Posted on Thu, December 31, 2015 at 15:57 pm CET
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Qasem Soleimani’s Involvement in Yemen and other Middle Eastern states

Iran regards Yemen as an important part of its regional policy of establishing an Iranian ground and naval presence at the entrance of the Red Sea… Read more

Topics: Arab-Israeli Conflict • Intelligence and Terrorism Information Center • Iran • Security and Defense • Shi'ism • Shia Islam • Yemen 
Posted on Thu, December 31, 2015 at 15:56 pm CET
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Qasem Soleimani’s Involvement in Internal Iranian Politics

One of the sources of Soleimani’s power is his close ties to the leadership of the Iranian regime… Read more

Topics: Arab-Israeli Conflict • Intelligence and Terrorism Information Center • Iran • Security and Defense • Shi'ism • Shia Islam 
Posted on Thu, December 31, 2015 at 15:55 pm CET
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Qasem Soleimani’s Public Image

The public support for Soleimani increased to the level of a personality cult… Read more

Topics: Arab-Israeli Conflict • Intelligence and Terrorism Information Center • Iran • Security and Defense • Shi'ism • Shia Islam 
Posted on Thu, December 31, 2015 at 15:53 pm CET
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Possible Lifting of International Sanctions on Qasem Soleimani in the Wake of the Nuclear Agreement

Soleimani has been included on several lists of senior Iranian officials on whom international sanctions were imposed… Read more

Topics: Arab-Israeli Conflict • Intelligence and Terrorism Information Center • Iran • Security and Defense • Shi'ism • Shia Islam 
Posted on Wed, October 14, 2015 at 21:46 pm CEST
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Who Was Hossein Hamedani, the Senior IRGC Commander Killed in Syria

Hossein Hamedani was the most senior Iranian military officer on a foreign operation to be killed in 36 years… Read more

Topics: Intelligence and Terrorism Information Center • Iran • Shia Islam • Syrian Revolution 
Posted on Sun, October 11, 2015 at 13:02 pm CEST
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How Obama Lost Afghanistan

The Taliban reconquest of Afghanistan would be even more disastrous than its previous reign of terror… Read more

Topics: Afghanistan • Taliban • U.S. Middle East Policy • War on Terrorism 
Posted on Sun, October 11, 2015 at 12:31 pm CEST
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What Ronald Reagan Could Tell Us About Islamic Taqiyya

The permissibility of lying in Islam… Read more

Topics: Global Islam • Pakistan • Taqiyya • U.S. Middle East Policy 
Posted on Sun, October 4, 2015 at 11:05 am CEST
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Walid Al-Moualem Addresses General Assembly’s Seventieth Session

Walid Al-Moualem’s speech to the UN general assembly… Read more

Topics: Diplomacy • Syria • United Nations 
Posted on Sun, October 4, 2015 at 09:41 am CEST
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Abdel Fattah Al Sisi Addresses General Assembly’s Seventieth Session

Abdel Fattah Al Sisi’s speech to the UN general assembly… Read more

Topics: Diplomacy • Egypt • United Nations 
Posted on Sat, October 3, 2015 at 15:29 pm CEST
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US Middle East Policy and The Old Potomac Two Step

US policy towards the Middle East and how do we move forward?… Read more

Topics: Iran • Obamaism • Security and Defense • The Middle East • U.S. Middle East Policy • US-Israel Relations 
Posted on Sat, October 3, 2015 at 12:15 pm CEST
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Hassan Rouhani Addresses General Assembly’s Seventieth Session

Rouhani’s speech to the UN general assembly… Read more

Topics: Diplomacy • Iran • United Nations 
Posted on Fri, September 25, 2015 at 05:11 am CEST
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The Devil at Hajj: Intrinsic and Extrinsic Violence in Islam

When the devil still matters… Read more

Topics: Global Islam • R. Joseph Hoffmann • Religion • Saudi Arabia 
Posted on Wed, September 16, 2015 at 23:44 pm CEST
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The Arab States and the Refugees

The refugee crisis has exposed the abject failure of the EU, the UN, the OIC or anybody else to criticize the bloated Arab nations of the Gulf… Read more

