“Russia does not trust Iran,” Col. (Res.) Dr. Eran Lerman, a senior research associate at the Begin-Sadat Center for Strategic Studies at Bar-Ilan University, said in a recent report (more…)
By Jack Caravelli A senior official in the Russian General Staff has described the military’s plans for constructing a new base in Syria, a strong indication that Russia intends (more…)
Russian warships in the Mediterranean could be used to attack Islamic State of Iraq and Levant (ISIL) and anti-Assad rebels in Syria. (FULL STORY) (more…)
By Jack Caravelli The 2014 annexation of Crimea and the ongoing civil war in Syria, while major political crises, also are replete with insights about the current state of (more…)
The “Obama doctrine” in the Middle East is coming apart at the seams a year after the U.S. president laid out his strategy in a speech at West Point. (more…)
The commander of Iran’s elite Quds Force traveled to Moscow in August to urge Russian President Vladimir Putin to launch air strikes in Syria, Iraqi government officials said. (FULL (more…)
By Jack Caravelli The head of Great Britain’s equivalent of the FBI says the threat from radicalized Islamist recruits is posing the highest threat in over a decade to (more…)