U.S. President Donald Trump's decision to withdraw from Syria, where at least 2,000 U.S. troops are supporting Kurdish-led forces in their multiple offensives against the Islamic State (ISIS),...
Over the past three weeks, Turkey has launched a series of cross-border artillery bombardments against the U.S.-backed Syrian Kurdish People's Protection Units (YPG), the foremost fighting-force...
The Islamic State (IS) dominated headlines internationally after it swiftly conquered one-third of Iraq in the summer of 2014 and declared its self-styled caliphate. The group luridly showcased its...
On August 3, 2016, I accompanied some displaced Yezidi victims of the Islamic State (ISIS) terror group back to the ruins of their city, Sinjar, where they demonstrated against their continued...
In late April 2018 a mummified body alleged to be that of Iran's late ruler Reza Shah was discovered in Tehran, potentially prompting another debate among Iranians about the legacy of the first...
On the surface Israel and Turkey have shared quite a bit in common as peripheral Middle Eastern countries. Neither have a majority Arab population, both are popular tourist destinations where one can...
Following a draft U.N. Security Council resolution forwarded by the French in the wake of the heinous terrorist crime leveled against Paris, the major powers on that world body voted unanimously in...
The opening of 2015 saw Paris afflicted by the horrendous terrorist attacks on the offices of the Charlie Hebdo magazine and a Jewish kosher supermarket. The closing of 2015 has sadly seen another...
Egypt says that it is 90% sure that the Russian Metrojet civilian airliner which exploded above the country's Sinai Peninsula killing all 224 aboard was brought down by a bomb as opposed to ground...
It's been 25-years since the first, technically legal pro-Kurdish political party in Turkey, the People's Labour Party (HEP), was formed. The party was banned in the summer of 1993 due to its open...
