Syria

MDC Visiting Scholar Konstantinos Zarras discusses ISIS, a group descending from al-Qa'ida with an enormous impact on Iraq and Syria.

Carl Yonker discusses the participation of Iran-backed Shi'i proxy forces in the sectarian violence in Iraq and in the civil war in Syria.

Prof. Uzi Rabi and Dr. Brandon Friedman discuss Saudi Arabia's outlook on the agreement to destroy the Asad's regime's chemical weapons stockpile.

Senior Research Fellow Eyal Zisser examines the Syrian conflict in light of the possible American strike against Syrian regime-held chemical weapons stockpiles.

In this issue of "Middle East Crossroads" [צומת המזרח התיכון], Senior Research Fellow Prof. Eyal Zisser evaluates the current situation of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, in light of the ongoing Syrian conflict. In Hebrew.