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A Bad Deal on LibyaBy David SchenkerEarlier this week, I published an op-ed in the Daily Standard about the August deal between Washington and Libya that paved the way for Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice’s visit to Tripoli on September 5 and the normalization of bilateral... Mashal to Leave Damascus? Not Likely.By David SchenkerHaaretz reported this morning that Hamas politburo head Khalid Mashal is leaving Damascus to take up residence in Sudan. The left-leaning Israeli paper picked up the story from the Kuwaiti daily Al Rai’. Mashal last visited Sudan in early August,... Supreme Guide of Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood Discusses his Admiration for Bin LadenBy David SchenkerIn a lengthy interview published today in the online Arabic news service Elaph, Supreme Guide of the Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood Mohammed Akef was asked: “Regarding resistance and jihad…do you consider Osama Bin Laden a terrorist or an Islamic Mujahid?” Akef’s... Lebanon's Crisis DeferredBy David SchenkerYesterday in Qatar, the pro-West Lebanese Government and Syrian and Iranian-backed Hizballah reached an agreement to deescalate the crisis. The Doha Agreement has largely been seen as a victory for Hizballah; the militia cum political party will be brought into... Egyptian Concerns About HamasBy David SchenkerNotwithstanding former President Carter’s embrace of Khaled Masha'l last week, there is little optimism in the region that Hamas is poised to change its stripes. Indeed, after Carter’s departure, Hamas officials rolled back his amazing assessment that the terrorist organization... Iraqi WMD Found…In Syria?!By David SchenkerYesterday, the Jerusalem Post ran a short story about a soon-to-be released US-Israeli report on the September 6, 2007 attack on the alleged North-Korean supplied Syrian nuclear facility. The Post says the (Israeli) attack was related to Saddam’s WMD. This... Kuwait Gets Tough with HizballahisBy David SchenkerKuwaiti authorities have reportedly arrested two former members of parliament and a prominent local Shiite leader for belonging to Kuwaiti Hizballah. The arrests of the MPs, Abdul Mohsen Jamal and Nasser Sakhouh, and a religious leader, Sheikh Hussein Al Maatouk,... USS Cole and HizballahBy David SchenkerOn February 28, the USS Cole was deployed off the coast of Lebanon. Ostensibly, the presence of the warship is intended to demonstrate Washington's ongoing commitment to the democratically elected pro-West government vis-à-vis the Hizballah-led opposition and ally, Damascus. Hizballah... Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas' Comments to Ad DustourBy David SchenkerThe Jerusalem Post today ran an article today containing a few quotes translated from Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas’ February 27 interview with the Jordanian daily Ad Dustour. The remarks reported by the Post do not inspire optimism regarding the... Harboring Terrorists and Terrorizing DissidentsBy David SchenkerThe killing of Imad Mughniyeh put Syria in the headlines today. I had a piece on Syria that appeared in the Weekly Standard online today---not about Damascus’ provision of safe haven to terrorists like Mughniyeh, but about how Syria terrorizes... Syria Moves the Goalposts on the Lebanese PresidencyBy David SchenkerAs the presidential crisis in Lebanon enters month five, violence is increasing. Under pressure from the Arab League and fearing diminished support from Washington, after months of vowing not to compromise on the presidency, the pro-West March 14th ruling party... A Message for Departing Ambassador FeltmanBy David SchenkerYesterday’s car bomb attack on a US embassy convoy in Beirut comes just days before US Ambassador Jeffrey Feltman returns to Washington. The bomb, which killed three Lebanese civilians and injured dozens—purportedly at least one of whom was a host... Summer 2006 Déjà vu?By David SchenkerOn January 8, two 107mm Katyusha rockets were fired on Northern Israel from Lebanon. The same day, a roadside bomb in Lebanon injured three soldiers from the Irish contingent of UNIFIL. And just a few days earlier, a Katyusha rocket... Congress Delays Administration's Detente with LibyaBy David SchenkerYesterday I had an op ed in the Christian Science Monitor about the Administration's problems in moving ahead with the rehabilitation of relations with Libya. Intitially, Congress did not allocate the $108 million requested by the Administration to fund a... President Bush Meets with Syrian OppositionBy David SchenkerOn December 4, President