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viding of training, funding, and weapons to terror groups such as Hezbollah, Hamas, and Islamic Jihad, as well as to the regime of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. New Jersey attorney Stephen M. Flatow recalled that when he sued Iran in 1998 for the murder of his daughter, Alisa Flatow, by the Palestinian te

dded. Amirahmadi acknowledged that Iran will probably give some of these funds to entities it considers "friends" in the region, like Hezbollah or Assad, whose civil war-ridden country just received a S1 billion credit line from the Islamic Republic. "There's no question about it," he said, though c

s "no way to assure the public that Iran will not spend that money on terrorism or destabilizing the region," said Schanzer. Making matters worse, Schanzer explained, "the banking system is about to relax its sanctions against Iran, so they will be allowed back onto the SWIFT financial messaging system

tation of the deal," and there is "no way to assure the public that Iran will not spend that money on terrorism or destabilizing the region," said Schanzer. Making matters worse, Schanzer explained, "the banking system is about to relax its sanctions against Iran, so they will be allowed back onto the

18.61M) reports the Administration has "embarked on its toughest round of economic sanctions against Syria, intending to break President Bashar al- Assad's reign over the country and stop a civil war that has claimed over half a million lives." Diplomatic and humanitarian assistance experts, however,

Verma, Yee, 18.61M) reports the Administration has "embarked on its toughest round of economic sanctions against Syria, intending to break President Bashar al- Assad's reign over the country and stop a civil war that has claimed over half a million lives." Diplomatic and humanitarian assistance experts,

ing, drug smuggling and other illicit finance." Acknowledging the difficultly in finding a long-term solution to this economic trouble, Dubowitz and Schanzer argue that the "United States, with the support of Israel, can offer a short-term bailout for Lebanon—but only on the condition that Hezbollah agre

clipse the regional and international focus on Syria, where hundreds of people have been slaughtered on a daily basis for the past year and a half. Assad will likely exploit this by ratcheting up his brutality against Syrian rebels and civilians while eyes are gazed elsewhere. While the course of Ope

l. With the death of Mr. Jabari, a charismatic figure influential with Hamas leaders inside and outside Gaza, "They are off balance for sure," Mr. Schanzer said. "Every time this happens it forces change, it forces adaptation." But Qassam "has long operated in a decentralized structure, so that if its

n around Latakia. And there’s no sign that either Assad or his Russian patrons are paying any more than l

making significant gains on the battlefield this week, following an offer by their top political leader for negotiations with the regime of President Bashar al-Assad. HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_025056 --- PAGE BREAK --- This military and diplomatic news may appear positive. But Syrian sources caution that the battlefield

y, as Alawite supporters of the regime retreat to their ancestral homeland in the northwestern region around Latakia. And there’s no sign that either Assad or his Russian patrons are paying any more than lip service to a political settlement. One potential game-changer is a request for U.S. help in trai

d money into a project that seems to prove the PA's uselessness. "It's like an island inside the traditional infrastructure of the PA," says Jonathan Schanzer, vice president of research at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies and author of a book on Palestinian internal politics. "It shows everyone wh

n around Latakia. And there's no sign that either Assad or his Russian patrons are paying any more than l

making significant gains on the battlefield this week, following an offer by their top political leader for negotiations with the regime of President Bashar al-Assad. HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_028690 --- PAGE BREAK --- This military and diplomatic news may appear positive. But Syrian sources caution that the battlefield a

y, as Alawite supporters of the regime retreat to their ancestral homeland in the northwestern region around Latakia. And there's no sign that either Assad or his Russian patrons are paying any more than lip service to a political settlement. One potential game-changer is a request for U.S. help in train

d money into a project that seems to prove the PA's uselessness. "It's like an island inside the traditional infrastructure of the PA," says Jonathan Schanzer, vice president of research at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies and author of a book on Palestinian internal politics. "It shows everyone wh