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Middle East Disinformation: 2020 Prospects & Solutions Social media has transformed the information landscape in the Middle East over the past decade. The 2009 Green Revolution and the 2011 Arab Spring demonstrated the enormous power of platforms like Twitter and Facebook for political organizing.
Read More »Russia’s Middle East: You probe with bayonets. If you find mush, you proceed …
There was a firefight During the winter of 2019, teams of U.S. Army Special Forces and U.S. Marines were positioned alongside their allied militia unit, the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), by an oil field near Deir Ezzor, Syria. What looked like a Russian-led militia force, including a number of armored …
Read More »Syrian Jets 'Downed' As Turkey Says 'No Desire Or Intention To Clash With Russia'
Turkey’s defense minister said on March 1 that his country was “successfully” continuing its military operation in northwestern Syria against the Russian-backed regime in Damascus and that Ankara doesn’t have “the desire or intention to clash with Russia.”
Read More »Lebanon crisis: How the US can bypass Hezbollah and help the people
As Lebanon nears a breaking point due to its acute financial crisis, the Trump administration faces a policy dilemma: should it financially support a corrupt ruling faction that is allied with Hezbollah – Iran’s friend and Washington’s nemesis – or should it hold off on aid and watch the country …
Read More »Cease-fire in Syria Largely Holds on First Day
Monitors in Syria said Friday that a cease-fire was largely holding on the first day of a truce between Russia, which backs Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s forces, and Turkey, which backs some Syrian rebel groups.
Read More »More trouble in the House of Saud
Did Bin-Salman thwart a ruling family coup, or launch a pre-emptive strike to ease his ascent to the throne?
Read More »Nasser Salah al Din Brigades republishes details of events leading up to 2018 ambush of IDF soldiers
Nasser Salah al Din Brigades On Feb. 20, a militant group in the Gaza Strip, Nasser Salah al Din Brigades, published a video (which originally aired in 2018) about the details of a 2018 operation that targeted IDF soldiers at the Gaza security fence. In the publication, a series of …
Read More »Islamic State Was Going To Attack Beirut’s US Embassy – Lebanese Security
Lebanon’s security agency this week released a number of documents detailing a thwarted plot by a member of the Islamic State (IS) group to attack the US Embassy in Lebanon with a drone.
Read More »Israel Strikes Militants in Syria and Gaza After Clash Over Body at Border
A failed attempt to plant a bomb at the border cost a Palestinian militant his life. But the seizure of his body drew harsh criticism within Israel.
Read More »Isis supporter admits plot to bomb St Paul's Cathedral and a hotel
A supporter of Islamic State has pleaded guilty to plotting to bomb St Paul’s Cathedral and a hotel.
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