Monthly Archives: November 2012

Hamas’s Mis-Calculation

Posted on November 18, 2012 by

Weekly Standard Blog, 18/11. The crisis now under way in Gaza represents the moment in which the wave of Sunni Islamism that has been achieving triumph after triumph in the region since early 2011 finally crashes up against the Jewish … Continue reading →

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Bahrain, Hezbollah and the Sunni-Shia arc of conflict

Posted on November 9, 2012 by

Jerusalem Post, 9/11/12. Bahrain this week accused the Lebanese Hezbollah group of responsibility for a series of bombings in the Bahraini capital Manama. The five bomb blasts, in the Adliya and Gudaybiya districts of the city came amid renewed protests … Continue reading →

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Anatomy of a Revolt

Posted on November 6, 2012 by

Jerusalem Report, 1/11/12 In northern Aleppo province, the Assad regime only exists in the air. Lack of manpower has forced the Syrian regime to pull back to Aleppo city, leaving a swathe of land under the precarious control of the … Continue reading →

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