Monthly Archives: August 2013

Chemical Assad

Posted on August 30, 2013 by jonathanspyer

The place of WMD in the dictator’s war strategy, Jerusalem Post, 30/8. As US and western forces prepare for what looks like imminent action in Syria, the debate over the chemical strike in Damascus continues. Why, opponents of intervention argue, … Continue reading →

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Israel’s Summer is not quite over

Posted on August 30, 2013 by jonathanspyer

Tablet, 29/8 The late summer quiet in Israel is no longer reassuring. The apparently imminent US attack on Syria has people on edge. There is a late rush to renew gas masks. The comments by a junior Syrian minister threatening … Continue reading →

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Al-Qaeda battles Kurds in Syria

Posted on August 21, 2013 by jonathanspyer

Jerusalem Post, 16/8. Massoud Barzani, president of the Kurdish Regional Government in northern Iraq, threatened this week to send forces into northern Syria, to defend beleaguered Kurds there. In the statement, issued on August 10, the Kurdish leader said that … Continue reading →

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Meet the New Mubarak

Posted on August 8, 2013 by jonathanspyer

Jerusalem Post, 2/8/13 For many Egyptian supporters of the July 3 coup against the Muslim Brotherhood-led government, coup leader General Abd al-Fatah al-Sisi is a figure of veneration. Posters bearing the general’s visage alongside that of Gamal Abd al-Nasser have … Continue reading →

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