The Trump Doctrine and the End of the ‘New World Order’

For years US hegemony didn’t provide security in the region, because the US was balancing too many interests to confront the multiplicity of threats.
Syrian War: Uneasy Calm in US-protected Kurdish Enclave

The Syrian-Turkish border area in the early morning hours is calm and almost serene.
The Immoral Foreign Policy of the “Resistance”

They are a power play. And given the disastrous failures of the “Resistance’s” foreign policies, it is clear that the outcome of this power struggle is something to which no one can be indifferent.
Will Al Qaeda End Today as “a Lake of Blood” in Idlib?

A final Syrian offensive may end the civil war but at the expense of turning the region in a “lake of blood”.
Erdogan’s Dilemmas

Turkey Faces Few Good Options as Idlib offensive looms
Russia Warns Syria to About Possible US Missile Attack: Did it Happen?

A mysterious explosion ripped through Mazzeh airbase in Syria, precisely as predicted.
MSNBC Lets Guest Perpetuate False Trump Tower Story

In an interview on MSNBC with Nicolle Wallace, Rep. Eric Swalwell (D.-Calif.) retold a debunked CNN story.
The Future of Eastern Syria and the Israeli Interest

The war between the Assad regime in Syria and the largely Sunni Arab uprising against it, which began in March 2011, is now in its closing stages.
Being Pro-Muslim in a Complicated World

Ultimately, people who hate, hate. Denigrating Muslims, just as denigrating Jews or any other race or religion, unhelpfully restricts the public from seeing with clear eyes the many causes leading to jihadist terrorism.
Scenarios for a US-Iran Detente

There are two possible scenarios for what is going to transpire between the US and the Ayatollahs, one positive and the other disastrous.