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Israel, Middle East

Israel ex-army chief challenges Netanyahu from the center

by Shaiel Ben-Ephraim January 31, 2019February 18, 2020

Israel, Middle East

US Army buys Israel’s Iron Dome for tactical missile defense

by Stephen Bryen and Shoshana Bryen January 22, 2019February 18, 2020

Lebanese soldiers monitor the border with Israel near the southern Lebanese village of Meiss el-Jabal on December 16. Photo: AFP

France, Iran, Israel, Lebanon, Middle East, World

Netanyahu urges UN action over Hezbollah ‘attack tunnels’

by Asia Times staff December 20, 2018February 18, 2020

A Hezbollah fighter on patrol in an orange orchard near the town of Naqura on the Lebanese-Israeli border on April 20. مقاتل بحزب الله يقوم بالحراسة بجانب مدينة ناقورة على الحدود اللبنانية الإسرائيلية في 20 إبريل/نيسان.Photo: AFP

Iran, Israel, Lebanon, Middle East, Northeast Asia, South Asia, Syria

Israel launches counter-tunnel Lebanese border operation

by Shaiel Ben-Ephraim December 4, 2018February 18, 2020

A US Patriot missile defense system is seen during the Israeli-US military exercise "Juniper Cobra" at the Hatzor Airforce Base in Israel in March of this year. Photo: AFP/Jack Guez

Iran, Israel, Lebanon, Middle East, World

US pledges strong backing, missile defense for Israel against Hezbollah

by David P. Goldman November 20, 2018February 18, 2020

abstract 3d illustration of cracked Iran flag and oil barrels. Image; iStock

Afghanistan, China, European Union, France, Germany, India, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Middle East, Pakistan, Russia, South Asia, Syria, Turkey, World

How sanctions on Iran evoke American unilateralism

by Manoj Kumar Mishra October 12, 2018

Members of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard listen to a speech in parliament in Tehran on October 7, 2018, over a bill to counter terrorist financing. Photo: AFP/Atta Kenare

China, European Union, Iran, Lebanon, Middle East, Russia, World

Under US pressure, Iran passes anti-terror financing bill

by Alison Tahmizian Meuse October 8, 2018February 18, 2020

Illustration: iStock

Iran, Israel, Middle East, Russia, Syria, Turkey, World

Civilians are the big losers in Syria’s great game

by Manoj Kumar Mishra October 6, 2018October 6, 2018

A view of Yemen's rebel-held Red Sea port of Hodeida on November 7, 2017. Photo: AFP / Abdo Hyder

France, Germany, Iran, Israel, Lebanon, Middle East, United Kingdom, World

In Yemen’s war, Saudis see Hodeida as Iran connection

by Alison Tahmizian Meuse September 27, 2018February 18, 2020

Russian President Vladimir Putin welcomes Syrian President Bashar al-Assad in May 2018. Photo: Sputnik via Reuters/ Mikhail Klimentyev

Afghanistan, China, Iran, Israel, Middle East, North Korea, Northeast Asia, Pakistan, Russia, South Asia, Syria, World

Giving air-defense system to Syria threatens broader war

by Stephen Bryen and Shoshana Bryen September 26, 2018February 18, 2020

Russian Defense Ministry spokesman Maj. Gen. Igor Konashenkov speaks to the media next to a graphic of an incident in which a Russian warplane was shot down by a Syrian air defense unit last week. Photo: Grab from video released by Defense Ministry / Sputnik /AFP

Israel, Middle East, Russia, Syria, World

Russia to supply S-300 air defense system to Syria

by Alison Tahmizian Meuse September 24, 2018February 18, 2020

An image taken from Hezbollah's al-Manar TV on Sept 19 shows Hassan Nasrallah, the head of Lebanon's militant Shiite movement Hezbollah, giving a televised address from an undisclosed location. Photo: AFP

Iran, Israel, Middle East, Russia, Syria, Turkey, United Kingdom, World

Hezbollah to Syria’s Kurds: ‘Don’t bet on the Americans’

by Alison Tahmizian Meuse September 20, 2018February 18, 2020

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AT Finance, Beijing, China, European Union, France, Germany, India, Iran, Israel, Jordan, Middle East, Northeast Asia, Russia, Singapore, South Asia, Syria, Turkey, United Kingdom, World

After Syria’s partition, will Xinjiang be destabilized?

by Christina Lin September 13, 2018September 13, 2018

Israeli Defense Minister Avigdor Lieberman addresses the media during a visit to the Israel-Syria border. Photo: AFP / Jalaa Marey

Iran, Israel, Lebanon, Middle East, Syria

Israel aims for Middle East with new ‘precision rocket’

by Alison Tahmizian Meuse August 28, 2018February 18, 2020

US President Donald Trump, right, shakes hands with Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman at the White House on March 20 in Washington DC. Photo: AFP/ Mandel Ngan

