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May 16, 2013
1:08 pm

This Tuesday, May 14, 2013 citizen journalism image provided by Aleppo Media Center AMC which has been authenticated based on its contents and other AP reporting, shows the mother of a Syrian rebel cleaning a rifle, in Aleppo, Syria. Activists say Syrian rebels have detonated two car bombs outside the main prison in the northern city of Aleppo and are trying to storm the facility, where hundreds of regime opponents are believed to be held. (Photo credit: AP/Aleppo Media Center AMC)

Syrian rebels go straight for the heart

Video of opposition fighter eating Assad soldier’s heart sparks outcry; nevertheless, UN passes resolution blaming regime for ‘all violence, regardless of its source’

By Michael Bassin

May 13, 2013
1:42 pm

Mourning relatives during the burial of one of the 46 victims killed in Saturday explosions in Reyhanli, near Turkey's border with Syria, Sunday, May 12, 2013. (photo credit: AP/Burhan Ozbilici)

Turkey roasts Assad

Call for direct international military intervention in Syria to oust PM; speculation over which Gulf country hosts Israeli diplomatic mission

By Michael Bassin

May 9, 2013
4:51 pm

In this Tuesday, May 7, 2013 file photo, Iranian Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi, left, speaks at a joint news conference as his Jordanian counterpart, Naser Judeh, listens in Amman, Jordan. Salehi wrote in an opinion piece in the Lebanese daily Al-Akhbar Wednesday, May 8, that it is up to the Syrian people to choose their political system and president, suggesting Tehran is not wedded to Assad's continued rule. (Photo credit: AP/Raad Adayleh)

Arab commentators: Russia is outplaying US on Syria

Washington’s efforts to coordinate a Syrian ‘peace summit’ with Moscow are threatened by news of Russian arms sales to Assad’s forces

By Michael Bassin

May 6, 2013
2:16 pm

This photo released by the Syrian official news agency SANA, shows a general view of damaged buildings wrecked by an Israeli airstrike, in Damascus, Syria, Sunday, May 5, 2013. Israeli warplanes struck areas in and around the Syrian capital early Sunday, setting off a series of explosions as they targeted a shipment of highly accurate, Iranian-made guided missiles believed to be on their way to Lebanon's Hezbollah militant group, officials and activists said. The attack, the second in three days, signaled a sharp escalation of Israel's involvement in Syria's bloody civil war. Syria's state media reported that Israeli missiles struck a military and scientific research center near the Syrian capital and caused casualties. (Photo credit: AP/SANA)

Some Syrians support Israel’s strikes — but what was the target?

The regime and the opposition condemn the attack, while Hezbollah tries to sell the story that innocent facilities paid the price

By Michael Bassin

May 2, 2013
3:25 pm

In this Monday, Nov. 29, 2010 file photo, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks to the media in Tel Aviv. Israel’s prime minister insisted Wednesday, May 1, 2013, that the conflict with the Palestinians is not about territory, but rather the Palestinians’ refusal to recognize Israel as the Jewish homeland, appearing to counter a modified peace proposal from the Arab world. (Photo credit: AP/Oded Balilty)

Arab world urges Palestinians to seize the moment

Reworked regional peace plan arouses cautious hope; Egypt arrests Islamic preachers for insulting actress, Christianity

By Michael Bassin

April 29, 2013
2:15 pm

Security forces escort the coffins of five slain soldiers at the headquarters of the Iraqi Ministry of Defense in Baghdad, Iraq, Sunday, April 28, 2012. Gunmen killed 10 people in Iraq, including five soldiers near the main Sunni protest camp west of Baghdad on Saturday, the latest in a wave of violence that has raised fears the country faces a new round of sectarian bloodshed. (Photo credit: AP/Hadi Mizban)

Baghdad blackout

Iraq declares war on satellite television for ‘inciting violence’

By Michael Bassin

April 25, 2013
2:43 pm

The body of Maad Hammad is taken for burial in Kirkuk, 180 miles (290 kilometers) north of Baghdad, Iraq, Wednesday, April 24, 2013. Hammad was killed when Iraqi security forces backed by helicopters raided a Sunni protest camp before dawn Tuesday, April 23, 2013, prompting clashes that killed scores of people in the area and significantly intensified Sunni anger against the Shiite-led government. (Photo credit: AP/Emad Matti)

Iraqi violence: ‘A rolling flame ball’

Government crackdown on Sunni protesters leads to severe clashes, hundreds dead; Kurdish-Iraqi conflict plays out on Arab Idol

By Michael Bassin

April 22, 2013
12:40 pm

US Secretary of State John Kerry, center, and members of the Friends of Syria group during a meeting in Istanbul, Turkey, Saturday, April 20, 2013 (photo credit: AP/Hakan Goktepe)

Syria: Opposition chief Khatib calls it quits

Disgruntled leader resigns over Western refusal to provide weapons; Saudi says he’s found site of Noah’s flood

By Michael Bassin

April 21, 2013
11:43 am

In this Monday, April 15, 2013 file photo, Egypt's deposed President Hosni Mubarak attends a hearing session in his retrial on appeal in Cairo, Egypt. An Egyptian court has ordered the release of Egypt's deposed President Hosni Mubarak, Saturday, April 20, 2013 pending further investigation into corruption charges. But he will continue to be held in prison in two other corruption cases. (Photo credit:AP/Ahmed Gomaa)

Mubarak’s legal roller coaster

Acquitted of murdering protesters, former Egyptian president remains in custody on new corruption charges while his health deteriorates; mufti of Tunisia lashes out at ‘jihad marriages’

