursday. “[ISIS] is selling a great deal of oil to the Assad regime,” Adam Szubin, the acting...

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