There has been numerous speculation and talk over the last four-years about whether or not the deadly war which has embroiled Syria will ultimately see to that nation break-up altogether. One recent...
In September 2013 I wrote a rather odd editorial which posited that the Hamas group in Gaza may actually prove to be a force for stability for Israel. Immediately after publication I suspected there...
In 1991, news networks the world over showed footage of the various hi-tech weaponry systems deployed by the United States-led coalition in its Desert Storm military campaign against Saddam Hussein's...
If you go to Mount Herzl in Jerusalem you will find the “Victims of Acts of Terror Memorial”. Erected by Israel in 1998 the monument is, as the name suggests, built to recognize Israelis...
In Turkey as of late there are increasing fears among many Turks that their country is devolving into a police state. In the wake of the 2013 protests which gripped the country and the more recent...
After enduring unimaginable horror, pain and suffering it seems the worst has yet to come for those 18000 Palestinians, a reported 3500 of whom are children, who remain huddled among the debris of...
During his controversial speech to Congress Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu indirectly dismissed the notion that Iran is a "lesser evil" to the Islamic State which can be worked with on an...
March 2015 is seeing the looming prospect of yet more economic sanctions being levelled by the western powers against both Iran and Russia. As of writing the European Union is preparing to introduce...
The Pentagon has recently stated that the U.S. Air Force's A-10 Warthog attack planes targeting the Islamic State group are not, and will not be, carrying ammunition which contains depleted uranium...
Given the horribly violent conflicts which have ravaged many countries throughout the volatile Middle East as of late one could hardly be blamed for having very little optimism regarding peace...