... the strategic victories of the resistance axis in the July 2006 war, through the Gaza wars (2008-2021) and the global war on Syria (2011-2019), there have become radical changes that entail threats that will have very serious repercussions on the level ... ... attack on Israel (and not just adopt a defensive policy), whether through a barrage of drones and missiles from all fronts (Iran, Iraq, Yemen, Lebanon, Syria, Gaza), which will be accompanied by an attack electronic, such that the “Iron Dome” defense ...
... 2019, two weeks before the Warsaw Conference on Security and Peace in the Middle East. They are wary of normalization between Arab states and Israel when it comes at the expense of Jordanian and Palestinian conflicts.
The changing shift of focus from Palestine to Iran burns Jordanian political cards. In the meantime, the King is trying to open channels with Arab countries, Tunisia, Iraq, Egypt, and Syria. He bids to strengthen Jordan’s relations with these four states, willing to build a regional bloc of four countries soon after political settlement in Syria. This could provide Jordanian diplomacy with other cards to play with. By diversifying ...
... International Affairs Council as part of the project "Security System in the Middle East". This paper covers the issue of complex relations between Russia and Israel in the Middle East. The author analyzes in detail Russia’s role in the Israel-Syria-Iran triangle.
The degree of Iranian presence in Syria, the impact of the nuclear deal in the context of Israeli-Iranian regional confrontation, the role of the Palestinian-Israeli settlement in Russian-Israeli relations are also discussed in the paper....
... policy to be far from perfect, and have made some of my own disagreements with it quite vocally and publicly on matters from Syria to Israel/Palestine, among others. So I write this neither as an apologist nor as a hater, but as someone who has studied the Middle East ... ... terrible policies of local rulers, from Hosni Mubarak in Egypt to Benjamin Netanyahu in Israel, from Mahmoud Ahmadinejad of Iran to (the recently departed) King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia and also from the actions of a number of other foreign patrons, ...
Russia-Iran: A Dim Future
The time seems to have come to note that, after several years of ... ... financial ability to sustain its regional interests
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The Key Problem – Syria
Syria has, for some time (and especially recently), been Tehran’s main concern... ... was a key opponent to Iran’s invitation to the Montreux forum
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Iran and Palestine: Together Again
Another indicator Iran’s renewed vigor on the international...
... wanted potent partner.
The unprecedented intensity of Moscow’s contacts with Riyadh, Tehran, Tel Aviv, Ankara, Damascus, Cairo and Ramallah parallel with close interaction with Washington on practical aspects of the regional agenda, such as intra-Syrian talks, Palestine-Israel settlement and dialogue with Iran, are growing into a noticeable factor in the formation of the new image of the Middle East. This activity seems to offer palpable fruits, with the initial effects like arms deals and huge
energy projects
already at hand.
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