Jonathan Spyer

The regime’s usual methods to disperse protest movements are not working, but the protesters are also still unable to truly threaten the regime’s survival (Image: Twitter)

A Turning Point?

November 22, 2022 | Jonathan Spyer

Lebanon today: A failed and collapsing state (Credit: Karim Naamani/ Shutterstock)

The Slow Death of Lebanon

July 27, 2021 | Jonathan Spyer

Turkish President Erdogan with Pakistani PM Imran Khan at a meeting in early February

Turkey and Pakistan are fanning the Islamist flames

November 30, 2020 | Jonathan Spyer

Three of the hijackers of Air France Flight 139: (from left) Fayez Abdul-Rahim al-Jaber, Wilfried Bose, Jayel al-Arja

Essay: Who were the Entebbe hijackers?

September 9, 2020 | Jonathan Spyer

A member of the Kurdish-led Asayish security organisation stands near a man in a wheelchair along an empty street, as coronavirus restrictions are imposed in Qamishli, Syria

COVID-19 and the Ghost Caliphate

May 7, 2020 | Jonathan Spyer

ISIS took the foreign fighter phenomenon to a whole new level

Biblio File: The Road to Hell

December 27, 2019 | Jonathan Spyer

Kurdish “Rojava”: A story of grit, courage and self-sacrifice

Rojava Sundown

November 4, 2019 | Jonathan Spyer

Sheikh Akram al-Kaabi: Iraqi servant of Iran targetting Israel

Iran targets Israel from Iraq

May 31, 2019 | Jonathan Spyer

Protests reveal state of the Iranian "revolution"

Protests reveal state of the Iranian “revolution”

February 1, 2018 | Jonathan Spyer

Iran and the Fall of Kirkuk

Iran and the Fall of Kirkuk

November 2, 2017 | Jonathan Spyer

Why the winner in Syria is ... Iran

Why the winner in Syria is … Iran

October 3, 2017 | Jonathan Spyer

The Match between India and Israel

The Match between India and Israel

August 3, 2017 | Jonathan Spyer