Leading up to and throughout the coronavirus crisis, the Islamic Republic of Iran has continued its policy of graduated escalation against its adversaries. Tehran’s underwriting of such activities...
Iran and Ayatollah Khamenei are more influential today than at any time since 1979.
Discussing America’s stake in the Middle East has increasingly become a shell game where our “interests” can quickly disappear depending on the changing sentiments of the president. The trajectory...
Taliban practices for Peace: Video, ‘Caravan of Khaibar’ at Voice of Jihad, shows fighters moving in a convoy. Notice the new Toyota Hi-Luxs, vehicles adorned with large white Taliban flags, operating...
Al Qaeda’s media arm, As Sahab, has released yet another message from Ayman al-Zawahiri. The elderly al Qaeda leader is a prolific commentator on world affairs, having released a series of videos an...
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Arab states take a friendlier approach toward the enemy of their enemy.
The tribalism infecting U.S. domestic politics has unfortunately crept deep into the foreign-policy discourse.
Ceding Yemen to Iran’s ruling ayatollahs is not the way to do it.
Is Saudi Arabia’s crown prince joining a long line of absolutist rulers in the Middle East?
Germany is considered the least cooperative of European allies in confronting Iran's bellicose activities.
In a surprise move, Morocco announced this week it...
Mohammed bin Salman, Saudi Arabia’s powerful crown prince and architect of its war in Yemen, will ...
On January 19, the Pentagon released its new National Defense Strategy. The second paragraph of the 14-page declassified summary painted a dire picture. “Today, we are emerging from a perio...
Washington, D.C., July 31, 2017 – Al-Qaeda in the Arab Peninsula (AQAP), the Yemen-based terror group that claimed responsibility for the 2015 Charlie Hebdo attacks in Paris, makes tens of...
Last week, the Trump administration recertified that Iran is complying the nuclear agreement, setting off predictable debate between who those want to exit the deal immediately and those who see...
On November 30, 2016, Syria watcher Tobias Schneider tweeted out pictures of an Iraqi Shia militiaman boarding an Iranian commercial airliner en route to Damascus. One selfie taken on the plane s...
Late last week, the Gulf crisis took a new turn when Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Egypt, and Bahrain at long last presented the regime in Qatar with a ...
The Gulf monarchies face the most serious crisis in their history. It is largely being covered as a diplomatic spat, since several Arab nations terminated their relations with Qatar on Monday to...
An important goal of President Donald Trump’s meetings with Arab and Islamic leaders this past weekend was to encourage them to shoulder more of the burden in defending our common interests...