NY’s Annual Muslim Day Parade Targets El-Sisi

The parade was poorly attended and anti ISIS, but el-Sisi was villified in a basically Muslim Brotherhood event.
There’s No Difference Between ISIS and ISIL

No, the president’s choice of acronym means nothing.
We Already Built an Iraqi Army Once, Now What?

Secretary of State Kerry is in the Middle East, looking for regional allies for President Obama’s proposal to deal with the threat of the Islamic State.
At the Kurdistan Front

A war is being waged along a 900-mile front between two entities that today constitute de facto quasi-states stretching across the old border between Syria and Iraq.
Obama’s Self-Defeating Fight

Unlike the Saudis and even the Iranians, IS actively recruits Americans and other Westerners to join its lines.
Keep the Pyramids, Give Us the Colosseum

The Egyptian archaeological community is in a tizzy. They are accusing foreign Egyptologists of being Israeli agents hell bent on altering their history.
Hamas Leader: Not “Resisting” Israel Like “Begging for Charity”

Khaled Mashaal, Hamas’s political leader, said Saturday that negotiating with Israel without “resisting” was akin to asking for charity.
13 Years to 9/11: President Obama, Are You There?

I tried to watch That Man, I really did, but after five minutes I had to walk out of the room.
Of Politicians and Moral Courage

Barack Obama cannot successfully lead the war on terror because he is not a leader. He is a politician.
Welcome, Kurdistan

A Kurdish state begins to emerge.