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February 13, 2023
Interesting Syrian Air Force Flight Activity
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Syrian Air Force IL-76 YK-ATA The Syrian Air Force (SYAF), officially the Syrian Arab Air Force, operates three Ilyushin IL-76T (NATO: Candi...
January 30, 2023
Miniseries Review: "Fauda - Season 4" (Netflix 2023)
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Fauda (the Arabic word for chaos) Season 4 is now available in the United States, much to the delight of fans of the series – I’m one. The...
January 7, 2023
Miniseries Review: "Rise of Empires: Ottoman – Mehmed vs Vlad" (Netflix - 2022)
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The second season* of this docudrama about the Ottoman Empire focuses on the rivalry/enmity between Sultan Mehmed II** and Vlad III Dracul...
January 4, 2023
Movie Review: The Swimmers (Netflix - 2022)
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Sometimes you need a story that reminds you of the power and resilience of the human spirit. This movie does that in spades. By August o...
September 17, 2022
Syrian "Voice of the Capital" reporting on recent Israeli strikes
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(Note: This is my translation of an article from Syrian "Voice of the Capital") Israeli air raids destroy early warning and air ...
September 8, 2022
Movie Review: The Beauty Queen of Jerusalem (Netflix – 2022)
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If you are interested in Middle East history and culture, this series is for you. It combines an interesting fictional story woven around ...
April 12, 2022
Movie Review: All the Old Knives (Amazon – 2022)
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This movie focuses on a CIA investigation into a failed intelligence operation that takes place in Vienna , Austria eight years earlier. ...
March 23, 2022
Movie Review: The Operative (Yuval Adler, 2019)
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The Operative is an adaptation of the novel The English Teacher by Yiftach Reicher-Atir. Reicher-Atir is a former Israeli army commando (h...
February 12, 2022
Movie Review: Death on the Nile (20th Century, 2022)
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There have been three movie adaptations of Agatha Christie’s 1937 novel Death on the Nile . The first was in 1978 starring Peter Ustinov a...
January 23, 2022
Movie Review: Munich – The Edge of War (Netflix, 2021)
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Yes, I know this is not about the Middle East . I am reviewing this because of the intelligence aspects of the movie. As with all g...
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