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and Russia and Syria enjoy historical relations

if an increasingly sectarian Syria splinters between the ruling Alawites

but we must be careful about accepting the narrative that the whole of Syria is demanding change. The largest cities of Aleppo and Damascus remain relatively calm

as Mr Assad defies the west with ease. As elsewhere in the Middle East

US president Barack Obama last week succumbed to calls from commentators and Syrian opposition leaders

mounting only limited attacks on Gaza against mostly members of the Palestinian Resistance Committees

a war Hezbollah has good reason to enter at such a stage and that Fatah does not want but could be forced into. Such a war could shift the Egyptian dynamic significantly to Hamas' advantage

we would expect Hamas to repeat its attacks to the point that Israel no longer could decline combat.

a conflict along the Lebanese border and a rising in the West Bank

as it showed the Islamic world that Syria was the only nation-state supporting effective resistance to Israel. It also showed Israel and the United States that Syria alone could control Hezbollah and that forcing Syria out of Lebanon was a....

but it needs to redefine the conflict. The Iranians and Hezbollah are among those most concerned with the fall of the Syrian regime. Syria has been Iran's one significant ally

much less carry it out - and trigger an Israeli attack on Gaza. Such a scenario casts Israel as the aggressor and Hamas as the victim

possibly pushing Fatah to align with Hamas. Having the U.N. vote take place while Gaza is at war

these passions were readily contained in Egypt. Now the Egyptian regime unquestionably is vulnerable

Hamas needs genuine regime change in Egypt. The new regime it needs is not a liberal democracy but one in which Islamist forces supportive of Hamas

an uneasy truce has existed over recent years. Now

but the Palestinians are divided over the fundamental question of the Palestinian nation's identity. Fatah sees itself as part of a secular Arab world that is on the defensive. Hamas envisions the Palestinian nation as an Islamic state form...

the administration has already handled a lot of these changes well (and in the face of absolutely constant know-it-all criticism). One of the best things an American administration can do when big changes are afoot somewhere in the world is...

the FBI chemist who had replicated the test. The defense introduced experts who

the scientist who had conducted the test