By Daniel Greenfield So much for the Religion of Peace trademark. With so much of strife and violence dominating our world, and the aftermath of the Arab Spring, its violent protests and repressive regimes adding their bit, it is not surprising that world peacefulness declined in 2013. The seventh edition of the Global Peace Index … Continue reading »
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Lebanon: Nabatiyeh is Hezbollahs fortress Part 2
Never had Nabatiyeh’s residents known such clear-cut alignments as those witnessed during the last two decades. They are no strangers to disputes and conflicts, which date back to the division between supporters of the Assaad and Osseiran families, in addition to the Palestinian resistance, and the rise of leftist movements and its repercussions. However, it … Continue reading »
Lebanon: Nabatiyeh is Hezbollahs fortress Part 1
NABATIYEH, Lebanon – We have met with many male and female natives of Nabatiyeh in their southern city, as well as in Beirut and its southern suburb. The majority of those requested anonymity, but a few said they do not mind having their names mentioned. We decided not to mention any names throughout the article … Continue reading »
Lebanon: Beqaa, a new front in the Syrian conflict
The battle of Qusayr has pushed the fighting into eastern Lebanon A Syrian army helicopter bombed the eastern Beqaa town of Arsal again yesterday afternoon. This time they aimed at the center of the town, located in a valley of the Anti-Lebanon mountain range a few kilometers away from the Syrian border. It was … Continue reading »
Obama Considers Resettling Tens of Thousands Syrian Refugees in the US
By Daniel Greenfield Sure most people just see refugees, but Democrats see voters. A number of the refugees will be Christian, but somehow I think Obama isn’t all that interested in Christian refugees. Taking in Muslim refugees from Muslim civil wars in Somalia, Iraq, Afghanistan and elsewhere has largely been a disaster. The original World … Continue reading »
Butterflies in Damascus
By Uri Avnery (about the author) DURING THE Spanish civil war of 1936, a news story reported the deaths of 82 Moroccans, 53 Italians, 48 Russians, 34 Germans, 17 Englishmen, 13 Americans and 8 Frenchmen. Also 1 Spaniard. “Serves him right,” people in Madrid commented, “Why did he interfere?” Similar things could now … Continue reading »
When Resistances Collide
While reports last week of Hamas members in Lebanon being ordered by Hezbollah security officials to leave the country have since proven false, they have nonetheless revived questions about the state of relations between the Palestinian Sunni Islamist militia-cum-party and its Lebanese Shiite Islamist counterpart. Having both firmly sided with opposing camps in the … Continue reading »
Grand Mufti urges Muslim world to flay Hezbollah
RIYADH – Grand Mufti Sheikh Abdulaziz Al-Sheikh urged governments and fellow Islamic scholars across the Muslim world to punish the Lebanese Shiite group Hezbollah for its intervention in the Syrian civil war against the mainly Sunni rebels fighting to oust President Bashar Al-Assad. In a statement issued Thursday, he also hailed the stance taken by … Continue reading »
Rearranging the Middle East
Map of the Middle East. British perfidy and French collusion have created a Middle East that has been unstable since the dissolution of the Ottoman Empire in the aftermath of WWI. The Arab Spring and the convulsion it created in the Middle East require a rearrangement of the boundaries drawn by the British and French … Continue reading »
Hezbollah and the Gulf
Exploring the GCC and Hezbollah’s often tumultuous relationship The United States listed Hezbollah as terrorist organization in 1999. The European Union is about to finalize a procedure to list Hezbollah’s military wing as a terrorist organization after a bombing in Bulgaria in 2012, as well as its involvement in the Syrian conflict. Bahrain already blacklisted … Continue reading »
PA Arabs Fete ‘New Mahdi,” Establishment of Calpihate
Thousands of PA Arabs participated in a mass rally in Ramallah earlier this week calling for the establishment of the Muslim Caliphate By David Lev Thousands of PA Arabs participated in a mass rally in Ramallah earlier this week calling for the establishment of the Muslim Caliphate – the worldwide Islamist government that will “bring … Continue reading »
How Israeli Intelligence Is Updating Its Knowledge of Syria’s Missile Arsenal
by Yossi Melman Israeli officials are closely watching the conflict in Syria to improve their understanding and intelligence capabilities of Syria’s long range missiles, according to statements made during a public conference titled “Aerial threats in the Modern era” and held Monday at the Institute for National Security Studies (INSS) at Tel Aviv. Uzi Rubin, … Continue reading »
Hezbollah fighter details ops in Qusayr
by Mona Alami Hezbollah’s implication in the nearby Syrian war has been reported by numerous media outlets. In order to discuss the real scope and depth of the party’s involvement in the Syrian conflict, NOW talks to Hezbollah fighter Abou Ali, who has been deployed to Qusayr. Why are you fighting in Syria? … Continue reading »
What’s Russia Doing in Syria and Why
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has killed some 80,000 of his citizens and drivenanother 1.7 million into neighboring countries. Unsurprisingly, he has few foreign friends these days. But two have played a pivotal part in his survival: Iran and Russia. Iran is bound to Assad by religious and strategic ties. The Alawites, the minority Muslim sect … Continue reading »
Al-Qaeda sets up ‘complaints department’ in Syrian city of Raqqa
The shadows of armed Free Syrian Army rebels are seen on a wall at the entrance to the north Syrian city of Binnish on Feb. 15, 2012. (File photo: AFP) Al Arabiya Al-Qaeda has set up a complaints department after taking control of parts of the civilian administration in the north-eastern Syrian city of … Continue reading »
Al Qaeda in Iraq Caught Plotting Nerve Gas Attack in the United States
By Daniel Greenfield mission accomplished Well that withdrawal from Iraq worked out well. Now Al Qaeda is on the path to defeat and can never threaten us again. Obama said so. But in the real world, Iraqi authorities busted an Al Qaeda cell plotting to carry out a chemical weapons attack using drones. This … Continue reading »
