Saudi intelligence, CIA said to be training rebels in Jordan for Syria
AMMAN — Conventional wisdom suggests that the United States, in adopting Iran as its new ally, has moved away from both Israel and Saudi Arabia. The U.S. challenge now (more…)
Netanyahu’s advisors look abroad for strategic alternatives to U.S.
JERUSALEM — The contrast between the response of Israel and Saudi Arabia to Iran’s nuclear threat is stark. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has chosen rhetoric, warning of a (more…)
Assad said to deploy Kurdish militia to fight Islamists in northern Syria
NICOSIA — Opposition sources said the regime of President Bashar Assad has been quietly helping Kurdish militias expel such Al Qaida-aligned groups as Islamic State of Iraq and Levant (more…)
U.S. suspects Assad concealed chemical weapons in Alawite area
WASHINGTON — The U.S. intelligence community has raised the prospect that President Bashar Assad would retain a significant portion of his chemical weapons arsenal in Syria. Officials said the (more…)
Obama ordered leaks to press on Israeli strikes on Syrian missile base
TEL AVIV — Israel has determined that U.S. President Barack Obama was behind the leaks of air strikes on Syria by the Jewish state. Israeli sources said Obama was (more…)
Report: U.S. intel community has grown too big for its own good
WASHINGTON — The U.S. intelligence community has become unwieldy and must be reduced, a report said. A report said that the intelligence community could no longer be managed. The (more…)
Turkey’s intel chief called ‘driving force’ behind new Islamist strategy
ANKARA — Turkey’s pro-Islamist intelligence chief has been determined to dominate the foreign policy of the NATO ally. Analysts and officials agree that Hakan Fidan, director of the Turkish (more…)
Israel’s growing China ties seen eroding strategic bond with U.S.
TEL AVIV — China’s increasing business presence in Israel could threaten Israel’s relations with the United States, a report said. The Shasa Institute for Strategic Research asserted that Israeli (more…)
Israel’s new military doctrine shifts priorities to intel, missile defense
TEL AVIV — Israel’s military has launched a multi-year plan based on enhanced intelligence and missile defense capabilities, a report said. The Begin-Sadat Center for Strategic Affairs asserted that (more…)