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Year: 2014
This week we were informed that not just a new settlement, but a major Israeli city is slated to be…
Supporters of Bashar al-Assad at a demonstration in Homs, May 2012 A young woman in Damascus produced a smart phone…
Abstract French Army operations in Mali (Operation Serval) in 2013 provide a model for designing and operating an expeditionary force,…
Citing U.S. and Arab officials, the Wall Street Journal reported last week that U.S.-Iran relations have “moved into an effective…
By Ruth Sherlock, Gaziantep Two of the main rebel groups receiving weapons from the United States to fight both the…
By revealing all the offers that Iran has rejected, Washington could block Tehran’s potential Plan B, which will likely involve…
Given its recent track record of targeting Israelis, Hezbollah’s decision to take public responsibility for a new border attack likely…
Rebels capture reluctant Afghans in Aleppo Jassem Al Salami Wednesday 22 October 2014 “Come out, you donkey!” the Syrian…
A rare poll conducted last month in three Gulf Cooperation Council states demonstrates decisive rejection of ISIS and a surprisingly…
The moderate rebel force currently envisioned by Washington would take far too long to arrive on the battlefield and could…
How does Islamic State think? How do its followers see the world? SPIEGEL ONLINE met up with an Islamic State…
Interview Conducted by Hasnain Kazim How does Islamic State think? How do its followers see the world? SPIEGEL ONLINE met…
As the Obama administration’s plans for raising a moderate Syrian opposition force become clearer, its approach seems to center on…
New findings from public opinion polls commissioned by The Washington Institute and conducted in September by a leading local commercial…
The Lebanese Forces Leader Samir Geagea and MP Sami Gemayel travelled to Saudi Arabia on Monday evening after being invited…
Non-Violent Extremism – the Breeding Ground for Violent Extremism The fact that Islamic religion is yet to go through a…
‘From the Abode of Islam to the Turkish Vatan: The Making of a National Homeland in Turkey’ by Behlül Özkan…
The truth must be stated: If the West, led by the United States, truly wanted to bring about an end…
“Come out, you donkey!” the Syrian rebel shouts in Arabic in the amateur video that appeared on the Internet in…
On October 7, for the first time since the July 2006 war, Hezbollah publicly claimed responsibility for an attack against…
It is no accident that hardly anyone involved in the Iranian nuclear negotiations has expressed optimism about meeting the November…
The 20 percent decline in oil prices over the past three months has been attributed to a wide range of…
New polls show that the group has curried little favor in key countries, but the nuances behind the numbers have…
After a period of relative calm in the overwhelming Druze province of Suwaidaʾ the situation dramatically changed in the middle…
The current Jihadi Narrative as experienced by the general public is one of a bunch of bloodthirsy killers who would…
By JAMES RISEN WASHINGTON — Not long after American forces defeated the Iraqi government of Saddam Hussein in 2003, caravans…
First, the nature of Quran- the path of Reformation for a Humanistic Islam[[Most of the following part is derived from…
Interview Conducted by Andreas Spaeth Tim Clark has been a senior manager at the airline Emirates since 1985 and has…
President Barack Obama’s attitude toward the Syrian conflict is the equivalent of wanting to win the lottery without buying a…
I have already written such a letter to the General National Conference in its first session. However, what I have…
24 hours after the reports from Iran regarding a mysterious explosion at the military compound in Parchin, evidence has been…
I have a problem with two arguments in this whole debate on the rise of ISIS and Islamic extremism. One…
The Obama administration has responded to the beheadings of two American journalists by launching an air campaign to “degrade and…
In recent weeks, a new situation has emerged in southern Syria, one that could present dangers to Israel but also…
The eyes of the world are on Syria and Iraq. This is a time for carefully considered options. As part…
DOHA, Qatar — The U.S. military orchestrates the air war over Iraq and Syria from a hulking command center on…
Government regulation of residential rent has existed in Lebanon since the country’s formation. Densely populated cities all over the world…
People love to worry about the sociocultural fabric. But as it turns out, concern over this fabric – on the…
The Muslim Brotherhood spent 84 years toiling in Egypt’s opposition before winning power in June 2012 only to lose it…
The head of Turkey’s top religious body has announced plans to open an Islamic university in Istanbul, as an alternative…
The rising number of attacks against the Lebanese Army in Arsal and northern Lebanon is a worrying reminder of what…
It seems the United States might have gotten its man. Earlier today a U.S. official told a news outlet that…
The only similar survey, in a Middle Eastern Arab country, was the survey published, this week, by al-Qabas daily of…
I was just looking at the results of Metropoll’s latest survey regarding the threat posed by the Islamic State of…
When Osama bin Laden wanted to deliver a message to the west, he summoned a journalist or a television network.…
WASHINGTON — Some time last year, a Kuwaiti man in his early 30s who had spent more than a decade…
As the United States cobbles together an international coalition of the willing to take the fight to the Islamic State…
Is all well that ends well? Always? Whether it is or not, (most notably) Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu, his chief…