Islamic Countries

Posted on Sat, July 30, 2011 at 22:17 pm CEST

Murder As Political Strategy: Islamists Eliminate Rival Leader in Libya

Abdel Fattah Younes, the top military commander of the Libyan rebels and a former Libyan government official, has been assassinated… Continue reading

Posted on Sat, July 30, 2011 at 00:20 am CEST

A Day in the Life of the Middle East: Egypt, Islamist Terrorism, Libya, Turkey

Where’s the outrage? Where’s the policy shift?… Continue reading

Posted on Wed, July 27, 2011 at 22:00 pm CEST

Tel Aviv: Young Israeli “tent city” protesters ape Arab Revolt

Two weeks ago, a motley group of youngish people set up a “tent city” in the high-end Tel Aviv Rothschild Boulevard to protest the… Continue reading

Posted on Tue, July 26, 2011 at 23:37 pm CEST

Egypt: Muslim Brotherhood, Sensing Power, Now Opposes Protests as Zionist Plot

Here’s how revolutions — at least ultimately undemocratic ones — work… Continue reading

Posted on Tue, July 26, 2011 at 20:41 pm CEST

Muslim Brotherhood: “Impose Islam… Step by Step”

Things are looking good for Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood, the grandfather of all Islamist groups… Continue reading

Posted on Tue, July 26, 2011 at 00:28 am CEST

Iran: Slain scientist was working on a nuclear bomb detonator

Daryush Rezaee-Nejad, 35, who died Saturday, July 23, when two motorcyclists shot him in the head and throat in front of his home in Tehran… Continue reading

Posted on Mon, July 25, 2011 at 23:16 pm CEST

NATO Allies, Egyptian “Democracy” Become Main Weapons’ Suppliers for Hamas

As I predicted in early February, it is now clear that Egypt no longer tries seriously to stop weapons and terrorists and money from flowing into… Continue reading

Posted on Sun, July 24, 2011 at 02:32 am CEST

Profile of Dr. Ayman al-Zawahiri, Osama bin Laden’s Heir as Leader of Al-Qaeda

On June 16 Al-Qaeda announced that after a period of consultations, Dr. Ayman al-Zawahiri had been appointed as Osama bin Laden’s heir… Continue reading

Posted on Sat, July 23, 2011 at 21:45 pm CEST

Fouad Ajami: A Genuine Arab Hero

Edward Said is treated like a guru and hero; Fouad Ajami isn’t… Continue reading

Posted on Sat, July 23, 2011 at 19:27 pm CEST

When will Egypt go broke?

With demonstrators back on Tahrir Square in Cairo, Western media outlets once again are focused on the demands of urban protesters… Continue reading

Posted on Fri, July 22, 2011 at 23:12 pm CEST

Syria: New Phase, How Long Will the Assad Regime Last?

The new line of discussion on Syria is not whether the regime of President (dictator) Bashar al-Assad will survive… Continue reading

Posted on Fri, July 22, 2011 at 20:08 pm CEST

Casual Hate: The Subtle Side of Christian Persecution

Earlier this month I participated in Coptic Solidarity’s Second Annual Conference in Washington D.C… Continue reading

Posted on Wed, July 20, 2011 at 21:05 pm CEST

Basic untruths and omissions in the mainstream media aid Palestinianism

A new video by Ayalon alludes to the point that the mainstream media continually forwards certain basic fabrications of the historical record… Continue reading

Posted on Wed, July 20, 2011 at 18:44 pm CEST

A Tainted Alliance: The Rise and Fall of American Influence in Iran

The memory of centuries of foreign manipulation and interference is a constant factor in the foreign and domestic policy of modern Iran… Continue reading

Posted on Tue, July 19, 2011 at 23:30 pm CEST

Sudan’s “Two-State Solution”

Good news from the Middle East is that rarest of all things… Continue reading

Posted on Sat, July 16, 2011 at 20:45 pm CEST

Obama Administration New Achievement: Messing Up Turkey, Syria, and Libya Within 24 Hours

It’s truly amazing that literally every day the Obama Administration finds a new way to mess up the Middle East… Continue reading

Posted on Sat, July 16, 2011 at 00:57 am CEST

A Different Path: Assessing Turkey’s Foreign Policy in Latin America

Never before have Turkey and Latin America been closer than they are at present… Continue reading

Posted on Fri, July 15, 2011 at 21:24 pm CEST

The Obama Administration’s “Mission Accomplished” Fallacy in the War on Terrorism

Leon Panetta, leaving the CIA directorship post to become secretary of defense, and General David Petraeus, leaving the job of commander… Continue reading

Posted on Thu, July 14, 2011 at 00:33 am CEST

Turkey Faces Difficult Challenges in a Volatile Foreign Policy Environment

Foreign and defense policies did not figure prominently in the recent general election in Turkey… Continue reading

Posted on Wed, July 13, 2011 at 23:56 pm CEST

The Incredibly Significant Missing Element in Egypt’s Revolution

As I always say, the most important stories about the Middle East are right there on the surface but are nonetheless neglected… Continue reading

Posted on Tue, July 12, 2011 at 01:53 am CEST

The Mediterranean Sea and Its Relationship to Cyprus: A Study of a Mediterranean Island to the Ottoman Empire

The Mediterranean islands, particularly Cyprus, proved invaluable to the expansion for the Ottoman Empire… Continue reading

Posted on Tue, July 12, 2011 at 00:02 am CEST

Syrian Revolutionary Song Says It All

Wow, watch the less-than-four-minute video below and you get the flavor of the Middle East and the “Arab Spring” in every respect… Continue reading

Posted on Mon, July 11, 2011 at 00:14 am CEST

Islamic jihadist organizations in Egypt ideologically originating in the Muslim Brotherhood

From the 1970s to the late 1990s, militant Islamic groups in Egypt posed the greatest challenge to the regime in terms of internal security… Continue reading