Israel quietly maintains ties with Egyptian army

Egyptian Army soldiers stand guard outside the Rabaah al-Adawiya mosque, in the center of the largest protest camp of supporters of ousted president Mohammed Morsi, that was cleared by security forces, in the district of Nasr City, Cairo, Egypt, Friday, August 16, (photo credit: AP/Hassan Ammar) Israel quietly maintains ties with Egyptian army Fearing that […]

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Flash Point in the Eastern Mediterranean

The guided-missile cruiser USS Monterey (CG 61) transits the Suez Canal.- Navy Live Flash Point in the Eastern Mediterranean Will conflict in the Middle East trigger the next great power war? James Stavridis, Foreign Policy, July 19, 2013 This is not a new crisis. The Greek poet Constantine Cavafy lived and wrote in Egypt a […]

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Israel stirs the pot in Syria

Israel stirs the pot in Syria by Jonathan Cook, Mondoweiss, June 17, 2013 For much of the past two years Israel stood sphinx-like on the sidelines of Syria’s civil war. Did it want Bashar al-Assad’s regime toppled? Did it favour military intervention to help opposition forces? And what did it think of the increasing visibility of Islamist […]

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Iran invited to Syria peace conference

Iranian Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi (Reuters) Iran invited to Syria peace conference: official The Daily Star, June 11, 2013 04:46 PM MOSCOW: Iran has received a verbal invitation to attend the proposed peace conference on Syria, the Islamic Republic’s deputy foreign minister said on Tuesday without specifying who extended the invitation. «Ten days ago, we received […]

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Hezbollah in Syria: data and assumptions

France says 3,000-4,000 Hezbollah are fighting in Syria Reuters, May 29, 2013 – France said on Wednesday its intelligence services believed 3-4,000 guerillas from Lebanon’s Hezbollah militia fighting alongside President Bashar al-Assad’s army in Syria’s civil war. «As far as Hezbollah militants present in the battlefield, the figures range from 3,000 to 10,000, our estimates are between […]

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Yaalon plans to restructure the IDF as small, self-contained armies

Read also: «Moshé Yaalon, un spécialiste des coups d’éclat à la Défense» Yaalon plans to restructure the IDF as small, self-contained armies DEBKAfile Exclusive Report, April 14, 2013 The two top ministers in the new Netanyahu government both have big plans. While overlapping at some points, the two will certainly butt heads on others. Finance […]

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Iran Viewpoint

Ayatollah Ali Khamenei Photo: AFP Iran Viewpoint: Strategic Assessment Of Leader Of Iran’s Latest Remarks  By Mahdi Mohammadi, Iran Review — March 27, 2013 Two years ago, the Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was addressing the audience at a university in the United States. During that address, he noted that in his opinion, in the absence of […]

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The drone mania

When the Whole World Has Drones The precedents the U.S. has set for robotic warfare may have fearsome consequences as other countries catch up This article appeared in print as Standard Deviation Kristin Roberts, National Journal, 22 March, 2013 [An interview with the author] A slim aircraft glided through Israeli airspace, maintaining low altitude and taking a […]

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