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Dome of the rock and wailing wall in Jerusalem, Israel

Syrian opposition members inspect the site of a suspected chlorine gas attack by Assad regime forces in Jobar region of Damascus, Syria on November 13, 2014. (Lokman Sair/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images)

Commentary

Assad Has Used Chemical Weapons, Even After the 'Ceasefire' Has Begun

Lee Smith

Former Senior Fellow

Lee Smith

Mar 1, 2016

Commentary

2 Min Read

Candles burn above a poster of Albert Nisman following a 'Silent March' on February 18, 2015 in Buenos Aires, Argentina. (Mario Tama/Getty Images)

Commentary

Argentine Prosecutor Asserts Alberto Nisman Was Murdered. Now, to Find His Killers.

Lee Smith

Former Senior Fellow

Lee Smith

Feb 26, 2016

Commentary

3 Min Read

US Secretary of States John Kerry (R) beside of Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov (L) after the International Syria Support Group (ISSG) meeting in Munich on February 12, 2016. (CHRISTOF STACHE/AFP/Getty Images)

Commentary

Phony Truce

Lee Smith

Former Senior Fellow

Lee Smith

Feb 26, 2016

Commentary

4 Min Read

Russian President Vladimir Putin (R) speaks with US Secretary of State John Kerry during a meeting at the Kremlin in Moscow on December 15, 2015. (SERGEI KARPUKHIN/AFP/Getty Images)

Commentary

Vladimir Putin and Bashar al-Assad Are Running U.S. Syria Policy

Peter Rough

Senior Fellow and Director, Center on Europe and Eurasia

Peter Rough

Feb 23, 2016

Commentary

4 Min Read

Christopher Hitchens poses during a portrait session on May 22, 2010 in Australia. (John Donegan/Getty Images)

Commentary

Fascist Down

Lee Smith

Former Senior Fellow

Lee Smith

Feb 22, 2016

Commentary

4 Min Read

Then-Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan (R) and Russia's president Vladimir Putin give a press conference in Istanbul on December 3, 2012. (BULENT KILIC/AFP/Getty Images)

Commentary

Russia Wields the Kurdish Weapon

Walter Russell Mead

Ravenel B. Curry III Distinguished Fellow in Strategy and Statesmanship

Walter Russell Mead

Feb 16, 2016

Commentary

6 Min Read

Damaged icons inside the church of the monastery of Saint Takla in the ancient Christian town of Maalula, May 14, 2014. (JOSEPH EID/AFP/Getty Images)

Commentary

Fearing the "G" Word, the State Department Turns Its Back on Middle Eastern Christians

Nina Shea

Senior Fellow and Director, Center for Religious Freedom

Nina Shea

Feb 16, 2016

Commentary

8 Min Read

Commentary

From Israel, with Love

Lela Gilbert

Adjunct Fellow, Center for Religious Freedom

Lela Gilbert

Feb 12, 2016

Commentary

7 Min Read

Russian President Vladimir Putin (R) greets his Syrian counterpart Bashar al-Assad (L) during a meeting at the Kremlin in Moscow on October 20, 2015. (ALEXEY DRUZHININ/AFP/Getty Images)

Commentary

Obama's Crumbling Syria Strategy

Peter Rough

Senior Fellow and Director, Center on Europe and Eurasia

Peter Rough

Feb 11, 2016

Commentary

4 Min Read

The Tamar drilling natural gas production platform 25 kilometers West of the Ashkelon shore on March 28, 2013 in Israel. (Albatross via Getty Images)

Commentary

Will Israel's Natural-Gas Fields Ever Get Developed?

Arthur Herman

Senior Fellow

Arthur Herman

Feb 8, 2016

Commentary

11 Min Read

U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders speaking of Vermont at a town meeting at the Phoenix Convention Center in Phoenix, Arizona, July 18, 2015. (Gage Skidmore/Flickr)

Commentary

Bernie's Adventures on a Stalinist Kibbutz