The Army is being sucked into Syria
The rising number of attacks against the Lebanese Army in Arsal and northern Lebanon is…
Monthly Archives: September, 2014
The Khorasan Group Should Scare Us
It seems the United States might have gotten its man. Earlier today a U.S. official…
Survey: 4 out 5 in Turkey consider ISIL a terrorist organization
The only similar survey, in a Middle Eastern Arab country, was the survey published, this…
ISIL is a threat to Turkey
I was just looking at the results of Metropoll’s latest survey regarding the threat posed…
Isis sends a gruesome message but reveals little about itself
When Osama bin Laden wanted to deliver a message to the west, he summoned a…
Khorasan: A Terror Cell That Avoided the Spotlight
WASHINGTON — Some time last year, a Kuwaiti man in his early 30s who had…
Qatar’s not-so-charitable record on terror finance
As the United States cobbles together an international coalition of the willing to take the…
All is well that ends well. Then?
Is all well that ends well? Always? Whether it is or not, (most notably) Prime…
Obama’s ‘no troops’ vow is unrealistic
There is a proverb that if you sit by the river long enough, you will…
Christianity in Iraq is finished
IRBIL In the part of his Sept. 10 speech on confronting the Islamic State that…
Iran remains America’s biggest challenge
To the panorama of Iranian subversion of the Middle East, brilliantly described below, the Yemen…
A few comments on Satloff’s assessment of the Arab-Israeli scene
In his nuanced and fair assessment of the Arab-Israeli arena, Robert Satloff writes: “Is there…
Battlefield Libya
While the United States tries to enlist the support of key Middle Eastern and European…
From Gaza to ISIS: A Trip Report Assessing the Arab-Israeli Arena
DOWNLOAD PDF The Middle East today is characterized by stunning ironies and jarring disconnects. It…
Minding The Gap
My daily commute from North to East London is an often interesting and strange affair.…
This Photo Explains the United States’ Relationship with Saudi Arabia
An official State Department photo of the September 11 meeting in Jeddah between Secretary of…
There goes the neighborhood
While the world focuses on the Islamic State’s advances in Iraq and Syria, the Syrian…
Is Islamism compatible with democracy?
The Aug. 10 election of Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan as the nation’s first…
Arab, speak Arabic
As part of the delegitimization of Arab citizens, who constitute about one-fifth of Israel’s population,…
Qatar’s Support of Islamists Alienates Allies Near and Far
CAIRO — Standing at the front of a conference hall in Doha, the visiting sheikh…
How to Beat ISIS and Assad
Everyone, it seems, is now aboard the Let’s Get ISIS Train, shoveling coal into the…
Iran’s Expanding Military Role in Iraq
As incoming Iraqi prime minister Haider al-Abadi goes about the business of forming a new…
Iran’s Dhimmi Conference in Washington, D.C?
On September 9, 2014, a conference organized by the newly formed group “In Defense of…
Cyprus: To forgive and to compromise
Commenting about George Vassiliou, the late Turkish Cypriot leader Rauf Denktaş said he was no…
While Still Risky, Military Intervention Against ISIS May Be the Only Good Option
There are risks when attacking ISIS, but some more manageable than others. If President Obama…
Missing Libyan Jetliners Raise Fears of Suicide Airliner Attacks on 9/11
In this image made from video by The Associated Press, smoke rises from the direction…
Qatar and ISIS Funding: The U.S. Approach
America views its close ally, Qatar, as a terrorist funding trouble spot. Washington has gone…