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A Chernobyl Moment in Tehran

A Chernobyl Moment in Tehran

Also available in العربية Fikra Forum, April 24, 2020 As several states seem to experiment with opening up, Iran has made headlines as one of the countries experimenting with a gradual reopening of the country. However, the Iranian regime’s consistent mishandling of the crisis raises the question of whether this...

By Nir Boms
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April 25, 2020
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Mideast Strategic security challenges amid COVID19

Mideast Strategic security challenges amid COVID19

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ULVnMtJNEzk The corona contagion overshadows all other issues across the Middle East, as is the case globally. And while all other matters pertaining to the security situation in the Levant and beyond may have been marginalized in the public’s consciousness – they continue to pose challenges to local and major...

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April 15, 2020
1 Min Read
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...

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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
1 Min Read
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
5 Min Read
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
5 Min Read
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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