Iraq is in a mess. Violence continues. Factionalism leads to endless bickering. Corruption is at high levels. Christians live in fear or flee altogether. Islamism is constantly creeping forward… Continue reading
In Lebanon the Muslim Brotherhood works through Al-Jama’ah al-Islamiyya, an organization established in 1964… Continue reading
Lebanese society has had a remarkable ability to overcome deep-rooted sectarian and religious divides that could readily have imploded less problematic countries… Continue reading
The region-wide upheaval known as “the Arab Spring” would make it seem that terrorism, especially Islamist terrorism, is pretty much as dead as are its thousands of victims… Continue reading
In the course of the present unrest across the Middle East and North Africa… Continue reading
Ali Daqduq was recently handed over to the Iraqi administration… Continue reading
Conflicts between Sunni and Shia Muslims are not at all new, but… Continue reading
Do policymakers, and “experts” care what happens in the Middle East? War? Bloodshed? Repression… Continue reading
As we approach the end of the first year of what has been called the Arab Spring… Continue reading
Syrian Vice FM Miqdad flatly denying any Syrian role in the supply of weapons to Hizballah… Continue reading
The armies of Syria’s seven neighbors were already scrambling into position on standby on its borders for acts of… Continue reading
Syria in 2009 continued political support to Palestinian terrorist groups… Continue reading
In recent weeks the Syrian security services have stepped up their already rapid pace of detentions… Continue reading
The question of multilingualism and the decline of the Arabic language in polyglot, multiethnic Middle Eastern societies… Continue reading
Nasrallah assured Hizballah troops they are capable of fighting Israel without Iranian or Syrian help… Continue reading
The New York Times and BBC headlines on the Tunisian elections tell us it is a victory for “moderate Islamists”… Continue reading
War tensions between Turkey, NATO and Syria shot up again with the announcement from Ankara that… Continue reading
Many people are obviously and understandably frustrated that Israel is so badly treated by the Mug-gers complex in much of the Western world… Continue reading
The UAE has played a vital role in international efforts aiming at protecting the people of Libya… Continue reading
It is important to underscore the rightful Palestinian efforts aiming at earning the recognition of the State of Palestine and its full membership to the United Nations… Continue reading
The rapprochement between Turkey and Israel during the 1990s was primarily driven by Turkey’s secular elite… Continue reading
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