Here is an interesting take on the current state of affairs in the Levant...
Hizballah Is On The Ropes
The Clock Ticks for Hizballah as Assad Loves His Palaces More Than Nasrallah
By Steve Schippert
Amid the relentless images of the dead extracted from a building in Qana, amid the fiery anger those images generated – from Lebanon to Europe and from Egypt to Indonesia - and amid deafening global cries for an immediate ceasefire, a curiously contradictory picture is emerging from the battlefields of Hizballistan: Hizballah is on the ropes, running short of resources and desperate for a ceasefire for its very survival. (read more...)