August 24, 2014
One has to hand it to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. Since the outbreak of what was initially a popular revolt against his regime in...
Opinion
August 18, 2014
On August 7, the United States re-engaged in Iraq. The sudden air strikes make one thing clear: that the US has no idea what to do about...
blog
June 20, 2014
Media coverage of recent military advances by the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria is misguided. Many analysts and pundits have focused...
blog
June 11, 2014
Today, an Iraqi interior ministry official said, "The city of Mosul is outside the control of the state and at the mercy of the militants...