http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5ikFp-bkzlFMKslwxLGAf91a9DAtQ?docId=CNG.4068cc3958df4994bc6d71115552788f.7c1
Turkey’s prime minister claims that the collapse of Assad’s regime is inevitable
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/syria/9200957/UN-world-is-watching-Syria-with-sceptical-eyes.html
The artdiscusses uses the UN’s view on the likelihood of Syria maintaining the ceasefire and Secretary General Ban Kimoon’s call for UN solidarity
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/08/opinion/to-weaken-iran-start-with-syria.html?ref=israel
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/16/world/middleeast/israel-says-irans-acts-of-terror-are-clear.html?ref=israel
An important consideration regarding Israel’s current stance against Iran has to do with recent attacks on Israelis( I believe ambassadors) in Bangkok and India
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/17/world/middleeast/muslim-brotherhood-threatens-to-review-peace-treaty-with-israel.html?ref=israel
The article discusses a new complication in the Middle East where Egypt’s new leadership is considering nullifying the peace treaty with Israel should the US remove its funding from the country
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2012/02/19/us-britain-urge-israel-not-to-attack-irans-nuclear-program/
This is the latest update on the controversy over Iran’s nuclear program
