Prelude to Genocide: Remembering the Days Before August 2014 and the Yazidi Genocide

In June 2014 ISIS attacked Camp Speicher in Iraq. The group captured more than 1,000 mostly Shi’ite cadets and systematically murdered them.
Germany: Rise of the Salafists

The number of Salafists in Germany has doubled over the last five years and now exceeds 10,000 for the first time, according to Germany’s BfV domestic intelligence agency.
A Month of Multiculturalism in France: June 2018

Cultural anti-Judaism from the Maghreb has been imported in the luggage of some immigrants.
Al-Jarida: “Israel Will Bomb Iraq, List of Iranian Targets”

I have termed this Clausewitz-style air power diplomacy. Now the question mark is in Iraq, according to Al-Jarida.
Christians and Jews Join Together, Urge UN to Save Iraqi Christians Fleeing ISIS

The International Fellowship of Christians and Jews is aiding Iraqi Christians who found refuge in Jordan, after they fled their homeland and ISIS fighters
The End of the Democratic Dream

An Arab online newspaper asked its readers: “Do you believe equitable democracy can exist in Arab states?” An overwhelming said no.
Covering the South Syria Regime Offensive: IDPs, Iran and Israel

In mid-June the Syrian regime and its Russian allies as well as Iranian-backed militias launched a major offensive to defeat the Syrian rebels in southern Syria.
Is Southern Syria Heading for ‘Lebanonization’?

The raid on the T4 base at Tiyas in southern Syria this week was, according to global media reports, the third such action by Israeli air power against this facility in the course of 2018.
Bishop Graham Tomlin and the Demonization of Israel

Anglican Bishop Graham Tomlin, heads the diocese of Kensington in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea, which has many of London’s most expensive residential properties, is undoubtedly a man of brains and good works.
The Rebellion at Twilight

Deraa offensive marks endgame for the Syrian rebellion – but strife in Syria set to persist.