Afghanistan, AT Finance, China, Egypt, European Union, India, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Japan, Jordan, Lebanon, Middle East, Northeast Asia, Pakistan, Russia, Shanghai, Singapore, South Asia, Syria, World

An ‘Arab NATO’ and America’s militarized Mideast policy

by Christina Lin August 3, 2018

Map of Syria: iStock

Iran, Israel, Middle East, Syria

Syria accuses Israel of attacking air base

by Asia Times staff July 9, 2018February 18, 2020

Illustration: iStock

Iran, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Middle East, Russia, Syria, Turkey, World

Syria’s future uncertain as Assad gains ground

by Nicos Panayiotides July 7, 2018

Syrian government tanks and soldiers take positions in the town of Western Ghariyah, about 15km east of the southern embattled city of Daraa. Photo: AFP/ SANA handout released on June 30, 2018.

AT Finance, China, France, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Middle East, Northeast Asia, Russia, South Asia, Syria, Turkey, World

Eagle-meets-Bear and the Syria tug-of-war

by Pepe Escobar July 5, 2018February 18, 2020

The flag of Russia painted on a cracked and peeling wall.

Egypt, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Lebanon, Middle East, Russia, Syria, Turkey, World

The Russian Gordian Knot begins to unravel

by Norman A. Bailey June 4, 2018June 4, 2018

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo. Source: US State Department YouTube screen grab

Iran, Iraq, Middle East, Syria, World

Here’s why Pompeo’s 12 conditions on Iran deal have merit

by Bahauddin Foizee May 29, 2018

Russian President Vladimir Putin and Saudi Arabia's King Salman attend a welcoming ceremony ahead of their talks in the Kremlin in Moscow on October 5, 2017. Photo: Sputnik via Reuters

Afghanistan, Egypt, Iran, Israel, Middle East, Russia, South Asia, Syria, United Kingdom, World

Moscow to restrain Iran’s Middle Eastern ambitions

by Khalid Ibn Muneer May 21, 2018

Iranian youths sit under a large picture of Iran's late leader Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini (left), and Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei at a park in Tehran, Iran, January 17, 2016. Photo: Reuters / Raheb Homavandi

European Union, Iran, Israel, Lebanon, Middle East, Syria, Turkey, World

Iran vs Israel: the allies who became enemies

by Nicos Panayiotides May 21, 2018

An Israeli air force F-15 fighter jet. Photo: Reuters/Amir Cohen

Iran, Israel, Middle East, Syria

Israel conducts airstrike west of Damascus: Report

by Asia Times staff May 9, 2018February 18, 2020

A man gestures as he drives a car with the picture of Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah on it, on election day in Bint Jbeil in southern Lebanon on Sunday. Photo: Reuters/Aziz Taher

Iran, Israel, Lebanon, Middle East, Syria

Hezbollah in shock election win, gets control of Lebanese parliament

by Sami Moubayed May 7, 2018February 18, 2020

Lebanese Prime Minister Saad al-Hariri shakes hands with Saudi Arabia's King Salman in Riyadh. This photograph was released by the Saudi Royal Court on November 11, 2017. Photo: Handout via Reuters

China, European Union, Iran, Iraq, Lebanon, Middle East, Russia, Syria, World

Saudi Arabia aims to sway Lebanon elections

by Sami Moubayed April 15, 2018February 18, 2020

The defeat of ISIS. Photo: Flickr Commons

Iran, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Middle East, Russia, Syria, Turkey, World

ISIS caliphate consigned to the dustbin of history

by Nicos Panayiotides March 22, 2018March 22, 2018

Mike Pompeo testifies during a Senate Intelligence Committee hearing on 'Worldwide Threats' on Feb. 13, 2018. REUTERS/Leah Millis/File Photo

European Union, France, Germany, Iran, Israel, Lebanon, Middle East, Russia, Syria, World

Pompeo’s rise ups odds of Middle East war

by Gregory Aftandilian March 18, 2018February 18, 2020

Bashar al-Assad grafitti. Photo: Flickr Commons

Afghanistan, Iran, Iraq, Lebanon, Middle East, Russia, South Asia, Syria, Turkey, World

No hope for Syria while Assad remains in power

by M Shamsur Rabb Khan March 13, 2018March 13, 2018

A file shot from Sept 2010 showing Lebanese women walking along the Beirut Corniche late in the afternoon. Photo: iStock

Israel, Lebanon, Middle East, Syria, World

111 women running in May election but Lebanon cool on female politicians

by Sami Moubayed March 12, 2018February 18, 2020

UN soldiers look out on a post at Mount Avital, in the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights near the Israeli-Syrian border on February 10, 2018. Photo: Reuters / Ammar Awad

Iran, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Middle East, Russia, Syria, World

Israel repeats past mistakes as it creates buffer zone in Syria

by Shaiel Ben-Ephraim March 3, 2018February 18, 2020