By Michael Bassin

April 14, 2013
2:51 pm

Egyptian medics and army personnel escort former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak from a helicopter ambulance, after it landed at Maadi Military Hospital, following a hearing in his retrial in Cairo, Egypt, Saturday, on April 13, 2013. (photo credit: AP/Amr Nabil)

Egypt: Mubarak finally smiles

Judge resigns at opening session of former president’s retrial; interim Syrian opposition PM accepting CVs for government posts

By Michael Bassin

April 11, 2013
11:59 am

Egyptian activists shout anti-Muslim brotherhood slogans in front of Egypt's state prosecutors office in support of popular Egyptian television satirist Bassem Youssef, in Cairo, Egypt, Sunday, March 31, 2013. (Photo credit: AP/Amr Nabil)

Egypt’s economy breathes

Qatar, Libya hand over a combined $5 billion to Cairo; Tunisian school brutally attacked for refusing entry to veiled schoolgirl

By Michael Bassin

April 8, 2013
11:58 am

Egyptian Christians carry the coffin of Morqos Kamal, at the Saint Mark Coptic cathedral in Cairo, Egypt, Sunday, April 7, 2013. Several Egyptians including 4 Christians and a Muslim were killed in sectarian clashes before dawn in Qalubiya, just outside of Cairo on Saturday, April 6, 2013. (Photo credit: AP/Amr Nabil)

Egypt’s ‘war of the streets’

As Muslim-Christian violence rages in Cairo, leaders fail to bring calm; Tunisian party condemns cyberattack on Israel (after its website was hacked)

By Michael Bassin

April 4, 2013
11:56 am

Egyptian protesters chant slogans against Islamist President Mohammed Morsi, during a protest in front of the prosecutor general's office in Cairo, Egypt, Friday, March 29, 2013. (photo credit: AP/Amr Nabil)

Egypt: Students win a round

Violent protests pressure Al-Azhar university to ax its president over health scandal; Arab governments fearful of ‘Israeli spying app’ Viber

By Michael Bassin

April 3, 2013
1:11 pm

Egyptian protesters hang an Arabic banner reading, “people demand an arrest warrant to the prosecutor general” during a protest in front of the prosecutor general's office in Cairo, Egypt, Friday, March 29, 2013. (Photo credit: AP/Amr Nabil)

Food poisoning catastrophe makes Egypt sick

Hundreds hospitalized, hundreds of others protest negligence and corruption; filming to start for ‘historical’ movie on Jews of Arabia

By Michael Bassin

March 28, 2013
11:43 am

An instructor teaches Syrian rebels to use a rocket-propelled grenade launcher near Idlib, Syria, in March. (photo credit: AP/Muhammed Muheisen)

Satan comes to Jordan

Elsewhere, Syrian rebels are denied weapons, again, but get a first embassy in Qatar

By Michael Bassin

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The Times of Israel

The one-stop news site
covering Israel, the region and
the Jewish people worldwide

Founding editor:
David Horovitz

Fair, fresh and fast

The Jewish world's
fastest-growing
news site

Writer: Michael Bassin

Syrian rebels go straight for the heart

Video of opposition fighter eating Assad soldier’s heart sparks outcry; nevertheless, UN passes resolution blaming regime for ‘all violence, regardless of its source’

Turkey roasts Assad

Call for direct international military intervention in Syria to oust PM; speculation over which Gulf country hosts Israeli diplomatic mission

Arab commentators: Russia is outplaying US on Syria

Washington’s efforts to coordinate a Syrian ‘peace summit’ with Moscow are threatened by news of Russian arms sales to Assad’s forces

Some Syrians support Israel’s strikes — but what was the target?

The regime and the opposition condemn the attack, while Hezbollah tries to sell the story that innocent facilities paid the price

Arab world urges Palestinians to seize the moment

Reworked regional peace plan arouses cautious hope; Egypt arrests Islamic preachers for insulting actress, Christianity

Baghdad blackout

Iraq declares war on satellite television for ‘inciting violence’

Iraqi violence: ‘A rolling flame ball’

Government crackdown on Sunni protesters leads to severe clashes, hundreds dead; Kurdish-Iraqi conflict plays out on Arab Idol

Syria: Opposition chief Khatib calls it quits

Disgruntled leader resigns over Western refusal to provide weapons; Saudi says he’s found site of Noah’s flood

Mubarak’s legal roller coaster

Acquitted of murdering protesters, former Egyptian president remains in custody on new corruption charges while his health deteriorates; mufti of Tunisia lashes out at ‘jihad marriages’

Egypt: Mubarak finally smiles

Judge resigns at opening session of former president’s retrial; interim Syrian opposition PM accepting CVs for government posts

Egypt’s economy breathes

Qatar, Libya hand over a combined $5 billion to Cairo; Tunisian school brutally attacked for refusing entry to veiled schoolgirl

Egypt’s ‘war of the streets’

As Muslim-Christian violence rages in Cairo, leaders fail to bring calm; Tunisian party condemns cyberattack on Israel (after its website was hacked)

Egypt: Students win a round

Violent protests pressure Al-Azhar university to ax its president over health scandal; Arab governments fearful of ‘Israeli spying app’ Viber

Food poisoning catastrophe makes Egypt sick

Hundreds hospitalized, hundreds of others protest negligence and corruption; filming to start for ‘historical’ movie on Jews of Arabia

Satan comes to Jordan

Elsewhere, Syrian rebels are denied weapons, again, but get a first embassy in Qatar

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