Bush met in the White House with a few pro-democracy members of the Syrian opposition, including US-based Ammar Abdelhamid and former Syrian parliamentarian Mamoun Homsi, who currently lives outside of Syria. Homsi who signed the... Tensions Mount in Lebanon as Presidential Elections Draw to a CloseBy David SchenkerThe Islamic Action Front fared poorly in yesterday’s parliamentary elections in Jordan. Meanwhile in Lebanon-where the two month presidential election period ends tomorrow—prospects for the Hizballah-led opposition are looking up. Word from Lebanon is that the pro-West March 14th... How Will the Islamists Fare in Jordanian Elections Tomorrow?By David SchenkerTomorrow, Jordanians go to the polls for parliamentary elections. Over 900 candidates, including 200 women, will vie for 110 parliamentary seats in the contest. During the last parliamentary elections in 2003, the Islamic Action Front (IAF) took 17 seats, the... Relying on Syrian DisinformationBy David SchenkerOn October 21, the Israeli daily Jerusalem Post ran a story that Lebanese MP and Druze Community leader Walid Jumblatt would meet secretly in New York with Israeli defense minister Ehud Barak to discuss regime change in Damascus. That night,... Congress Condemns Syrian and Iranian Meddling in LebanonBy David SchenkerToday, the US House of Representatives passed a resolution condemning Syria and Iran for their “gross interference in Lebanon’s internal political affairs.” In particular, the resolution focused on meddling in the Lebanese presidential elections and the campaign of assassinations that... Losing Traction against SyriaBy David SchenkerThe September 6 Israeli bombing of a presumed North Korean-supplied nuclear weapons facility in Syria highlights the ongoing policy challenge posed by Damascus. More than three years after President Bush signed the Syria Accountability and Lebanese Sovereignty Restoration Act (SAA),... Syria Strikes Again? Another Assassination of an Anti-Syrian Parliamentarian Rocks LebanonBy David SchenkerThis morning, Lebanese parliamentarian Antoine Ghanem was assassinated in Beirut. Ghanem, a Phalange MP allied with the pro-West Government led by Prime Minister Fouad Siniora was the third parliamentarian in the anti-Syrian majority to be killed this year. A... More Information Emerges on Hizballah’s Efforts to Establish Its Own Telecommunications NetworkBy David SchenkerAccording to an article that appeared in the Beirut Daily Star today, the anti-Syria March 14th Movement Lebanese Minister of Telecommunications Marwan Hamadeh announced that the Defense, Interior, Telecommunications and Justice ministries would launch an "immediate" investigation into the... New Hizballah Dedicated Networks in South Lebanon?By David SchenkerBuried in the last paragraph of a story in the Lebanese daily An Nahar today was a short paragraph describing Hizballah’s efforts to “extend telecommunications cables in the areas of the south next to the public telephone lines.” The Lebanese... The Muslim Brotherhood and Tomorrow's Jordanian Municipal ElectionsBy David SchenkerTomorrow, Jordanians go to the polls for municipal elections. The Jordanian Muslim Brotherhood’s political party—the Islamic Action Front (IAF)—boycotted the last local elections in 2003, but will participate tomorrow. The local elections are a tune-up for the November parliamentary elections... US Military Assistance for Lebanon's War on TerrorismBy David SchenkerEarlier this week, after days of fighting between the Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) and the Al Qaida affiliate Fatah al Islam, the Government of Lebanon formally requested emergency military assistance from Washington. According to Lebanese officials, Beirut’s request entailed a... Toward a More Pragmatic Policy?By David SchenkerI had an oped in the Boston Globe this morning about the Administration's apparent shift away from democracy promotion in the Middle East. The article is titled "Abandoning Our Democratic Allies."