Dutch Priest Assassinated in Syrian Monastery

Dutch priest Frans van der Legt, who gained notoriety for his refusal to abandon his congregation in the ravaged Syrian city of Homs, was assassinated in his monastery on Monday by masked gunmen.

Behind the Lines: Israel-Syria Border Escalation

This week’s events on the Israel-Syrian border are testimony to the extent to which the effective disintegration of the Syrian state is producing a new security reality in the North. Once, Syrian President Bashar Assad’s regime sought to conduct its business via Israel’s border with Lebanon. The Syrians would seek to place pressure on Israel […]