The Turkish government and the administration of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan have been subject to harsh criticism in the past several days from various parties in the country, which stem from the passage of several controversial bills in the parliament and a tightening grip on the judiciary. Turkish commentators fear...

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Following recent Hezbollah losses in the Syrian arena and near the Lebanese-Syrian border, there are reports of tensions and divisions inside the organization. The Saudi newspaper al-Youm reported (Arabic link) today that some of the organization’s combatants are threatening to neither fight for the organization nor return to their bases....

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Citing a report on CNN Arabic, Al Arabiya reported Monday that the son of Imad Mughniyeh is now commanding Hezbollah’s operations on the Syrian border with Israel. Jihad Mughniyeh, whose father Imad was killed in 2008 in a car bomb attack in the Syrian capital of Damascus, is said to be...

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In remarks made Monday, Iran’s Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei blamed the United States, Britain and Zionism for the creation of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS). Reuters reports: “America, Zionism, and especially the veteran expert of spreading divisions – the wicked government of Britain – have sharply...

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Syria acknowledged Tuesday that it has four chemical weapons facilities that it hadn’t previously disclosed. The Associated Press reports: Syria has declared four chemical weapons facilities it hadn’t mentioned before, a special representative of the U.N. secretary-general told the Security Council on Tuesday. The news heightened concerns that the Syrian...

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Hezbollah fighters on Tuesday attacked an Israeli convoy with a roadside bomb planted inside Israeli territory, injuring two soldiers and triggering concerns that the Iran-backed terror group may be shifting its posture toward the Jewish state and risking deterioration along the Israel-Lebanon border. The attack – which was quickly claimed...

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The Jerusalem Post reported Monday that jihadists are hiding among the Syrian refugees entering Europe. Citing a report in the German newspaper, Bild am Sonntag, which credits the information to American intelligence that had “decod[ed] locked communications of the ISIS leadership,” Benjamin Weinthal writes: The Bild am Sonntag wrote,“In view of the chaotic...

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In an interview with Jeffrey Goldberg of The Atlantic yesterday, a Kurdish intelligence official in the city of Kobani, located in Syria near the border with Turkey, expressed his fears if the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) succeeds in capturing the city. I just got off the phone...

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In an interview with Wall Street Journal editorial board member Mary Kissel (embedded below), UN Watch’s executive director, Hillel Neuer, revealed that human rights icon Aryeh Neier, the former executive director of Human Rights Watch and the American Civil Liberties Union, opposed the appointment of William Schabas to investigate Israel’s conduct...

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Dr. Kamal Al-Labwani, considered one of the most prominent members of the Syrian opposition movement, was in Israel recently to visit the Syrian casualties hospitalized in the Ziv Medical Center near Safed (Tsfat). A Syrian doctor and artist, sometimes called “the Syrian Nelson Mandela,” Al-Labwani came to Israel to thank...

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