World View: After Syria’s So-Called Ceasefire, Tensions Grow over the Future of Bashar al-Assad
Contents: Hezbollah keeps on fighting, but says it will honor Syria ceasefire; Tensions grow over the future of Bashar al-Assad
Sayyed Hasan Nasrallah
World View: Report: Israel and Saudi Arabia Are Allying Against Iran and Hezbollah
Contents: Report: Israel and Saudi Arabia are allying against Iran and Hezbollah; Iran and Hezbollah turn focus of hostility from Israel to Saudi Arabia; Shifting Israeli alliances in the Mideast
World View: Deep Saudi-Lebanon Crisis Widens the Mideast’s Sectarian Fault Line
Contents: Deep Saudi-Lebanon crisis widens the Mideast’s sectarian fault line; Hackers steal thousands of employee W-2 tax documents from Seagate Inc.; Bangladesh bank says hackers stole $100M from its New York Fed account
World View: Israel and Hezbollah May Be Close to War Again
Contents: Merry Christmas, happy Kwanza, belated happy Hanukkah, Ramadan, Winter Solstice!; Hezbollah promises revenge for deadly Israeli airstrike in Syria; Israel and Hezbollah may be close to war again; Russia is sharing information with the Taliban in Afghanistan to fight ISIS
World View: Patriotism and Nationalism Surge in Saudi Arabia, but Not in Iran
Saudi Arabia declares that it’s met its military objectives in Yemen; Patriotism and nationalism surge in Saudi Arabia, but not in Iran
World View: ISIS Captures Yarmouk Refugee Camp, Closes in on Collapsing al-Assad
ISIS captures Yarmouk refugee camp, closes in on Damascus; Hezbollah trapped by a sense of collapse in al-Assad’s army; Turkmenistan fears jihadist invasion from Afghanistan; Palestinian Authority joins International Criminal Court
