Jonathan Spyer is a British-Israeli journalist, author, and Middle East analyst specializing in the conflicts and geopolitics of the region. He contributed reporting and analysis to The Weekly Standard between 2010 and 2015, with particular focus on the Syrian civil war, Kurdish political and military movements, and broader regional security issues. He is known for his on-the-ground reporting from conflict zones and has written extensively on the Levant and its armed factions.
Under a cloudless Jerusalem sky, a crowd of thousands gathered at the cemetery at Givat Shaul on Tuesday, to bury the four Jews murdered at the Hyper Cacher in Paris. Yoav Hattab, Yohan Cohen, Philippe Braham, and Francois-Michel Saada were laid to rest in Har Hamenuhot, on the approach to…
Erbil, Iraqi Kurdistan
Kobani, Syrian Kurdish Region
Kiev
Syrian Kurdistan
Jerusalem
Aleppo, Syria
Idleb Province, Syria
Iraqi Kurdistan "There is today a strategic alliance between Iran and Turkey’s [ruling AKP party],” says Murat Karayilan, the de facto leader of the PKK. The Kurdistan Workers’ party’s actual number one, Abdullah Ocalan, has been imprisoned in Turkey since 1999 for his war against Ankara dating…