For outsiders, it is hard to comprehend that people would rather have a war in which they could die than continue living under a regime that makes their lives hell.
Middle East
Events at Abu al-Duhur, Damascus and Beit Jinn point to the real test facing the Syrian president.
Jerusalem’s top diplomat hit back after Ankara’s chief envoy called Netanyahu a criminal who takes pleasure in shedding blood and urged action to stop him.
The current standoff has effectively turned Carl von Clausewitz’s famous adage on its head: Politics is, for now, the continuation of war by other means.
Turkey’s president compared Israel to history’s worst mass murderers as Jerusalem accused Ankara of incitement and support for Hamas.
Israeli strikes reflect concern over Ankara-backed Syrian rearmament and Islamist rule, former IDF officer tells JNS.
The language of Iran’s rulers reveals a regime preparing not to resolve the causes of unrest, but to survive the moment when Iranian society erupts again.
The Middle East was already a hub of important trade routes in biblical times. Caravans traveled through the land of Israel, connecting Asia, Africa, and Europe.
“For too long, this designation was another wall separating the Syrian people from the investment, enterprise and opportunity necessary to rebuild their nation,” said Tom Barrack, US ambassador to Turkey and special presidential envoy for Syria and Iraq.
