Analysis: Terror group storing rockets in private homes it sold to poor Shiite families at bargain prices YNet News - Part one of analysis by Ron Ben-Yishai During a cold winter’s day in late January on the Biranit mountain range, which overlooks south Lebanon, I noticed that dozens, if not hundreds of new buildings had been [...]
By Scott W. Winchell and Denise Simon - As it is clear to those who have been closely monitoring the Middle East, all issues there have an Iran connection. Either they are being controlled by Iran, supported by Iran, or are indirectly doing its bidding, but they are tied into the new hegemony Iran seeks over [...]
Editor’s Note: Once again, violence has erupted in Beirut - a place where assassinations are all too frequent and usually involve powerful members of one faction or another. Today, its being reported (as seen in the following article) that a such major assassination has been carried out again. Following the article by our good friend Kerry Patton, [...]
UPDATE – 7:53 EDT FSA within a mere 6 KM of Presidential Palace. UPDATE – 7:40 EDT Bashar al-Assad wounded in attack, is now in a Latakia, Syria hospital. According to the FSA, the Damascus bomb was not a suicide bomber. It was a set bomb that was remotely detonated. Assad was evacuated to the [...]
Editor’s Note – Unless the powers that support Syria’s Assad Regime cut him off – the world will see the crisis widen. Once again, Lebanon is in the shadow of all that is Syria, and all that is Assad. When will saner minds prevail? When will Lebanon ever be free from the influence of the Assad [...]
Editor’s Note – Turkey, a NATO nation, and one time friend to Syria, is ratcheting up the rhetoric. The sabers are not rattling verbally, but their actions and mobilization speaks volumes. What the response by Turkey will be to recent Syrian aggression in the air will be is unknown, but suffice it to say – stay tuned, the summer [...]
Editor’s Note – As the picture darkens for the regime in Damascus, its allies are the likely location for their Scud launchers to keep them from the freedom fighters. Hezbollah, its master; Iran, and their Syrian allies continue their chess moves. Of course, should this take place, Israel has even more firepower pointed down its [...]
Editor’s Note – As one attack is uncovered, and it is so surprisingly strong in its attack, we see the next wave. This time, its an order of magnitude stronger and larger. The big problem this time is that it is nation/state borne as the evidence leads experts to believe. Flame: Massive cyber-attack discovered, researchers [...]
Editor’s Note – As things deteriorate further in Syrian, the very real issue of Hezbollah’s involvement in all matters in the region raises renewed threats from Israel. If Israel perceives an attack is imminent from Lebanon, or is openly attacked by Hezbollah over any Iranian eventuality, Israel promises ferocity like never before witnessed. Meanwhile, the [...]
Editor’s Note – The key factor in understanding what it means for Iran to want to boost the Lebanon Army is that Hezbollah has infiltrated the armed forces. Certain portions of the formal military in Lebanon are completely comprised of Hezbollah alone. The other blocs within the military are Christian, Druze, Sunni, or a combination thereof. So [...]
