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Syria: latest developments – Jerusalem Studio 489

Syria: latest developments – Jerusalem Studio 489

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q5HDbZtDiOI While hostilities in war-torn Syria are seemly far from over, throughout the country; the focus is now squarely on the northwestern province of Idlib, where the forces of Turkey and the Assad regime are involved in open conflict. What are the prospects of a wider escalation, and consequently, the...

By Nir Boms
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February 25, 2020
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Jerusalem- Damascus strategic dynamics – Jerusalem Studio 477

Jerusalem- Damascus strategic dynamics – Jerusalem Studio 477

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lkuolkhYfr8 A major focus of tension this year is sure to be the Israel-Syria relationship. while gradually coming out of its domestic nine-year conflict, Israel’s northern neighbor is still hosting forces threatening it – most prominently, the Islamic Revolutionary Guards elite Quds Force, as well as the Lebanese Hezbollah organization....

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January 11, 2020
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The Fuel of a Revolution

The Fuel of a Revolution

Thousands of protesters have taken to the streets in Iran in recent weeks, after the government announced a tripling of the price of gasoline. Credit: Belga Faced with crippling international sanctions, revenue shortfalls and budget deficits, the Islamic regime in Iran seems to have made a fatal miscalculation by suddenly...

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December 8, 2019
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Turkey’s military plans in Syria- Jerusalem Studio 458

Turkey’s military plans in Syria- Jerusalem Studio 458

https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=2&v=sSCBbp_Vf-8 One of the most crucial turning points in the Syrian civil war culminated this week with Turkey’s cross-border incursion into northeastern Syria. While Ankara’s declared goal aims to implement a territorial safe-zone, as a buffer between the Kurdish militias and southern Turkey; the Kurdish forces have been forced to...

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October 24, 2019
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A war in their terms or ours?

A war in their terms or ours?

By Nir Boms and Shayan Arya , Levant News By: Nir Boms and Shayan Arya The conflict between Iran and Saudi Arabia have been escalating beyond rhetoric and is fast moving into an actual military confrontation. Following a long round of proxy moves from Yemen – as well as an...

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October 11, 2019
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Syria, eight-and-a-half year to its multi-sided conflict

Syria, eight-and-a-half year to its multi-sided conflict

https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=1&v=PHTy0g0bYCw It is now one-hundred months since Syria became subjected to - what started as a popular uprising and quickly turned into a civil war – ultimately being transformed into a multi-dimensional conflict, involving regional and global forces. What are the prospects for an end to – what has been...

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September 17, 2019
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Iraq, a battlefield of global and regional rivalries

Iraq, a battlefield of global and regional rivalries

https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=1&v=FORrlGaPbK4 Attention in the Middle East has gradually returned to a country, which in recent years seemed to have faded from its center stage prominence. The country in question: Iraq, is fighting remnants of the Islamic State, which lives on through its hold on key religious and ideological institutions. The...

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September 9, 2019
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Turkey vs Syria, amid international scrutiny

Turkey vs Syria, amid international scrutiny

https://www.tv7israelnews.com/vod/series/18738/?episode-id=AbmWiodW9Xk Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has threatened to invade northeastern Syria and establish a so-called ‘safe zone’ by force, unless the United States follows on a pledge to scale-back the presence of the pre-dominantly Kurdish SDF alliance, a local composition of Syrian militias that are backed by Washington. This...

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August 20, 2019
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Iran: Wie ein verwundeter Gaul, der im Schlamm versinkt – WELT

Iran: Wie ein verwundeter Gaul, der im Schlamm versinkt – WELT

Der Atomstreit mit dem Iran entwickelt sich in eine gefährliche Richtung. Heiko Maas warnte seinen US-Kollegen Mike Pompeo in Brüssel vor einem Krieg mit dem Mullah-Regime. Vor einem Jahr zogen sich die USA aus dem Atomabkommen mit dem Iran (JCPOA) zurück. Seitdem verstärkt die Administration den Druck auf den Iran:...

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May 22, 2019
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The Syrian Wars – A new chapter opens in the Golan Heights

The Syrian Wars – A new chapter opens in the Golan Heights

The sounds of war have again echoed over the Golan Heights this past week. However, the drums of war have changed their course. Until last summer, we could clearly hear and witness the Syrian war with Syrian and Russian planes bombing rebel positions, occasionally “stray mortar” hitting the Israeli Golan....

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February 14, 2019
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