ISIS Suffers Financial Blow as US Airstrikes Destroy Cash Warehouse
In its ongoing effort to rid the world of ISIS’s threat, the US dropped two 2,000 pound bombs on a cash storage facility in the city of Mosul, Iraq.
Clinton Email Outlined Plan to Spark Arab-Spring Style Protests Against Israel
Thomas Pickering wrote to Clinton on December 18, 2011 that she should recommend sparking Palestinian demonstrations to force Israel to re-enter peace negotiations.
Drums of War
War in the Middle East is not news. After all, at any given moment in this violent and complex region, there is at least one war being waged, either inside a country or between two of them.
The Return of the Rule of Law
Two thirds of Israeli Arabs say that their Knesset representatives are not advancing their interests.
Kremlin Refuses to Label Hezbollah, Hamas as Terror Groups
Labeling Hamas and Hezbollah as official terrorist organizations is off the table for the Kremlin, a senior Russian official said.
ISIS On Retreat as US-Led Coalition Pushes Back
The Islamic State has lost at least 30 percent of the territory it once held in Iraq and Syria.
US Warns it Will “Respond to Provocations” After North Korea Claims to Have Tested Hydrogen Bomb
Following North Korea’s Wednesday announcement that it has tested a hydrogen bomb, the US released a statement making clear that it will not accept North Korea as a nuclear state.
Will Dubai’s Good Times Last?
I hope so, for the UAE offers a path ahead to a region badly needing just that.
Why ISIS Needs to Be Destroyed Now
Dany Shoham, a top Israeli expert on chemical and biological warfare, has written a truly alarming overview of ISIS’s progress on weapons of mass destruction (WMD).
Russian Imperialism Meets Illusions of Ottoman Grandeur
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said that he found it difficult to understand what Russia was doing in Syria, since “it does not even border Syria.”