Discussing the relation between al-Qaeda and Iran develops into a conversation about quite a perilous situation. After all, the two conjoin over terroris operations on an international level in terms…
The US withdrawal from Afghanistan last summer troubled many neighboring countries that had grown used to the United States doing the heavy lifting in the region. With the Taliban ensconced in Kabul,…
Some of the reasons behind the decision taken by Washington and its allies in the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) to withdraw their troops from Afghanistan are becoming clear gradually.
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American exceptionalism is an idea or, more precisely, a doctrine that believes that the US is inherently different from past and present countries as it has a transcendent moral purpose. Unlike the…
In 2013, during the annual Boston Marathon, two Muslim brothers, originally Chechen from Kyrgyzstan, Dzhokhar (origin Arabic “Jowhar”) Tsarnaev, and Tamerlane (origin Arabic “Timur”) Tsarnaev,…
In 2003, the Afghan President HamidKarazaiappeared on TV to show the Afghan people a cache discovered in a secret vault that was closed since 1989 to hide national treasures worth of $90 m.
The…
One of the first priorities of the Taliban government after it took over Afghanistan was to get the Kabul airport operational again because of its importance as a transportation hub for cargo, aid…
About a month before the publication of this book, on the 31st of August, The Washington Post published excerpts from it, for the main reason that the book author, Craig Whitlock, had been one of its…
A few days after the fall of Kabul into the hands of the Taliban, Ann Hornaday, a film critic in The Washington Post wrote that “we have seen this movie before.” This often-used expression also has…
The entire world is, legitimately, overwhelmed by the dramatic scenes of Taliban’s return to the peak of power in Afghanistan, following the haste and chaotic withdrawal of the United States and NATO…
The French president issues a dark and prophetic warning in an interview with the Economist as Chinese President Xi Jinping arrives in France with Ukraine and EU trade row at the top of agenda
There were dire predictions over the impact of sanctions and yet growth has increased, thanks to military spending. But there are deeper doubts over whether it can last and what lies ahead.
As NATO allies, US-Turkey relations should be good, but after Turkey asked to join South Africa's genocide case in the ICJ against Israel, scheduling is suddenly tight.
The Captagon trade has generated billions of dollars for the al-Assad regime, but Biden has hesitated to wield sanctions effectively. The Captagon 2 Act has more teeth, but will he use it?