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Posted by David Gerstman on April 22, 2013 4 Comments

1) The red line? Back in December, NBC News reported that Syria had loaded chemical weapons onto planes and was prepared to use them against civilians. Syria prepared to use chemical weapons against own people; military awaits final orders, US officials tell @nbcnews nbcnews.to/RCH3Cz— Breaking News (@BreakingNews)...

Posted by David Gerstman on April 18, 2013 1 Comment

1)  Syria and contiguity Jacques Neria writes in Stalemate in the Syrian Civil War: While Assad has survived so far, he has not been able to quell the rebellion, the economy is in shambles, and so are most of the areas hit by the civil war. Hundreds...

Posted by David Gerstman on April 08, 2013 2 Comments

1) The language of concessions The Washington Post reports Kerry presses Israel and Palestinians for concessions to pave way for peace talks: Kerry first visited Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, who has resisted new talks for most of the past four years. His government had sought to file...

Posted by Anne Segal on March 24, 2013 2 Comments

We have reported  in the past on the U.S. State Department's willful silence about imprisoned American pastor Saeed Abedini, who has been held in Iran since last September for "evangelizing" and therefore "threatening national security." The American Center for Law and Justice's Jay Sekulow has...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on February 01, 2013 23 Comments

Those are the reports. Via Ynet: Just four days after Iran proudly announced it had successfully launched a monkey into space – a move seen as proof of a technological breakthrough which may help the Islamic Republic advance its nuclear program, London's Times newspaper is questioning the...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on January 23, 2013 19 Comments

A kiss, via Ynet News: Two Iranian officials could be facing trouble after being caught on camera as they shared a kiss in an elevator. Footage captured by a security camera and broadcast by Sky News Arabia showed Iranian Higher Education Minister Kamran Daneshjoo and Azadeh Ardakani,...

Posted by Anne Segal on January 12, 2013 19 Comments

Yesterday the U.S. State Department for the first time mentioned American pastor Saeed Abedini, who has been imprisoned in Iran since September 2012 for speaking out about his Christian views and developing a network of underground churches. While family and friends of the pastor, who...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on October 21, 2012 12 Comments

I don't have a lot of time today because I'm working on something, but I did want to take note of the latest "non-leak leak maybe who knows" regarding supposed direct negotiations with Iran on its nuclear program. The NY Times reports: The United States and Iran...

Posted by Anne Segal on September 27, 2012 16 Comments

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addressed the United Nations General Assembly in New York today, using a drawing of a bomb as a visual aid to express the Iranian nuclear program. He drew a red line where he believes the UN should intervene. Netanyahu: I brought a...

Posted by Anne Segal on September 26, 2012 9 Comments

Iran's Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, in town to follow President Obama's address to the United Nations General Assembly, met with Nation of Islam's Louis Farrakhan along with peace activists and other members of "Abrahamic religions" on Tuesday evening. While both the U.S. and Israel delegations, among others, boycotted...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on July 18, 2012 14 Comments

News just breaking, details to follow: According to initial reports, an Israeli tour bus was attacked at the Sarafovo International Airport in the Bulgarian vacation city of Bourgas. A Bulgarian website reported that there were multiple casualties in a bomb explosion. Army Radio reported that at least...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on July 05, 2012 12 Comments

Some flee the sinking ship.  Via Times of Israel: Manaf Tlas, one of Syrian President Bashar Assad’s closest friends and most trusted military colleagues, who is also the son of the Assad regime’s former long-serving defense minister, has defected from the Assad regime and fled to...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on June 27, 2012 16 Comments

There seems to be a change in Syria, a worsening of the situation for Assad. I can't tell if this is the turning point, a turning point, or just a bump in Assad's road to staying in power with the military help of Iran, Hezbollah...

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