... The Waiting’s Over: Hamas Makes it OfficialBy David SchenkerEver since the February 2007 Mecca Accords laid the groundwork for a Fatah-Hamas Palestinian national unity government, the US has largely taken a wait and see attitude. Some two weeks after Mecca, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice traveled to... Syrian ElectionsBy David SchenkerAlthough its getting little press in the West, Syrian parliamentary elections are scheduled for this Sunday. Given the brutal authoritarian nature of the regime, no one is expecting any surprises. I've written a piece about the elections, and the US... UNSC Poised to Criticize Syria (Again)By David SchenkerLess than a week after House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s counterproductive visit to Damascus, the UN is weighing in with its own assessment of Syrian policy. Press reports on April 9 indicated that France had circulated a draft UN Security Council... Latest Developments in the Hariri Investigation: The 7th Report of the Independent Commission.By David SchenkerOn March 15, the UN released the 7th report of the International Independent Commission investigating the assassination of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafiq Hariri, 14 subsequent assassinations, and a host of post 2005 terrorist acts in Lebanon. The most recent... Will a Lebanon Deal Come at Syria's Expense?By David SchenkerToday the Washington Institute for Near East Policy, where I am a senior fellow in Arab politics, released my newest analysis of the most recent discussions on the future of Lebanon. Several paragraphs from it follow, and you can read... Fatah and Hamas Make the Pilgrimage to Mecca: Toward National Unity or Civil War?By David SchenkerTomorrow (February 6), Hamas and Fatah leaders are slated to meet in Mecca, Saudi Arabia to discuss the escalating intra-Palestinian violence in the Palestinian Authority (PA). A meeting in Saudi had been rumored for some time, but the parties finally... Opposition Demonstrations in Lebanon and the Paris III ConferenceBy David SchenkerCo-Editor's Note, Jan. 24: A longer version of David's post, titled "Lebanon Goes to Paris III: High Stakes in France and Beirut," is now available from the Washington Institute for Near East Policy website. This morning in Lebanon, government opposition... The Fatah-Hamas Conflict in the Palestinian AuthorityBy David SchenkerThere have been some very interesting developments in the Palestinian Authority (PA) of late as fighting has escalated between the Palestinian Liberation Organization (PLO) faction Fatah and Hamas. Intra-Palestinian violence in the PA has reached unprecedented levels not necessarily in... More Bad News on LebanonBy David SchenkerHeadlines from Lebanon today describe an explosion on the Syria side of the Lebanese-Syrian border. Details remain sketchy, but it appears that an Islamic militant belonging to an Al Qaida affiliate was interdicted while attempting to enter Lebanon. The militant—a... Shiites Against HezbollahBy David SchenkerI had an article in The Weekly Standard this week. The intro is below. You can get the full article at the Standard's website. Shiites Against Hezbollah The other struggle in Lebanon. by David Schenker 11/13/2006, Volume 012, Issue 09... And the Negotiations StartBy David SchenkerHizballah Secretary General Hassan Nasrallah confirmed yesterday that “serious” negotiations had commenced with Israel via a third party intermediary regarding prisoner exchange. The prisoners in question were captured by Hizballah during an audacious border operation in July, sparking a month-long... Hamas in the Palestinian Authority Seeks and Receives Assistance from Tehran and DamascusBy David SchenkerEarlier this week, Israeli Defense Forces intelligence directorate chief BG Yossi Baidatz said that since the September 2005 Israeli withdrawal, Hamas had smuggled in millions of dollars worth of advanced weaponry to Gaza. Baidatz briefed the Israeli cabinet that anti-aircraft... On Ammar AbdulhamidBy David SchenkerAndrew makes some good points in his blog. I know both Farid Ghadry and Ammar Abdulhamid. I think both of them are courageous individuals, who at great personal risk have committed themselves to changing the nature of the dictatorial Ba’athist... For Hizballah, Post-War Politics are LocalBy David SchenkerHizballah Secretary General Hassan Nasrallah’s coming out (of hiding) rally on September 22 made big headlines. Most of the attention in the West was focused on Nasrallah’s revelation that Hizballah still possessed some 20,000 rockets and missiles. But a closer... Hamas and Fatah Look to Unite: Implications for Funding the Palestinian AuthorityBy David SchenkerTalks between Hamas and Fatah aimed at forming a National Unity government in the Palestinian Authority (PA) are currently at an impasse. According to PA President (and Fatah leader) Mahmoud Abbas’ office, discussions stalled because Hamas reneged on its pledge... Attacks on US Embassy in Damascus FoiledBy David SchenkerReports today indicate that Syrian security forces foiled an attempted car bomb attack against the US Embassy in Damascus. At present, it’s unclear as to whether these reports are entirely true. Indeed, according to some eyewitness reports, four armed men... |