A crisis in Iraq has reached the gates of the U.S. embassy in Baghdad and presented a critical test of the administration’s resolve in confronting Iranian-orchestrated provocations. With Washington…

It was only yesterday when the Arab states were mired in the prospects of a possible conflict with Turkey, as the motion to send troops to Libya was passed in the National Assembly in Ankara. But one…

Protests in Iraq have exposed long-simmering resentment at Iran’s influence in the country, with demonstrators targeting Shia political parties and militias with close ties to Tehran. People have…

It is no coincidence that the people of the three countries controlled by the Iranian regime have taken to the streets together. Iran has been working for years to infiltrate both Lebanon and Iraq,…

It is going to be very difficult for the Iraqi regime to amend its relation with the Iraqi people in general, and with the Iraqi Shia in particular. After the blood has been spilled in the streets of…

The Iraqi community in Israel cares deeply for it heritage and many of its members organise Arabic concerts on a regular basis. When an Iraqi singing voice is heard in Tel Aviv, the Iraqi Jews living…

Iran is ascendant in the Middle East, having exploited opportunities arising from the wars in Lebanon, Iraq, Syria, and Yemen by actively supporting proxies to spread its influence in a…

Gregg believes that U.S. security needs will always drive Washington to attempt to salvage failed or fragile states. So the United States needs to understand why it failed to build nations…

It has been 31 years since that bloody Friday which oversaw the diabolical massacre of Kurds living Halabja, one of the cities of Iraqi Kurdistan. Also known as “Kurdistan’s Hiroshima”, the…

Introduction by Ali El Shamy Despite ISIS’s majorterritorial losses and humiliating military defeats, it’s hard to forget that the terrorist group had once controlled…