Assad Will Use WMDs While Hizbullah, Iran Plan New Army After Islamist Takeover of Syria

IDF Military Intelligence chief Maj.-Gen. Aviv Kochavi had sobering news for policy makers at the Herzliya Conference, predicting chemical warfare and a post-Assad Iranian-Hizbullah military force. Kochavi told the audience at Thursday’s annual convention the Lebanon-based terrorist organization has teamed up with Iran to form a full-scale army, knowing Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s days in […]

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Al Qaida vs. Hezbollah

March 17, 2013 17:44 by Pesach Benson The Daily Beast describes the Mideast equivalent of a professional wrestling cage match: Hezbollah squaring off against Jabhat al-Nusra. To Hezbollah’s displeasure, the Al-Qaida-linked rebels have taken over a few Syrian villages along the border: Few in the West may want to shed a tear over a full-scale […]

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Hezbollah Deputy Leader Killed in Syria?

Today’s Top Stories 1. Satellite images obtained by the Daily Telegraph show that a heavy water production facility in Arak is now operational. Steam and the unusual level of security is the big giveaway. Oh yeah, international inspectors have been denied access for 18 months. The striking image of steam over the Arak heavy-water complex […]

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Iran, Hezbollah, Building Syria Militias

Iran and Hezbollah are building militias “to preserve and protect their interests” for the inevitable day after Assad is toppled. Not something Israel will like next door. The Washington Post got the scoop: The militias are fighting alongside Syrian government forces to keep Assad in power. But officials think Iran’s long-term goal is to have […]

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“Israel Paid Off Bulgaria”: FT Journo Tweets Conspiracy Theory

February 6, 2013 12:39 by Simon Plosker Conspiracy theories involving Israel are the usual fare of anti-Semitic Arab media or neo-Nazi websites. Iranian claims that Israel itself was responsible for the  deaths of five Israelis in a bus bombing last summer at Bulgaria’s Burgas airport are unsurprising. What is shocking, however, is the following tweet from […]

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Conspiracy Theories Triumphant in Turkey

by Daniel Pipes February 4, 2013 updated Feb 5, 2013 Cross-posted from National Review Online, The Corner I wrote in The Hidden Hand, my 1996 book surveying conspiracy theories in the Middle East, that Turkey and Israel stand out as the only two Middle Eastern countries where leaders are fully accountable to electorates, where the […]

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Syria, Iran threaten Israeli

In wake of reported IAF attack on a military research center in Syria, Syrian ambassador to Lebanon says Damascus has option to respond as Iran threatens “serious consequences” for Tel Aviv; Hezbollah, Russia condemn strike. Syria’s ambassador to Lebanon said on Thursday that Damascus had the option of a “surprise decision” to respond to what […]

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