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Tag Archives: Hizbullah
Analysis: Damascus Gets What it Needs
Jerusalem Post- 13/05/2009 In his letter to Congress announcing the renewal of US sanctions on Syria, President Barack Obama was specific regarding the reasons for his decision. Syria, the President said, was “supporting terrorism, pursuing weapons of mass destruction and … Continue reading
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Tagged Hamas, Hizbullah, Iraq, Lebanon, Palestinians, Syria, WMD
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Analysis: Suddenly, the Arab World Wakes Up to Yemen’s Rebellion
Gloria Center- 20/12/2009 The 30th summit of the Gulf Cooperation Council, meeting in Kuwait this week, expressed its solidarity with Saudi Arabia in its fight with the Shi’ite Houthi rebels in northern Yemen. The Kuwaiti emir noted that Saudi Arabia … Continue reading
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Tagged Ali Abdallah Saleh, Hamas, Hizbullah, Houthi, Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Zaidi
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Analysis: Hizbullah Turns up the Temperature in the North
Jerusalem Post-30/07/2009 Israel’s border with Lebanon is currently at its most tense since the cease-fire which ended the war of 2006. This tension has been brought on by the combination of a number of factors. Ongoing internal political frictions in … Continue reading
Analysis: Lebanon Election Results Offer Some Relief, but No Major Changes
Jerusalem Post-08/06/2009 It is now clear that the pro-Western March 14 alliance has won an unexpected victory in parliamentary elections in Lebanon, and senior sources in the Hizbullah-led March 8 bloc have conceded defeat in statements to Western reporters. Contrary … Continue reading
Behind the Axis: The North Korean Connection
Gloria Center- 29/05/2010 North Korean spokesmen reacted furiously last week to claims by Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman that Pyongyang is supplying weapons technology to Iran and Syria. Representatives of the regime of Kim Jong-Il described Lieberman as an “imbecile.” The … Continue reading
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Tagged Hizbullah, Iran, Kim-Jong il, North Korea, Reza Asghari, Teheran
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Who Killed Khaled Sultan al-Abed?
Gloria Center- 14/06/2010 Once viewed as perhaps the most locked-down and policed city in the Middle East, the Syrian capital of Damascus has been the scene of a number of bombings and assassinations in the last few years. Most famously, … Continue reading
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Tagged Bashar Assad, Hizbullah, Imad Mughniyeh, Iran, Khaled Sultan al-Abed, Syria
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Losing the Scent in South Lebanon
Gloria Center -20/07/2010 Last week, the IDF released evidence of Hizbullah stockpiling of weaponry in populated civilian areas of southern Lebanon. The IDF material showed an aerial map of the Shi’ite town of El Khiam. The map showed details of … Continue reading
Fight or Flight?
Gloria Center -11/12/2010 The revelation that the Saudis sought to create a military option for anti-Iranian forces in Lebanon is the latest item to fall into the category of “non-surprising surprises” revealed by the WikiLeaks cables. This is not intended … Continue reading
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Tagged Cedar Revolution, Faisal al Saud, Hizbullah, Iran, Lebanon, Syria, Wikileaks
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The West Should Use Resolution 1701 to Roll Back Hizbullah’s Effective Take-over of the Lebanese Government
22/04/2010 The summoning by the United States of Syrian Deputy Chief of Mission Zouheir Jabbour for a review of Syrian arms transfers to Hizbullah is the latest evidence of the serious basis to the recent tensions in the north. Syria … Continue reading
