Analysis & Commentary
Cause for Celebration in Syria
After last week’s bomb blast in Damascus, which killed four top Syrian security and military officials, including President Bashar al-Assad’s brother-in-law, the momentum finally seems to be turning in favor of the rebels.
Blowback in Syria
On Wednesday, July 18, a bomb killed at least three top officials from Bashar al Assad’s crumbling regime. Among them was Assef Shawkat, the deputy defense minister and former head of Syrian military intelligence.
Iranian Terror and Obama’s Misguided Terror Forum
Iran and its terror subsidiary, the Lebanon-based Hezbollah, appear to be responsible for a suicide bombing of a bus full of Israeli tourists in Bulgaria, which killed seven people and wounded 33 on Wednesday.
How Obama’s Hands-Off Policy Paved the Way for the Assads’ (and Hezbollah’s) Downfall
The good news is that Bashar Assad’s Syrian regime is on its last legs — the other legs having been blown out from under it by a Wednesday bomb attack in Damascus, which killed at least three top regime security officials.
The Syrian Conundrum
As the Syrian uprising enters its 17thmonth and the casualty toll mounts dramatically,Western inability to address the crisis, beyond strong rhetoric and sanctions, risks further harming Western interests in the region.
The Obama Retreat
In Moscow last week for the third round of talks with Iran over its nuclear weapons program this year, the Obama administration came up empty—again. So the White House, with nothing to show for investing in talks with Tehran, now has nothing left to say.
Paper Trail Leads to Damascus
In December 2010, the New York Times' Robert F. Worth wrote an article about the newspaper Al-Akhbar, "the most dynamic and daring in Lebanon, and perhaps anywhere in the Arab world."
Hezbollah Joins the White House in Congratulating Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood President-elect
The Shiite jihadist organization that serves as Iran’s forward militia, issued a statement congratulating the Egyptian people and their new Islamic supremacist president, Mohammed Morsi, on their “historical achievement,”...
Terrorist Financing Since 9/11: Assessing an Evolving al Qaeda and State Sponsors of Terrorism
Chairman Meehan, Ranking Member Higgins, and members of the subcommittee, on behalf of the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, thank you for the opportunity to testify.
Hezbollah’s Newest Threat
Lebanon’s Party of God is feeling heat from certain Shiites, who aren’t eager to serve as human shields again.
Obama’s Way of War
Is Barack Obama a warrior president? Not in the British tradition, of course, which gave us Winston Churchill, with his crazy cavalry charge against Sudanese spears, or the more cerebral Harold Macmillan, shot to pieces in World War I.
A Talk with Samir Geagea, Head of the Lebanese Forces
Samir Geagea is reluctant to speak much of the attempt on his life last month. It was here, at his home in Maarab, a fortified villa high in the mountains, where one or more snipers allegedly took aim at the head of the Lebanese Forces, a Christian majority party.
Israel’s Unity Deal and Lebanon
The surprise unity deal struck between Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Kadima chairman Shaul Mofaz has spurred a flurry of speculation, including in the Arab media, about its ultimate significance.
The Foggiest War
The “fog of war” is a concept derived from the writings of Carl von Clausewitz, the great 19th century Prussian military theorist who recognized that those leading troops into battle often lack data, perspective and situational awareness.
Seymour Hersh’s ‘Justice’
Writing at BuzzFeed, my colleague James Kirchick informs readers that famed New Yorker journalist Seymour Hersh once opined that the assassination of President John F. Kennedy “might have been some justice.”
Iran’s Trail of Terror
Not since the fall of the Soviet Union has any nation so aggressively pursued alliances with bad actors in so many places worldwide, acknowledged Reuel Marc Gerecht, a former CIA officer who focused primarily on Iran.
Iran Regime Change Only Hope
As the drumbeat of war mounts in the Middle East, people wonder if an Iran-Israel war is inevitable. Iran's rhetoric about wiping Israel off the map continues unabated - as does its quest for nuclear weapons.
Lou Dobbs Tonight
Hezbollah Preparing for Attacks Within the U.S.? Fox News Middle East analyst Walid Phares, Foundation for Defense of Democracies' Sebastian Gorka and Fox News contributor Judy Miller on the risks of terrorist attacks by Hezbollah within America.
Iran’s War in Gaza
Israeli jets pounded the Gaza Strip on March 12 in the latest volley of fire since violence broke out late last week. But they were not fighting Hamas, Israel's traditional bête noire in Gaza.
Closing Tehran’s Sanctions Loopholes
In his speech before the American Israel Public Affairs Committee in Washington on Sunday, President Barack Obama once again promised that the United States would not allow Iran to develop a nuclear weapon.
