Author Archives: jonathanspyer

Jerusalem Report, 4/8   In June, 2016, I travelled to the border area between Turkey and Syria, in order to interview rebel fighters and leaders.  I was among the first foreign journalists to meet the rebels and visit their first … Continue reading →

PJMedia, 26/7 The terror attacks in Nice, Wurzburg and Normandy are the latest manifestations of what should now be seen as a still fairly low-level Islamist insurgency taking place in a number of west European countries. The fact that this … Continue reading →

19/7 On the night of August 9, 2006, our unit was ordered to cross the border and  commence an operation into Marj Ayoun and El Khiam.  It was the conclusion of a period of several days in which we had … Continue reading →

Jerusalem Post, 8/7 ISIS’s pretensions to statehood are receding as it loses ground, but the organization is anything but defeated as a recent string of mass terror attacks shows. The latest wave of bombings by Islamic State confirm a pattern long … Continue reading →

(An abridged version of this article appeared in the Jerusalem Post, 23/6) 10 years since the Second Lebanon War.  For those of us who took part in it, that war remains, always just in view. Like a suitcase filled with … Continue reading →

Jerusalem Report, 8/6. Hezbollah remains a powerful foe, but its claim to spearhead the Arab fight against Israel has been dented and its involvement in the Syrian civil war has cost it heavily   Speaking at a gathering in southern … Continue reading →

The Islamic State Comes to Libya Jerusalem Post, 29/4 At a meeting of G5 world leaders in Hanover, Germany this week, a proposal was raised for US warships to join vessels of EU navies off the coast of Libya.  Their … Continue reading →