The rocky marriage of convenience between Russia and Iran in Syria

Russian President Vladimir Putin and Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. Credit: Wikimedia Commons. The tensions between Iran and Russia about Iran’s continued presence and the nature of its activities in Syria are expected to continue and even worsen. (January … Read More

‘Iran’s strategy is to wipe Israel off political geography’

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TEHRAN, Jan. 28 (MNA) – Deputy Commander of Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) Brigadier General Hossein Salami said that Iran’s strategy is to wipe the Zionist regime off the political geography. Brigadier General Hossein Salami told reporters on Monday that … Read More

Analysis Iran’s Soleimani Seeks New Balance of Terror With Israel. For Now, He Failed

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Netanyahu and new army chief reap benefits from Syria strikes – but who will sound the alarm bells when Israel approaches the precipice of war? Iranian general Qassem Soleimani. Office of the Iranian Supreme Le To get Israel ready for war, … Read More

A week of military and diplomatic success for Israel; failure and humiliation for Iran and the PA

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On the political and military fronts, Israel outmaneuvers its enemies. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu secured another diplomatic victory for Israel with the dramatic announcement that Chad and the Jewish State would be reestablishing diplomatic relations. The Muslim majority nation had severed ties … Read More

Israel’s ‘Arbitrary’ Airstrikes on Syria Must Stop, Russia Warns

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Syria’s UN envoy says on the same day that if Israel attacks Damascus, it can reach Tel Aviv as well. File photo: Missile fire over Damascus, Syria, January 21, 2019.SANA via Reuters Syria: If Israel can strike Damascus, we can … Read More

Iran’s Foreign Minister mocked John Bolton with ’10-year challenge’ on Twitter

Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif talks with reporters before meeting with U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry in Geneva January 14, 2015. REUTERS/Rick Wilking Mohammad Javad Zarif, Iran’s foreign minister, has mocked the US national security adviser’s calls for a … Read More

Iran says it will remain in Syria, despite Israel’s warning to get out

Iran’s Revolutionary Guards chief Mohammad Ali Jafari said on Wednesday that Tehran would maintain its military presence in the country. This comes after Prime Minster Benjamin Netanyahu said earlier this week that Israel would continue striking Syria so long as … Read More

Netanyahu warns Iran: You had better leave Syria – now

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After Iran denies it is has military presence in Syria, Netanyahu advises Iran to ‘get out of there fast’, vowing to intensify air campaign. Benjamin Netanyahu (Binyamin Netanyahu)    Noam Revkin Fenton/Flash90 Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu warned Iran that … Read More

Israeli concerns about Chinese weapons in Middle East

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A study published by the Institute for National Security Studies (INSS) at Tel Aviv University has reviewed the history of arms deals between China, some Arab countries and Iran. China’s arms exports to the Middle East began in the mid-1970s, and by 2017 it … Read More

Opinion For the First Time, Israel Faces an Adversary Too Powerful to Be Defeated

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Iran is the most sophisticated, dangerous adversary Israel has ever faced. It has adopted a decades-long strategy of attrition until destruction. But Israel, frenetically focused on the here and now, lacks a systematic plan to confront it – and other … Read More

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