Monthly Archives: September 2012

Saving President Assad

Posted on September 29, 2012 by jonathanspyer

Iran and its proxies mobilize to preserve Assad Jerusalem Post, 28/9. A report issued by the US Treasury Department this month and picked up by the Washington Post newspaper accused the Lebanese Hizballah organization of increasing its support for the … Continue reading →

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Inside Assad’s Killing Fields

Posted on September 28, 2012 by jonathanspyer

Wall Street Journal, 27/9. Dar al-Shifa hospital in the al-Sha’ar neighborhood of Aleppo is one of two large facilities serving the fighters of the Free Syrian Army here. The hospital also treats civilians in FSA-controlled areas. On Sept. 18, Dar … Continue reading →

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Turkish Difficulty – Kurdish Opportunity

Posted on September 15, 2012 by jonathanspyer

Jerusalem Post, 14/9. The PKK increase attacks in south-east Turkey. Is this evidence of a grand bargain between the movement, Syria and Iran? A serious escalation is currently under way in the long conflict between the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) … Continue reading →

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Military councils move center stage in Syria

Posted on September 9, 2012 by jonathanspyer

Jerusalem Post, 7/9/12 Syrian rebels in the embattled city of Homs this week announced the formation of a joint ‘revolutionary military council’ in the city. The council is intended to act as a leadership and coordinating body with powers to … Continue reading →

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