The Arab newspaper Rai Al-Aam reports (Arabic link) that tensions inside the terrorist organization Hamas are pitting factions who support Iran and the Syrian regime against those who are based in Qatar. The origin of this internal Hamas conflict centers on the decision by Hamas’s political leadership and its chairman Khaled...

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The Lebanese newspaper Al-Akhbar, affiliated with the Shiite terrorist organization Hezbollah, reported (Arabic link) that Tehran has opened new credit lines to Syria, topping off a financial aid package worth more than $6 billion. The report also claimed that game-changing Russian arms are en route to the Syrian regime, and that...

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Iran, the main ally of the Syrian regime, is trying to bring Turkey into an alliance with Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad, according to leaked documents published in Al-Arab (Arabic link). The Iranians are doing this using a variety of methods, including emphasizing the growing conflict between the American and Turkish governments. In...

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This week, Iran hosted a private conference attended by Shiite and some Sunni Islamic militias from surrounding Arab states, the Al-Arab newspaper reported on Thursday (Arabic link). Diplomatic sources in Tehran said that the conference was intended to rebuild Tehran’s alliance in the Middle East and develop ways to confront...

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Arab media sources are reporting on tensions between Hezbollah and Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, the two key allies of Iran in the Middle East. Sources close to Hezbollah admitted that the organization is suffering from “difficult days” in its war in Syria against local opposition groups attempting to overthrow Assad. According...

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In an analysis published yesterday in the Wall Street Journal, Michael Singh, managing director of the Washington Institute for Near East Policy, writes that though the United States in recent years has become more accepting of Tehran’s positions, “the changes in U.S.-Iran relations have been decidedly one-sided.” Singh writes that while...

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A wave of condemnation against Hezbollah has broken out in Lebanon over the terrorist organization’s ongoing involvement in the Syrian civil war and clashes that haven broken out in Lebanon in recent weeks, particularly in Tripoli. On Sunday, Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah once again defended the organization’s involvement in the Syrian crisis, saying...

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Hezbollah has set up a “security zone” along the length of the Syria-Lebanon border – and has staffed it with over 1,000 fighters who patrol the area on a 24-hour basis – as the Iran-backed terror organization struggles to cope with mounting losses in Syria and with continued blowback from...

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A conflict of interests and differing regional stances are fueling a crisis between the Turkish and Iranian regimes. The two sides are now dealing with “the most violent” exchange of accusations since the war in Syria began, the Al-Khabar Press website reported. Iran and Turkey back opposing actors in the...

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An editorial today in The Washington Post condemns the regime of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad for “once again blatantly violating the ‘red line’ drawn by Mr. Obama against the use of chemical weapons” and violating its commitment to abide by the Chemical Weapons Convention it signed last year. One grim indication that...

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