In the Syrian Deadlands
Folk memories endure, mothers’ and grandmothers’ sagas trumping documents in neglected archives. What will Syria’s…
Monthly Archives: October, 2015
Yemeni pilots carry out airstrikes with AT-802 turboprops
Jeremy Binnie, London A photograph released by the WAM news agency on 28 October shows…
Russia Stumbles in Syrian Air War
It’s all because of logistics … or lack of it Dave Majumdar The National Interest8…
Zealots Should Not Oversee Holy Sites
Only objective secularists can safeguard the holiness attributed to these sites, to preserve the holiness…
Turkey needs to ‘upgrade’ its democracy, says former president
Tony Barber in London Having spent seven years as Turkey’s president, and five years before…
Hizballah is creeping up on Israel’s Golan border, relying on Russian military cover
DEBKAfile Exclusive Report October 23, 2015 Wholly preoccupied with the ferocious Palestinian terror campaign washing…
An Antechamber Of Jihad: The Media Space From Which ISIS Is Nurtured
Introduction It comes as no surprise that the startling phenomenon of Islamic State (ISIS) propaganda…
Heirs to the Sexual Revolution
Feminists and frat boys, asexuals, groupies, and that quiet kid who sits in the front…
Israelis save drowning Syrian and Iraqi refugees
11 people rescued at sea near Greece by Israelis on yacht; upon learning rescuers were…
A Deal Among Enemies
The Iranian regime’s anti-Western regional policy has become much more important to its identity than…
Royal Schism in the House of Saud
Persistent reports of royal disquiet about the role of the king’s favored son indicate that…
I Got Syria So Wrong
I spent early 2011 trying to ease tensions between Syria and its neighbors. I never…
Return of the Oil Weapon
Forty-two years ago this week, Arab petroleum exporters banded together to impose an oil embargo…
A Briefer History of Time: How the World Adopted A Uniform Conception of Time
By Vanessa Ogle In the spring of 1891, Count Helmuth von Moltke rose to speak…
Deep Divisions in Turkey as Election Nears
But Turks Share Negative Views of Foreign Powers By Jacob Poushter As a result of…
Turkey’s 10-Sided War With Itself
The alarming normalcy of a society split into mutually distrustful camps In his famous and…
Daesh at Aleppo’s Door
A new offensive near the key city indicates that ISIS may be racing Assad and…
“Insulting Comments” for the General
On Social Media People Vote Negatively Nazanin Kamdar Iran’s Revolutionary Guard General Hossein Hamedani who…
Jordan’s Public Dislikes Russia, Iran, Hezbollah, and ISIS – But Wants to Stay Out of Syria
Recent polling results suggest that King Abdullah’s low-profile policy toward Syria is well calculated to…
Excerpt: The inside story of Obama’s Iran strategy
What Netanyahu really thought of Obama, and other bombshell revelations from Obama’s disillusioned peace negotiator.…
Zaslon — Russia’s Ultra-Secretive Special Ops in Syria
The Kremlin has never acknowledged the group’s existence, and there’s a reason for that When…
Syria’s Kurds Are Contemplating an Aleppo Alliance with Assad and Russia
The PYD will not hesitate to cooperate with Damascus and Moscow in the north if…
The Iranian Project: Why Assad Has Turned to Moscow for Help
Iran has long been sending troops and material to help Syrian autocrat Bashar Assad wage…
Iran tycoon confesses to stockpiling 15 billion euros abroad
İpek Yezdani – TEHRAN Babek Zanjani, an Iranian businessman currently imprisoned in Iran on corruption…
Mood Music For Jihad
YouTube Hosts Music Playlists Promoting Foreign Terrorist Organizations And Jihadi Ideology U.S. social media companies…
Staunch Sisi supporter calls for opening of stadia and dialogue with ultras
A staunch supporter of general-turned-president Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi, Egyptian billionaire Naguib Sawiris, has called on…
Iran’s Iraqi Shiite Proxies Increase Their Deployment to Syria
Recent online activities show that various Iranian-backed Iraqi Shiite militias have greatly expanded their recruitment…
Iran’s Majlis Unlikely to Settle Internal Dispute on the Nuclear Deal
The release of a special-committee report to the Majlis will be seized on by hardliners,…
A Muscovite Crusade, Daesh Style
Our worst fears were realized on Wednesday, September 30th, 2015. Kirill I, Patriarch of Moscow…
Velayati: Senior Individuals Are Unaccounted For
Maryam Kashani kashanim.kashani(at)roozonline.com Iran’s senior advisor on international affairs, Ali Akbar Velayati, to the country’s…