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Jonathan Spyer

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Will Kurdish insurgents help America in Iran?

The US and Israel rapidly established air superiority over Iran in the first days of the war now under way in the Middle East. Regimes, however,...

09.03.2026 8

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Jonathan Spyer

Even Khamenei’s death might not finish the Iranian regime

As of now, it is possible to draw a number of immediate conclusions from the war currently under way between the alliance of the United States and...

28.02.2026 10

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Trump must help Iranians bring down the Islamic regime

06.02.2026 5

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Jonathan Spyer

Syria’s Islamic State camps are under threat

21.01.2026 10

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Jonathan Spyer

How America could help bring down Iran's Islamist regime

15.01.2026 20

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Jonathan Spyer

Israel won't hold back on Hezbollah for long

07.01.2026 10

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Jonathan Spyer

Israel is turning the screws on Hezbollah

29.11.2025 10

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Isis is stirring once more

23.11.2025 10

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Why Israel fears Turkey’s involvement in Gaza

16.11.2025 10

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Jonathan Spyer

Will the Gaza ceasefire hold?

29.10.2025 10

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Middle East / What Israel has learned from two years of war

07.10.2025 6

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The final act of Israel’s war in Gaza is underway

18.09.2025 5

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Iran may be down, but it’s not out

28.08.2025 10

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Jonathan Spyer

What is the purpose of Israel’s Gaza City operation?

22.08.2025 6

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Jonathan Spyer

Israel has weakened Iran – but not destroyed it

25.06.2025 3

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Jonathan Spyer

Iran is isolated against the US and Israel

22.06.2025 10

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Jonathan Spyer

Only regime change will solve the problem of Iran

19.06.2025 6

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Jonathan Spyer

Iran is too weak to wage a ground war against Israel

16.06.2025 10

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Jonathan Spyer

Israel’s war with Iran is about to truly begin

13.06.2025 10

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Jonathan Spyer

Why Hamas won’t accept Witkoff’s Gaza ceasefire offer

03.06.2025 10

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Negotiations / Iran is playing for time in the US nuclear talks

15.04.2025 7

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Islamist attacks / No one should be surprised about the Syrian massacres

10.03.2025 10

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Jonathan Spyer

Israel has a plan for Syria

05.03.2025 3

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Jonathan Spyer

Isis is filling the vacuum in Syria

23.02.2025 10

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Jonathan Spyer

The case for ending the Israel-Hamas ceasefire

13.02.2025 10

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Trump has pointed out the hypocrisy of Gaza’s allies

29.01.2025 8

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Notebook / Syria feels close to a zone of anarchy

28.01.2025 10

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Hamas has exploited Israel’s weaknesses

19.01.2025 8

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Jonathan Spyer