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Monthly Archives: May, 2015
Anbar First, Mosul Never?
Since regaining Tikrit, the Iraqi government has seemingly listened to Washington’s advice about delaying an…
Why the Saudis just blacklisted two Lebanese militants
The Khobar Towers bombing on June 25, 1996 This week, Saudi Arabia just sanctioned two…
The Last of the Arab Jews
Shaffaf reproduces the following article of The Wall Street Journal as a tribute to the…
Jane’s: Initial Saudi air strikes lacked intensity
Jeremy Binnie, London and Sean O’Connor, Indianapolis – IHS Jane’s Defence Weekly Airbus Defence and…
Anbar First, Mosul Never?
When Ramadi fell to the Islamic State (also called ISIS) on May 17, many believed…
Why the Saudis just blacklisted two Lebanese militants
This week, Saudi Arabia just sanctioned two senior Hezbollah members, Khalil Harb and Muhammad Qabalan,…
A Policy to Defeat Both ISIL and Iran
The Middle East state system is under relentless pressure, and preserving it will require a…
Inauguration of the Chouwan Ecotourism Network on Saturday, June 20th, 2015.
The Association for the Protection of Jabal Moussa is pleased to invite you to the…
Jean-Pierre Filiu: Daech never stopped progressing
Jean-Pierre Filiu, historian and professor at Science Po (Paris), was asked by the Journal du…
Jean-Pierre Filiu: Daech never stopped progressing
Jean-Pierre Filiu, historian and professor at Science Po (Paris), was asked by the Journal du…
Erdoğan blasts NY Times: ‘Who are you? Know your place’
“Dark Clouds Over Turkey” (full text) Monday 25 May 2015 Hopefully, the Turks shall…
Erdoğan blasts NY Times: ‘Who are you? Know your place’
Hopefully, the Turks shall soon vote their president out of his wretched obsession to transform…
Kuwait Pavillion in the Milan Expo
From outside the pavilion looks like the white sails of a lost sailing ship: it…
For Al-Baghdadi, Islam is a religion of war, a shrewd message
The ‘caliph’ urges all Muslims to carry out their ‘hijrah’, emigration, to move from an…
For Al-Baghdadi, Islam is a religion of war, a shrewd message according to Father Samir
The ‘caliph’ urges all Muslims to carry out their ‘hijrah’, emigration, to move from an…
Hezbollah’s Victory in Qalamoun
The group will no doubt continue helping the Assad regime hang on, but the war’s…
Hezbollah’s Victory in Qalamoun
This weekend, Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah gave a speech about the Lebanese Shiite militia’s impending…
Declassified and released al-Qa’ida document mentions Al-Jazeera’s Ahmed Zaidan
On 8 May 2015 The Intercept published an article based on two documents that it…
Declassified and released al-Qa’ida document mentions Al-Jazeera’s Ahmed Zaidan
On 8 May 2015 The Intercept published an article based on two documents that it…
Why the Seymour Hersh story was declined by The New Yorker
A knowledgeable source and writer of this website, who declined to be named, gave Middle…
AQAP’s infiltration of Yemen’s Sunni tribes reduces effectiveness of precision airstrikes sustains jihadists’ expansion
Saudi-led airstrikes hit a site believed to be a munitions storage facility in Yemen’s capital…
Bashar Assad’s perilous dance with Iran
The latest story from Syria this week, published by The Daily Telegraph, was that Ali…
Bashar Assad’s perilous dance with Iran
The latest story from Syria this week, published by The Daily Telegraph, was that Ali…
AQAP’s infiltration of Yemen’s Sunni tribes reduces effectiveness of precision airstrikes
Saudi-led airstrikes hit a site believed to be a munitions storage facility in Yemen’s capital…
Despite Saudi strikes, Yemen rebels remain dug in
SANAA, Yemen (AP) — More than a month of relentless airstrikes by a coalition led…
Why the Seymour Hersh story was declined by The New Yorker
A knowledgeable source and writer of this website, who declined to be named, gave Middle…
Ethnic tensions spill onto Iranian soccer pitches
Iranian Azeri Soccer Fans Burn the Iranian Flag Against a backdrop of the violent redrawing…
Ethnic tensions spill onto Iranian soccer pitches
Iranian Azeri Soccer Fans Burn the Iranian Flag Against a backdrop of the violent…
Obama Loses the Sunni Arabs
They reject his attempts to reassure them over the Iran nuclear deal. The promise of…
The Saudi Snub
The White House’s bottom line for Camp David is to limit public condemnation of the…
What Pakistan Knew About the Bin Laden Raid
With a litany of unproved claims, veteran investigative journalist Seymour Hersh has revived discussion about…
Iranian Aggression in the Gulf
Another commercial vessel has been fired on by Iranian forces in the Persian Gulf, just…
The Saudi Snub
The presidential retreat at Camp David, Maryland, may be on a mountaintop, but the May…
Obama Loses the Sunni Arabs
The promise of a successful nuclear deal with Iran is that it will stop nuclear…
Get Serious About a Buffer Zone in Syria
President Barack Obama’s meeting with leaders from the Gulf Cooperation Council at Camp David next…
Bashar al-Assad’s spy chief arrested over Syria coup plot
Ali Mamlouk was accused of holding secret talks with countries backing rebel groups By Ruth…
Europe and Islam: The Jewish Grand Sanhedrin as example
The main body of the following article was published by Middle East Transparent on April…
Assuring Uneasy Gulf Allies at Camp David: The Military Dimension
The high-level summit next week with leaders of the six Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) states…
Islamism and the Left
This article is followed by a response by Andrew F. March, along with Michael Walzer’s…
Islamism and the Left
This article is followed by a response by Andrew F. March, along with Michael Walzer’s…
From Riyadh to Paris to Camp David
Amid a flurry of speculative news stories about what Washington can offer to placate Gulf…
The beginning of the end in Syria
President Bashar Assad’s regime is beginning to crumble despite assistance from Iran and its allies.…
Shift in Saudi Oil Leadership
On May 1, two days after making radical changes in the kingdom’s royal succession order…
The United Arab Emirates Bulks Up on American Weapons
by KEVIN KNODELL On April 20, a representative of one of America’s strongest Middle East…