The African Dilemma
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Middle East
Afghanistan-Taliban peace talks not as successful as some make it seem
An exciting concert in a Kabul, Afghanistan hotel turned deadly Wednesday evening when a Taliban gunman opened fire inside the...
Why Did GCC Summit Fail in Its Mission? Look to Syria.
On Thursday, President Barack Obama met with representatives from all six Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries – Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman,...
Islamic State Attacks Palmyra & Takes Ramadi
Islamic State rebels engaged troops loyal to Syrian President Bashar Assad less than a mile outside the ancient city of...
Obama’s Provocative Unreliability
President Obama held a summit yesterday with what he would call the “JV team” of the Gulf Cooperation Council. Most...
Understanding Mokhtar Belmokhtar’s Pledge to Islamic State
Update: The Long War Journal argued May 14th that Adnan Abou Walid Sahraoui's pledge to Abuk Bakr al-Baghdadi and Islamic...
Investigation Uncovers Turkish Arms Smuggling To Islamic State
Questions have arisen in Turkey over allegations that trucks belonging to Turkey's intelligence service National Intelligence Organization (MİT) have been...
Could Kurdish riots in Iran be the beginning of Kurdish Spring?
On May 4, Farinaz Khosravani, a maid at the four-star Tarai hotel in Mahabad, Iran died after falling from a 4th floor...
Iran Threatens War While Escalating Maritime Belligerence
Five Iranian boats fired shots at a Singapore-flagged vessel in the Persian Gulf on Thursday, May 14, 2015. The ship,...
The Nuclear Arms Race in the Middle East
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Iraqi Defense Ministry Says ISIS Deputy Leader Killed By Coalition Airstrike
The Iraqi Defense Ministry announced on Wednesday that Abu Alaa al-Afri, Islamic State (ISIS) second-in-command, was killed by a United...
Pakistani bus attack leave 43 dead; highlights regional sectarian divide
UPDATE: Islamic States claims responsibility for attack Members of the jihadist Jundallah organization opened fire Wednesday morning on a bus...
Iran Sends Cargo Vessel to Houthi Controlled Port in Yemen
The "Iran Shahed", an Iranian cargo vessel reportedly carrying humanitarian aid supplies is headed for the Yemeni port of Hodaida....
GCC Will Challenge Obama Admin’s Iran Policy at Camp David Summit
President Barack Obama will meet with representatives from all six Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries – Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar,...
Violence in Qalamoun Mountains erupts; tension in Lebanon grows
Early last week, a coalition of Syrian rebels, including Al Qaeda-linked Jabhat Al Nusra and Ahrar Al-Sham, together with other primarily...
Arab Leaders Display Contempt for Obama
There they go again. Obama partisans are once more playing fast-and-loose with the truth after the leaders of four ostensibly...