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Jose Lev Alvarez Gomez

Jun 10, 2026, 7:57 AM

Dear President Aoun

Dear President Aoun, My name is Jose Lev. I am an American-Israeli scholar, veteran, and member of a people that has buried too many of its sons because leaders mistook delay for wisdom. I write not as an enemy of...

Jose Lev Alvarez Gomez

May 2, 2026, 9:46 PM

Sweida Druze Flag Israel’s Buffer Zone

United States envoy Tom Barrack told the Antalya Diplomacy Forum on April 17, 2026, that the Middle East only functions under powerful leadership regimes — benevolent monarchies or monarchial republics. Everything else, he said, faded away after the Arab...

Jose Lev Alvarez Gomez

Apr 21, 2026, 7:32 AM

Israel Keeps Golan as Syria Joins Abraham Accords

With Israel and Lebanon working towards a longstanding peaceful settlement and neutralizing Hezbollah’s terrorist machinery, the moment has arrived for a full normalization with Syria too. This means diplomatic recognition, economic ties, and a strategic partnership under the Abraham...

Mar 12, 2026, 6:38 PM

Religious Freedom Crisis in Syria

Syria is passing through a complex political phase after years of war and conflict. However, recent international reports indicate that the issue of religious freedom continues to face serious challenges under the transitional authority led by Ahmed al-Sharaa. Instead...

Mar 1, 2026, 1:31 PM

Syria’s Druze: War, Neutrality, Uncertainty

Amid the turmoil that has engulfed Syria since 2011, the Druze community has found itself at the heart of a harsh political and security equation. Its presence—long rooted in the country’s historical fabric—has increasingly been reduced to a variable...

Feb 17, 2026, 7:09 PM

Israel stops settlers in Syria: Israel’s Zero Tolerance is the smart play

In the dead of night on February 16, 2026, a small band of Israeli settler activists from the far-right Bashan Pioneers group slipped across the border into southern Syria, only to be swiftly intercepted and hauled back by IDF...

Jan 29, 2026, 7:53 PM

Shame on the US: Abandoning Syria’s Kurds imperils the entire region

Relatives attend the funeral of Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) fighters killed earlier this month during clashes with Syrian government forces, in Qamishli, northeastern Syria, Wednesday, Jan. 28, 2026. (AP Photo/Baderkhan Ahmad)

America appears to have a new doctrine in Syria: accommodate Islamists, appease Ankara, and expose vulnerable minorities

Jacob Chernavsky

Jan 26, 2026, 12:01 AM

Hidden in Plain Sight: Salafi Jihadism’s Quiet Advance

Smoke rises while Syrian security forces sit in the back of a truck as Syrian troops entered the predominantly Druze city of Sweida on Tuesday following two days of clashes, in Sweida, Syria July 15, 2025. REUTERS/Karam al-Masri TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY

Imagine it is Election Night 2030. A charismatic, impeccably tailored candidate strides up the Capitol steps to take the oath of office. Commentators gush over his forward-thinking economic plans and inclusive rhetoric. Yet, tucked inside his little-read essays and missed...

Jan 22, 2026, 9:38 PM

The Oppressed of the Middle East Arise

Last week's massive riots in Iran may have been put down by massacres and brutal repression, but the long-term prognosis for the theocratic regime remains dim. It has no answers to the economic problems afflicting the country, which are...

Moshe-Mordechai van Zuiden

Dec 30, 2025, 5:05 AM

Is Syria the fall and revival of the USSR on replay?

Is there anything new under the sun? An overview that links to sources. I started this blog post two weeks ago and wanted to publish it when the news from Syria had stopped. It has not stopped, so we need...

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