Isranet Daily Briefing
Monday, December 2nd 2024
“If Turkey were to renew its push for regime change in Damascus, it would put Ankara once again in conflict with major Arab states such as Iraq and the United Arab Emirates who have already indicated support for Assad. Presumably, Egypt and Saudi Arabia also support the Syrian regime given their wariness of the Islamist […]
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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 […]
Steven A. Cook Council on Foreign Relations, Dec. 1, 2024 “For the moment, Assad’s problems in Syria are Iran’s problems in Syria and that is good for Israel.” How did opposition fighters gain control of Syria’s second-largest city eight years after they were routed? How significant is this? During the height of the conflict in […]
Tuesday, December 19th 2023 / Tuesday, December 19th 2023
Iran’s Proxies in Syria Move Toward Escalation with Israel: Kasra Aarabi and Jason M. Brodsky, Foreign Policy, Nov. 10, 2023 What the War in Gaza Means for Syria: Aron Lund, The New Humanitarian, Dec. 7, 2023 Syria’s Stakes in the Israel-Gaza War: Giorgio Cafiero, The New Arab, Dec. 14, 2023 How Violence in Syria Is Connected to […]
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 […]
Aron Lund The New Humanitarian, Dec. 7, 2023 “… the most significant Gaza-related escalation in Syria involves neither Israel nor Hamas, but Iraq. Since 17 October, a new group that calls itself “the Islamic Resistance in Iraq” has fired at US bases in eastern Syria dozens of times. The group, which appears to be a front for several Iran-backed […]
Omar Albam and Cathrin Schaer DW, Oct. 31, 2023 “The head of the UN’s Independent International Commission of Inquiry on Syria, Paulo Pinheiro, confirmed this last week, telling the UN General Assembly that the country was “witnessing the largest escalation of hostilities in Syria in four years.” Syrian activists also said Russia and Syria had again been using weapons […]
Monday, February 27th 2023 / Friday, December 1st 2023
ANALYSIS: Harbingers of Coming Israeli Military Action Against Iran: Yochanan Visser, Israel Today, Feb. 26, 2023 Syria’s Civil War: The Descent into Horror: Zachary Laub, Council on Foreign Relations, Feb. 14, 2023 Syria: The War Has Not Ended: Amir Taheri, Gatestone Institute, Feb. 12, 2023 Syria’s Isolation Hinders Earthquake Relief Effort: Vivian Salama and Stephen […]
Amir Taheri Gatestone Institute, Feb. 12, 2023 “The idea this time was to let the “main players,” that is to say Russia, Turkey and Iran, involved in the Syrian psycho-drama, write a new constitution for the failed state and persuade everyone to sing from the same hymn sheet.” Since 2019 when the Syrian tragedy […]
Vivian Salama and Stephen Kalin WSJ, Feb. 8, 2023 “Humanitarian aid that goes through Damascus has been weaponized for years.” The U.S.’s longstanding refusal to engage with Syria’s government, along with limited access to areas hit by catastrophic earthquakes in Turkey and Syria, has raised fears that Syrian victims could be denied lifesaving aid. As images […]
Zachary Laub Council on Foreign Relations, Feb. 14, 2023 “The Assads presided over a system that was not just autocratic but kleptocratic, doling out patronage to bind Syrians to the regime.” Twelve years after protesters in Syria first demonstrated against the four-decade rule of the Assad family, hundreds of thousands of Syrians have been […]
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