Syria Gets Us Farther from a Post-War Epoch
This came within a week of President Trump’s pronouncement that “we’re knocking the hell out of ISIS. We’ll be coming out of Syria, like very soon. Let the other people take care of it now.”
Israel Prepared to Strike S-300 System in Syria: Defense Minister
‘What’s important to us is that the defensive weapons the Russians are giving Syria won’t be used against us,’ Liberman stressed.
NATO’s Turkey Challenge
In an inarticulate but important statement, then-National Security Advisor H.R. McMaster said in a December 2017 closed-door session that the Islamist threat has been “myopically” treated in the past: “We didn’t pay enough attention how [Islamist ideology] is being advanced through charities, madrassas and other social organizations.”
The Future of Israel Looks Good
Time is on Israel’s side. A careful review of the balance of power between Israel and its foes, the domestic features of its national power, it’s standing in the international community, validates that assessment for the foreseeable future. A must read.
Israel Strikes Syrian Army Position After Mortar Lands in Golan Heights
The IDF said that the mortar was probably a ‘stray’ explosive and spillover from the ongoing Syrian civil war. No Israelis were reported to have been injured.
Divine Response to Iranian Threats: Sandstorms and Earthquakes
An Iranian threat against Israel last week was answered immediately from above with a massive sandstorm. If that message was not entirely clear, two days later, the Iranian nuclear reactor was hit by an earthquake
Mission Accomplished?
Politically and militarily, then, it can reasonably be said that America’s limited mission was accomplished.
The Great Distraction of Punitive Airstrikes
Despite escalating worries about Russia in past weeks, the skies did not fall in as a result of the American-led punitive raid on Syria’s chemical weapons storage and research facilities Saturday morning.
Israel Issues Stern Warning To Iran Fearing Independence Day Attack
Israeli security sources said Tuesday that Israel will respond decisively to any Iranian attack carried out from Syria, referring to recent threats made by Tehran.
Erdogan’s Shadow Army
In the collapsed and fragmented space that comprises much of today’s Middle East, the key to success increasingly lies in the ability to combine political strategy with military muscle, under a single banner, and in a single structure. Examples abound.