President Barack Obama’s retreat on insisting that President Bashar al-Assad leave power was endorsed in an editorial in The New York Times yesterday. But the unsettling truth is that the brutal dictator is still clinging to power and the United States and its allies are going to have to live with...

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One of the twelve terrorists killed in yesterday’s air strike on a Hezbollah convoy in Syria was identified by Iran as a general in the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), The Times of Israel reported today, citing a source who was quoted by Agence France-Presse. “The Israeli strike killed six...

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The Arab media is giving intense coverage to Sunday’s attack just inside the Syria-Israel border, which was attributed to Israel. Jihad Mughniyeh, a Hezbollah commander and son of notorious terrorist Imad Mughniyeh, was killed along with at least nine others in an airstrike Sunday against a convoy in the Syrian section...

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Jihad Mughniyeh, a Hezbollah commander and son of notorious terrorist Imad Mughniyeh, was killed along with at least nine others today in Israeli airstrikes against a convoy in the Syrian section of the Golan Heights. The Daily Star of Lebanon reports: An Israeli helicopter strike on Syria’s Golan Heights Sunday killed...

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Hezbollah is in a state of frustration in recent weeks, mainly because of the complications due to its involvement in Syria. Sources close to the organization told al-Arab (Arabic link) that the heavy manpower losses the organization had suffered in the Syrian arena, where it helps the forces of President Bashar...

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An analysis published this week in Haaretz indicates that Hezbollah is using Iranian and Syrian assistance to build up its terror infrastructure in the Golan Heights, a move that is likely to deepen concerns that the Iranian-backed organization is positioning itself for a dramatic escalation at in the region at...

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Iranian Parliament Chairman Ali Larijani arrived in Lebanon on Monday, the second stop on a three-country tour – Syria and Iraq are the other two destinations – amid growing concerns from the Sunni world and boasts from Tehran that have the Iranians controlling four Arab capitals. Larijani, meeting with Lebanese...

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Hezbollah insists that its ally, Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad, will remain in power. In a message delivered to Russia, the Shiite terror organization made clear that it does not agree that anyone, even from the Alawite sect, should replace the current President as part of any possible solution to the Syrian conflict....

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Amid recent Kurdish battle victories against the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) and promised American military aid, the Kurdish dream of an independent state may soon be getting at least tacit American support, according to a report Monday by Eli Lake of Bloomberg News. These battlefield victories underline an equally...

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The Arab newspaper Rai Al-Aam reports (Arabic link) that tensions inside the terrorist organization Hamas are pitting factions who support Iran and the Syrian regime against those who are based in Qatar. The origin of this internal Hamas conflict centers on the decision by Hamas’s political leadership and its chairman Khaled...

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