![](/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/region-middle-east.jpg)
Latest Articles about Israel
![](/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/Israel-Azerbaijan.jpg)
Kuwaiti Newspaper Implicates Azerbaijan in Israel’s Iran Operation: Fake News or Information Leak?
Kuwaiti newspaper Al-Jarida published a report, on May 3, that cited “an informed source” alleging Israeli intelligence services had used the territory of Azerbaijan to smuggle half a ton of seized secret files regarding the Iranian nuclear program from Tehran to Israel. The source did... MORE
![](/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/Syrian-T-4-base-bombed-by-Israel-EDM-April-26-2018-640x400.jpg)
Russo-Israeli Tensions on the Rise From S-300 Transfers to Syria
Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) jets have been hitting Syria intermittently, primarily targeting Iranian-connected assets, but also attacking the air-defense installations of president Bashar al-Assad’s Syrian Arab Army (SAA) (Haaretz, April 10). Officially, the Israelis proclaim neutrality in the seven-year-long Syrian civil war, but the IDF... MORE
![](/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/57d1e0b7c36188815f8b457c-640x360.jpg)
Adaptation and Response in the Hamas-Israel Conflict
In the early hours of January 14, the Israeli Air Force bombed a one kilometer (km)-long Hamas tunnel connecting Israel, Egypt and the Gaza Strip, dug deep below the Kerem Shalom border crossing (Jerusalem Post, January 14). The tunnel stretched from Gaza across 180 meters... MORE
![](/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/Russian-base-in-Syria-EDM-November-27-2017-640x346.jpg)
Russia in Syria: Life After the Islamic State
The fall of the main Islamic State (IS) strongholds in Syria challenges Moscow to become more focused on the political process of conflict settlement. Nevertheless, recent diplomatic moves made by Moscow appear rather muddled at first glance. On the one hand, Russian President Vladimir Putin... MORE
![](/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/Iranian_drone-970x350-640x231.jpg)
Hezbollah’s Drone Program Sets Precedents for Non-State Actors
On the afternoon of September 19, an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) launched from an airstrip near the Syrian capital of Damascus flew into the demilitarized zone that separates the Syrian-controlled area of the Golan Heights from that which is controlled by Israel. The Israeli military... MORE
![](/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/Al-Masdar-news-640x364.jpg)
Israeli Military Exposes Vulnerabilities in Joint Russian-Syrian Air Defense
On October 16, the Israeli Air Force launched a precision attack, in the Damascus area, against a Russian-supplied S-200 air-defense battery under the control of the Syrian Arab Army (SAA). The aerial raid was conducted partly in response to a March incident involving its aircraft... MORE
![](/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/Russian-Federal-News-Agency-640x360.jpeg)
Russia Declares Victory in Syria, but Its Open-Ended Commitment Will Not End
Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu announced that his country’s military operation in Syria is “close to conclusion” (see EDM, October 17). The Islamic State—once a sizable quasi-state, stretching from the outskirts of Iraqi Bagdad to Aleppo, in Syria—has lost control of all major cities, including... MORE