The Race for the Ruins

Events taking place in a remote stretch of south east Syrian desert in recent days reveal the current direction of US Middle East strategy.
Saffie Rose Russos, British Terror Victim, and the President

President Donald Trump, speaking in Riyadh, named Iran as a source of terrorism and destruction in the Middle East.
The Sun Shone, the Trees Blossomed, and the Butchers Slaughtered

The title of this article is taken from the translation of the poem “In the City of Slaughter” written after the 1903 Kishinev pogrom by Israel’s national poet, Chaim Nachman Bialik.
The President Goes to Israel

It is worth getting out of the weeds of Washington on occasion and looking at the big picture.
Trump and Israel: Enemies of the System

But the fact is that working together, Israel and Trump may accomplish more than either can accomplish on their own.
Syria Has Effectively Ceased to Exist

At a certain point, the Russian journalist produced a pistol and aimed it at the forehead of one of the delegation’s participants.
Assad’s Hollow Crown

The mortar shells came early in the morning. At about 5. At regular intervals. Solemn and sinister. They were a reminder of how close it all was.
Iran in Syria: A Gathering Storm?

The mullahs want to target the “Little Satan” from across the border.
Putin Suggests to Trump: Iranian Army Officers on Israeli Border

An Israeli military intelligence website reported on Wednesday that US President Donald Trump and Russian President Valdmir Putin discussed “de-escalation zones” in Syria that would be manned by Iranian Army officers.
A Month of Islam and Multiculturalism in Germany: March 2017

Humboldt University President Sabine Kunst rejected calls for a joint “Faculty for Theology” for Christians, Muslims and Jews.