The nightmare scenario for a US strike on Syria goes as follows: The US oversteps its attack and threatens the Syrian regime enough that they panic. In response, Syria fires missiles, perhaps tipped with chemical weapons, at Israel and US…
The US and its allies look likely to launch a targeted strike on Syria in response to the regime’s chemical weapon attack there, and fears are high that will lead to Israel being attacked too. Even Iran has been dropping…
Your country may just be about to start a new fight in the Middle East. The US and UK are working together on a potential missile attack on Syria in response to the Syrian regime’s use of chemical weapons on…
Sometimes no news is good news—but not for Egypt’s political crisis. Remember that one? Millions protested against elected President Mohammad Morsi, but then the army removed him in what looked like a coup. As a result, Morsi’s supporters have protested…
So Europe finally labelled a Middle East terrorist organization, “terrorists.” But one British group doesn’t think they went far enough, and I agree. At the center of the issue is the blacklisting of Hezbollah’s “military wing” by the European Union.…
The Syrian civil war is rapidly turning into a mini-world war, with the United States and Russia on opposite sides. The Americans have never liked Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, and the Russians find him a useful ally in the Middle…