Jerusalem Post, 8/7 ISIS’s pretensions to statehood are receding as it loses ground, but the organization is anything but defeated as a recent string of mass terror attacks shows. The latest wave of bombings by Islamic State confirm a pattern long … Continue reading →
About Jonathan Spyer
Reflections on the Second Lebanon War
(An abridged version of this article appeared in the Jerusalem Post, 23/6) 10 years since the Second Lebanon War. For those of us who took part in it, that war remains, always just in view. Like a suitcase filled with … Continue reading →
Sinking in the Syrian Quagmire
Jerusalem Report, 8/6. Hezbollah remains a powerful foe, but its claim to spearhead the Arab fight against Israel has been dented and its involvement in the Syrian civil war has cost it heavily Speaking at a gathering in southern … Continue reading →
Black Banner at the Gates of Europe
The Islamic State Comes to Libya Jerusalem Post, 29/4 At a meeting of G5 world leaders in Hanover, Germany this week, a proposal was raised for US warships to join vessels of EU navies off the coast of Libya. Their … Continue reading →
The Changing ISIS Threat
The Australian, 23/4 Islamic State loses ground in Iraq and Syria, advances in Libya The reconquest by the forces of Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad of the town of Qaryatayn from Islamic State this month is the latest indication of the … Continue reading →
Ready for the Storm: Israel and the Syrian War
Jerusalem Post, 15/4 War in Syria – and Israeli efforts to ensure it does not spread to the Golan, West Bank – set to continue The fragile cease-fire declared in Syria on February 27 between regime and rebel forces is in the … Continue reading →
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