Twitter: @BatchelorShowThe Kurds abide despite Turkey, Iran, Syria, US. @Jonathan_Spyer, Jerusalem Center for Strategy and Security. Malcolm Hoenlein @Conf_of_presJonathan Spyer is a Middle East analyst, author and journalist specializing in the Levant and Iraq. He is the director of the Middle East Center for Reporting and Analysis (MECRA), a Research Fellow at the Jerusalem Center for Strategy and Security and a Fellow at the Middle East Forum.