Assyrian people

December 18, 2023 | Seth J. Frantzman |

Iraq heads to provincial elections, first in ten years

Today Iraq is trying to put some of its past behind it.

November 15, 2023 | Clifford D. May |

Don’t know much about Middle Eastern history

The appalling ignorance of Hamas supporters

May 17, 2023 | Clifford D. May |

Bashar al-Assad is back

And the Arab League’s got him

February 8, 2023 | Tony Badran |

Hezekiah’s Mistake

As Netanyahu tries to manage relations with a fracturing American empire, he would do well to read Isaiah

December 15, 2021 | Aykan Erdemir, Tuğba Tanyeri-Erdemir

Bottom-Up Hope: Local Governments Bolster Religious Pluralism in Turkey

When powerful states and their proxies intensify religious persecution worldwide and democratic governments under a neo-isolationist spell look the other way, where can vulnerable religious minorities find...

October 12, 2021 | Aykan Erdemir |

Gaslighting Nations—Erdogan Makes a Mockery of U.N. General Assembly—Again

The term “United Nations,” which U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt coined in 1942, reflected a commitment, articulated in the Declaration of United Nations, to “defend life, liberty,...

August 29, 2018 | Benjamin Weinthal

Human Rights Groups Slam Iran for Prison Terms of Christians and Dervishes

Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch blasted the Islamic Republic of Iran for its sweeping violent crackdown on Christians and Dervishes, including imposing lengthy prison terms on the me...

October 26, 2016 | Clifford D. May

The Battle of Mosul

Ayman al-Zawahiri was correct. Believed to be ensconced in the tribal lands of Pakistan, the leader of what’s sometimes called al Qaeda Central has dedicated his life to a ji...

May 26, 2015 | Benjamin Weinthal |

Analysis: Why Iran’s Failure to Protect Religious Minorities Doesn’t Bode Well For Nuclear Deal

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani’s tenure has been marked by intensified persecution and incarceration of Baha’is, Jews, Christians and Sunni Muslims, according to a new report from t...

January 25, 2013 | Ammar Abdulhamid OpenDemocracy |

The Creation of an Unbridgeable Divide

The transformation of the Syrian Revolution from a nonviolent and inclusive pro-democracy protest movement into a civil war, pitting majority-Sunni and majority-Alawite militias against each othe...

August 1, 2012 | Benjamin Weinthal |

US State Dept. Reports Growing Global Anti-Semitism

The US State Department’s report on religious freedom described a “global increase” in anti-Semitism and said the “rising tide of anti-Semitism” was among the key tr...

June 27, 2011 |

Iraq Then and Now: May 2004 Better than February 2003

As the aircraft landed on the carrier last year, I was personally amused by the idea that a U.S. president would perform such a feat. Regardless of the ensuing brouhaha, an American president in...

July 16, 2008 | Free Republic

Iraqi Army attempts to halt voter registration attacks as Iraq prepares for fall election

When Iraqi Army Brigadier General Noor Aldeen visited his old secondary school in northern Mosul this week, he had little time to reminisce about placing first in spelling and arithmetic. His for...

October 31, 2006 | The Mideast Monitor |

Divided They Stand: The Syrian Opposition

 His son and successor, Bashar, has failed to manage these divisions. Unfavorable international conditions, colossal foreign policy failures, and a precarious economy have left the regime wi...

January 28, 2005 |

The Iraqi Elections


Backgrounder: The Iraqi Elections

December 31, 2004 |

Iraqis Living Abroad

Numbers reflect impressive turnout "One in four Iraq expats to vote," states the BBC, as registration for expatriates closed overseas. The insinuation is clear: not enough Iraqis have re...

November 3, 2004 | Clifford D. May |

Chance of a Lifetime

With Arafat Dying or Dead and Israelis Leaving Gaza, Palestinians Have a Unique Opportunity

September 30, 2004 | FrontPage Magazine

A Mid East American Revolution Is Coming

Since September 11, 2001, a major question crossed the minds of many U.S. citizens: What would make 19 men from the Middle East hate us so much that they would massacre 3,000 Americans? Every anc...

March 21, 2004 | National Review Online

An Iraq to be Proud of

Authored by Andrew Apostolou    One year after Coalition forces began the liberation of Iraq, there is a rush to judge how the U.S.-led project of creating a democratic society...

January 1, 2004 | World Net Daily

Muslims – stand with democracy, not dictatorship!

Authored by Oubai Shahbandar The Iraqi tyrant has been captured, the Iraqi people are now free. They no longer live in the prison of Saddam's Baathist regime – Saddam now resi...