Until now, Turkey’s presence in Iraq has generally been encouraged by all major Iraqi groups… Continue reading
Ten months after the Syrian people launched an uprising against its ruler, Bashar Assad has recovered the bulk of his army’s support and his grip on most parts of the country… Continue reading
Despite what is now the longest-running revolution in Middle Eastern history, the Syrian regime will probably be in power on December 31, 2012… Continue reading
A year ago this week, on January 25, 2011, the ground began to crumble under then-Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak’s feet… Continue reading
And the Americans brought them to power… 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
The Pentagon is substantially building up its combat power around Iran… Continue reading
In the course of the present unrest across the Middle East and North Africa… Continue reading
Conflicts between Sunni and Shia Muslims are not at all new, but… Continue reading
Military tensions are building up on Syria’s borders… Continue reading
Turkey’s emergence in the 21st century as a Middle Eastern power has been in the making for the last decade… Continue reading
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In view of the instability of Bashar Assad’s regime, Hamas has begun evacuating its Syrian external headquarters… Continue reading
It’s time for the Fifth Internationale, that of the Muslim Brotherhoods… Continue reading
As we approach the end of the first year of what has been called the Arab Spring… Continue reading
Wherever one looks, Turkey’s “zero problems with neighbors” policy is fading… Continue reading
The inability of the Baath regime in Damascus to bring the situation in the country under control has compelled Turkey to… Continue reading
The Islamists in Seidnaya responsible for the riots were part of a cadre of inmates sent to Iraq sometime after 2003 to fight with the insurgency… Continue reading
Syrian FM Muallim separately briefed Arab and European ambassadors on… Continue reading
The armies of Syria’s seven neighbors were already scrambling into position on standby on its borders for acts of… Continue reading
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