Israel threatens to bomb Syria in response to Tirshreen missiles aimed at Tel Aviv

Tel Aviv, Asharq Al-Awsat—Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu has threatened to bomb Syria again if Israel comes under threat from its missiles, or if it sends arms to Hezbollah in Lebanon. Netanyahu was responding to a report yesterday in Britain’s Sunday Times about Syria directing its Tishreen long-range surface-to-surface missiles at Tel Aviv. He said at the start of his government’s meeting that “Israel was following developments in Syria and was ready to deal with any ...

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Opinion: A New Cold War

It seems like we are facing a new Cold War. There is a coming together of international powers; the world is divided between the United States and its European allies—who are coming down from the ecstasy of the unipolar New World Order of Bush senior—and the Russian federation, which is rising to a powerful return to international influence after the fall of the Soviet Union. These transitional periods between international powers usually witness great struggles and bloody conflicts, inte...

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