Reading Time: 4 minutes Russia is banking that a new U.S. administration will give it a way out of the hole it has dug for itself
Tag: Middle East
Ancient wisdom for a world struggling to find peace
Reading Time: 3 minutes Establishing lasting peace in the Middle East will not be simple, but the prophet Ezekiel shows us a way
The battle for Mosul inches forward
Reading Time: 4 minutes So far, Islamic State forces have stopped short of using civilians as a buffer between its and the advancing Iraqi military
The legacy of the Arab Spring is chaos and civil war
Reading Time: 4 minutes MICALLEF: The political instability accompanying the Arab Spring has created spaces where jihadist groups can flourish
Turkey is the Middle East’s newest rogue actor
Reading Time: 3 minutes Erdogan asserts that his government has a right to a sphere of influence over the region that once made up the Ottoman Empire
Emboldened Putin rolling over feckless Obama
Reading Time: 4 minutes To the KGB-schooled “hard men” of the Kremlin, dealing with the Obama administration is akin to taking candy from a baby
Mustard gas – the original WMD – is set to stage a return
Reading Time: 4 minutes After an absence of almost a century, mustard gas is about to return to the modern battlefield
Mosul’s fate can only be devastatingly tragic
Reading Time: 3 minutes The liberation of Mosul is going to be the bloodiest, most bitterly-fought urban campaign since Stalingrad
Yet another Syrian ceasefire without good prospects
Reading Time: 3 minutes Even if the U.S. succeeds in rolling back the Islamic State, one or more rebel alliances committed to Sharia law will rise up in its place
Turkey incursion upends Syrian battlefield
Reading Time: 3 minutes The objective is to prevent the seizure of the portion of Aleppo province by U.S.-supported Syrian Democratic Forces