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April 24, 2020 | Aykan Erdemir, Philip Kowalski

Erdogan’s COVID-19 Cover-up Hampers Turkey’s Coronavirus Response

Turkey has overtaken China as the country with the highest number of confirmed COVID-19 cases outside the United States and European Union, reporting more than 100,000 cases as of April 23. Despite Turkish...

August 10, 2017 | Daveed Gartenstein-Ross

No, the Obama administration didn’t invent the term ‘lone wolf’ for terrorists

Sebastian Gorka, a deputy assistant to President Donald Trump, is none too fond of the terrorism-fighting approach of former President Barack Obama. He made this clear during an Aug. 8 interview...

June 15, 2011 | Dr. Walid Phares World Defense Review |

The Nasrallah speech: Hezbollah ruled, the West is fooled

In the next days a major battle in the War of Ideas will be unfolding worldwide and particularly through the international media. We are now witnessing a massive campaign by Hezbollah's stra...

June 14, 2011 | World Defense Review |

Hezbollah’s Beirut Blitz

As I have warned several times over the past year, and in many articles, Hezbollah has indeed waged its expected blitzkrieg against the democratically elected Government of Lebanon. Within 24 hou...

August 7, 2008 |

Europe Must Realize: Jihadism is an Ideology, Not a Theology


Jihadi terrorism is one of the largest threats Europe and the international community are facing in this era. Hence studying Jihadi terrorism beyond the formation and the dismantling of cells is highly relevant to Europeans because of the impact of its actions on security, politics, and economy.

September 20, 2005 | American Legion Magazine

Revolutionary Déjà Vu

By: Paul Crespo. Hugo Chavez quotes Fidel Castro when asked what is on the horizon for Venezuela: “A new wave will arrive in Latin America, but in a different form.”...

May 18, 2005 | Middle East Forum |

How the Lebanese Won Their Freedom Back

By: Dr. Walid Phares. Since the Israeli withdrawal from southern Lebanon in 2000, four major benchmarks have had an impact on Lebanese politics: the 9/11, the Syria Accountabili...

July 29, 2004 |

Why Iraq is Part of our War Against Terror

With the Left and much of the mainstream media hell-bent on delegitimizing our war in Iraq; some Americans are questioning why we went to battle — and whether it was worth it. On December 2...

May 16, 2004 | Townhall.com

The Media’s Double Standard on Iraq Prison Abuse

For three weeks, the media has bombarded us with a pornographic orgy of lurid photos and stories of Iraqi prisoner abuse and humiliation. It has been almost impossible to avoid seeing the same di...

April 6, 2004 | Washington Times

Somalia Redux?

U.S.troops suffered dozens of casualties at the hands of rebellious Shi'ite militiamen in Baghdad, as Americans were still reeling from the barbarous and gruesome ambush of four civilian sec...

March 21, 2004 | Townhall

The Price of Spain’s Appeasement

The savage terror attack in Madrid was said to be Europe's 9-11. To many observers March 11 quickly became Spain's day of infamy. Instead, March 14, the day of the Spanish elections, ha...

March 5, 2004 | FrontPageMagazine

Venezuela: The Next Cuba

As Venezuela’s embattled democratic opposition gears up for its planned August referendum against that South American nation's increasingly authoritarian ruler, President Hugo Chavez i...

February 5, 2004 | Townhall

Saddam’s Real WMD Was Terrorism

David Kay, the former US weapons inspector, reported recently that despite the fact that every major Western intelligence agency and the UN believed Saddam Hussein still possessed them, his team...

December 23, 2003 | The Miami Herald

Hussein Capture, Gadhafi Move are ‘Geopolitically Significant’

It has been a great week for the United States and an extraordinary time to be in Israel. The amazing capture of the Butcher of Baghdad in a rat-hole near Tikrit was followed quickly by the surpr...

December 14, 2003 | Townhall

Saddam’s Capture is a Multifaceted Victory

Just as it was beginning to appear that Iraq's illusive former despot would evade US forces indefinitely, the remarkably quiet capture of the Iraqi “Ace of Spades” in a tiny hole...