Topics: Arab World • Bahrain • Europe • Human Rights • Kuwait • Multiculturalism • Oman • Qatar • Saudi Arabia • United Arab Emirates 
Posted on Sun, September 13, 2015 at 09:05 am CEST
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The Arab World’s Continued Mistreatment of Palestinians

Jordan and the rest of the Arab world are not interested in helping solve the problem of the Palestinian refugees… Read more

Topics: Arab World • Human Rights • Jordan • Palestinian Arabs • United Nations 
Posted on Thu, September 10, 2015 at 22:15 pm CEST
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How the Jihadi Civil War Began

How the jihadi civil war began that is now raging in Syria and Iraq… Read more

Topics: Al-Qaeda • Global Islam • Global Jihad • Iraq • Islamic State • Jabhat al-Nusra • Religion • Sunni-Shia Conflict • Syrian Revolution 
Posted on Wed, August 12, 2015 at 20:33 pm CEST
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Netanyahu Emulates Churchill in Trying to Influence US Policy to Protect His People

Obama is as wrong about American history as he is about policy… Read more

Topics: Diplomacy • Iran • Israel • Obamaism • Politics • Security and Defense • U.S. Middle East Policy • US-Israel Relations 
Posted on Sun, June 14, 2015 at 22:00 pm CEST
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Hijrah to the Islamic State: ISIS Updates its Manual for Foreign Fighters

Updated security recommendations issued by ISIS to operatives traveling to Syria are designed to address preventive measures by European countries and Turkey… Read more

Topics: Intelligence and Terrorism Information Center • Islamic State • Security and Defense • Syrian Revolution • Turkey 
Posted on Thu, June 11, 2015 at 18:53 pm CEST
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Post-Election Turkey: Now What?

No one among Turkey’s politicians wants an early election… Read more

Topics: Democracy • Kurdish People • Politics • Turkey 
Posted on Thu, June 11, 2015 at 18:14 pm CEST
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Turkey’s View of Israel

Turkey’s view of Israel is not only Islamic anti-Semitism, but also anti-Zionism, which is racist and hateful… Read more

Topics: Anti-Israelism • Anti-Semitism • Anti-Zionism • Israel • Jew-Hatred • Turkey 
Posted on Thu, June 11, 2015 at 17:31 pm CEST
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Turkey: Muslim Brothers’ Protector

Muslim Brotherhood seeks the help of Christians to stop the executions of their leaders… Read more

Topics: Egypt • Muslim Brotherhood • Turkey 
Posted on Wed, June 10, 2015 at 17:05 pm CEST
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The Truth About the Jordanians

A compelling explanation of the Arab-Israel conflict… Read more

Topics: Arab-Israeli Conflict • History • International Law • Israel • Israeli–Palestinian Conflict • Jordan • Palestinian Arabs • Peace Process 
Posted on Fri, May 29, 2015 at 19:43 pm CEST
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Egypt’s Blockade of Gaza

Instead of pointing the finger of blame at Israel, it is time for the international media and community to put pressure on Egypt to relief the humanitarian and economic crisis in the Gaza Strip… Read more

Topics: Egypt • Gaza and Westbank • Human Rights • Security and Defense 
Posted on Mon, April 6, 2015 at 16:51 pm CEST
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Iran Goes Ballistic

While discussions of Iran’s growing strategic threat focus almost exclusively on its nuclear capabilities, Tehran’s massive ballistic missile arsenal poses a clear and present danger in the region as well… Read more

Topics: GCC • Iran • Security and Defense • Sunni-Shia Conflict 
Posted on Mon, April 6, 2015 at 09:39 am CEST
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Arabs Blast “Obama’s Nuke Deal” with Iran

Arabs are worried about Iran’s growing nuclear threat to the region… Read more

Topics: Arab World • Diplomacy • Iran • U.S. Middle East Policy 
Posted on Tue, March 31, 2015 at 21:51 pm CEST
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The Iranian Worldwide Terrorist Threat

The Worldwide Threat Assessment of the US Intelligence Community for 2015 does not mention Iran and Hezbollah, which were previously presented as a major source of terrorism… Read more

Topics: Intelligence and Terrorism Information Center • Iran • Islamic Terrorism • Security and Defense • Shi'ism • Shia Islam • U.S. Middle East Policy • War on Terrorism