Analysis
Monday, December 9th 2024
Dr. Eric R. Mandel Jerusalem Post, Dec. 8, 2024 “Russia will do all it can to preserve its Hmeimim air base in Latakia and its Tartus naval port on the Mediterranean. The Iran alliance is a casualty for the time being. However, Russia will still work with Iran as part of the axis of resistance, […]
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Lahav Harkov Jewish Insider, Dec. 8, 2024 “… a nuclear Iran is a more immediate and tangible matter.” With the stunning fall of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad on Sunday, another branch of Iran’s “axis of resistance” to Israel has been eliminated, a positive development with strategic opportunities for Israel, though there are still risks to […]
JCFA Iran-Syria Desk Jerusalem Center for Security and Foreign Affairs, Dec. 8, 2024 “Israel should leverage the regional chaos and confusion to bolster its own interests.” Syria’s pro-Iranian Alawite minority has fallen. Syria’s ancient capital of Damascus was captured by the most formidable element of the anti-Assad coalition, the Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS). The group is led by the Sunni Islamic fundamentalist Abu […]
Farnaz Fassihi NY Times, Dec. 7, 2024 “Resistance in the region would be left without support. Israel would become the dominant force.” For decades, Iran has expended much blood and money in support of Syria’s president, Bashar al-Assad, helping him survive a civil war that threatened his dynastic rule. Iran operated military bases, weapons warehouses […]
Isranet Daily Briefing
Tuesday, December 3rd 2024 / Tuesday, December 3rd 2024
TERROR IN SYRIA Turkey Unleashes Jihadist Terror on Syria: Uzay Bulut, Gatestone, Dec. 3, 2024 — Turkey is unleashing another gruesome jihad in Syria. On November 27, jihadist terror groups — led by the Islamist group Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (Organization for the Liberation of the Levant; HTS) —launched a coordinated attack on Aleppo Governorate in northwestern Syria, […]
Tuesday, December 3rd 2024
Yaakov Lappin JNS, Dec. 2, 2024 “The Assad regime allowed Syria to be the Philadelphi Corridor [the Gazan area bordering Sinai used to smuggle weapons] on steroids.” Since Nov. 27, the Syrian civil war has seen a resurgence of hostilities that directly threatens the stability of President Bashar Assad’s regime, following an offensive launched by […]
Wael Al-Sawah Worldcrunch, Dec. 2, 2024 “It is almost certain that the operation was directed, planned, and led by Turkey.” There is no equivalent in Arabic for the phrase “Déjà vu,” which captures the feeling of seeing something and believing you’ve seen it before or experiencing something you think you’ve lived through in the past. […]
Monday, December 2nd 2024
Lior Ben Ari, Alexandra Lukash, and New Agencies Ynet News, Dec. 1, 2024 “Al-Julani has drawn ideological distinctions between Jabhat al-Nusra and the Islamic State, stating, “We reject the caliphate they declare and view it as illegitimate because it was established on invalid foundations.”” When discussing the Syrian “rebels” currently engaged in combat against President […]
Ibrahim Hamidi Al-Arabiya News, Nov. 30, 2024 “The surprise attack looks to be aimed at pressuring Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, who has refused to meet the Turkish president unless his forces withdraw from Syrian territory.” Syrian opposition group Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) and armed factions supported by Turkey launched a surprise offensive in northwestern Syria, […]
Tuesday, December 19th 2023
Giorgio Cafiero The New Arab, Dec. 14, 2023 “The war in Gaza is reviving the relevance of the resistance front in the Arab world. Not only the Syrian opposition, but the Arab world more generally has scoffed at the impotence of the resistance front in recent years. Today, Arabs are again rooting for resistance. The […]
Friday, June 16th 2023 / Sunday, November 5th 2023
Ellen Iones Foreign Policy, June 14, 2023 “Assad is not going to budge on core issues like Iran. He needs Iran; he’s not going to step away from Iran. And he’s not going to be a reliable negotiator that delivers everything that he promises to do.” Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s appearance at the Arab […]
Aditi Bhaduri India Narrative, May 20, 2023 “Syria’s re-admission to the Arab League is also symptomatic of the diminishing US influence in West Asia.” On May 7, the League of Arab States admitted Syria back into its fold, following its suspension more than 12 years ago, after the outbreak of the Syrian Civil […]
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