Caroline Fourest’s ‘Sisters in Arms’ arrives just in time for the Ottoman Anschluss against Syrian Kurdistan
Some of the most brutal and powerful officials in Damascus apparently saw Nir Rosen as a useful instrument. The question is why—and for what?
An excerpt from Seth Frantzman’s forthcoming book, ‘After ISIS: America, Iran and the Struggle for the Middle East’
Finally face to face, after growing up learning about the other
After a series of reversals on Syria, U.S. officials suggest they won’t be making any sudden moves, while Israel calls for recognition of sovereignty over the Golan Heights
An Israeli delegation will share evidence about the accidental shootdown of a Russian jet by Syrian air defense forces
Syrian forces shooting down a Russian jet may not be Israel’s fault after all
The Ghouta attack was a military success—it established that Assad could use weapons of mass destruction with complete impunity
In a tirade full of conspiracy theories, the former Pink Floyd frontman and anti-Israel activist echoed Russian propaganda
Hint: They have experience using the chemical weapons they’ll now be in charge of banning
Sadly, few in the Jewish community seem moved
As AIPAC convenes in D.C., it’s time to admit the inconvenient truth: Donald Trump is bad for Israel
It is fashionable to second-guess the cost of interventions that did not deliver on all of their promises, but what we’re witnessing now is far more bloody and disastrous than timely intervention could possibly have been
A letter from a survivor of Assad’s chemical attacks about his encounter with Obama’s chief diplomat at the United Nations
Abrupt decision comes in wake of sharp rebukes, bafflement, and concern about politicization of Shoah memory
U.S. says the Syrian regime is operating a prison crematorium to ‘dispose of detainees’ remains’
Making sense of who did—and did not—support President Trump’s airstrikes against Syria, including John Kerry
Yisrael Meir Lau, who was liberated from Buchenwald when he was 8, has called for action
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