PoliticsCommentary
Genocide Against Christians? That’s Not News
As we approach the second anniversary of Hamas mercilessly slaughtering 1,200 human beings on Oct. 7, 2023, our media remind us daily of the death… Read More
LawNews
Judge Orders Mahmoud Khalil Be Deported to Syria or Algeria
An immigration judge has ordered pro-Palestine activist Mahmoud Khalil be deported to Syria or Algeria, according to court documents. Immigration Judge Jamee Comans has… Read More
InternationalNews
Diplomatic ‘Pressure’ Urged to Protect Christians, Other Religious Minorities Facing ‘Campaign of Death’ in Syria
A once-strong Christian community in Syria has dwindled under persecution as families have faced executions and kidnappings. Girls from Christian or other religious minority homes… Read More
InternationalNews
Congress Mulls Lifting Sanctions on Syrian Leader
Congress is weighing whether to lift sanctions on Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa, a former jihadist seeking to legitimize himself on the world stage. Rep. Josh… Read More
International Commentary
Iran War Has Created Golden Opportunity for Stable Middle East Peace
For nearly half a century, the Middle East has been defined by a single overarching reality: the Iranian threat. Since 1979, the ayatollahs’ growing influence, nuclear program,… Read More
International News
‘Every Single Leader Said Thank You’ to Trump: Lankford Pulls Back the Curtain on His Middle East Trip
Leaders in a handful of Middle Eastern countries are surprisingly sanguine about the prospect of Iran enriching its own uranium, Sen. James Lankford, R-Okla., told… Read More
InternationalCommentary
What We Learned From President Trump’s First Official Trip Abroad
Official presidential travel is a weighty business. Unlike unofficial travel—for events like Pope Francis’s funeral—official trips are planned months in advance and carefully choreographed to… Read More
International Analysis
Besides Israel, There Will Not Be a Sovereign State West of Jordan River, Ambassador Says
Gaza will never become an independent nation, Israel Ambassador to the U.S. Yechiel Leiter says. “There’s not going to be an independent sovereign state… Read More
InternationalNews
Trump’s Lifting of Sanctions on Syria Wins Cautious Approval
The Trump administration made a bold announcement this week, declaring it would lift sanctions on Syria, earning bipartisan praise in doing so. “I will be… Read More
InternationalNews
Family of US Journalist Long Missing in Syria Still Holds Out Hope
A body discovered in Syria is not the remains of kidnapped American journalist Austin Tice, his family confirms. Tice, a freelance reporter who received accolades… Read More
InternationalNews
Saudi Arabia, Qatar Bail Out War-Ravaged Syria
The Middle East was the source of some rare positive news on Sunday when Qatar and Saudi Arabia announced that they would be paying back… Read More
InternationalNews
Senators Hesitant to Respond to Mass Killings in Syria
Amid reported mass killings of ethno-religious minorities in Syria, senators are reluctant to recommend intervention in a region that has been a focal point of… Read More
InternationalCommentary
The Dumbest Fallacy in Foreign Policy
Last week, after 50 years of tyranny and repression, the government of Bashar Assad fell in Syria. It fell thanks to a combination of three… Read More
InternationalCommentary
How Not to Think About Syria
The rapid demise of the brutal Bashar al-Assad regime in Syria has taken every geopolitical analyst and self-proclaimed Middle East “expert” by storm. Following 53… Read More
SecurityAnalysis
How Close Are We to World War III?
President-elect Donald Trump will inherit a far more unstable world than the one he left President Joe Biden just four years ago. The war between… Read More
SocietyAnalysis
Held Hostage in Syria, He Says ‘Everything’ Was Taken From Him, but His ‘Faith Was Absolute’
Syria was one of the last countries left on Sam Goodwin’s list. He was young and on a mission to join a small group of… Read More
International News
Hezbollah Members Targeted With Explosive Pagers
At least nine people were killed Tuesday when pagers that were used by hundreds of members of the Hezbollah militant group in Lebanon and Syria… Read More
SocietyCommentary
What’s Different From 1960s About Today’s Student Demonstrations
The current demonstrations on college campuses against Israel remind some of the unrest on college campuses during the 1960s. But the comparison is not a… Read More
InternationalCommentary
Iraqi Prime Minister’s ‘Potemkin’ Visit to Washington
While Israel decides its next steps in responding to Iran’s unprecedented attack over the weekend, the White House welcomed Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani…. Read More
SecurityCommentary
The US Strikes in Iraq and Syria Don’t Go Far Enough
Last weekend’s bombing campaign against Iranian proxies in Iraq and Syria enacted by U.S. Central Command in response to the Jan. 28 drone strike that killed three… Read More
InternationalCommentary
Are You With the Islamist Savages Who Committed Nazi-Level Atrocities, or Against Them?
I write, of all places, from picturesque Northern Italy. I am here for a wedding where, as the case may be, both bride and groom… Read More
InternationalNews
‘Bribery and Kickback Schemes’ Plague Syrian Relief Program Funded With Tax Dollars
U.S. tax dollars are going to relief agencies in Syria that are engaging in “bid-rigging and multiple bribery and kickback schemes” and the federal government… Read More
InternationalCommentary
Istanbul Terrorist Attack Is Another Strike in ISIS Ramadan Offensive
As the death toll mounts from the June 28 terrorist attack on Istanbul’s Ataturk airport, it appears that the attack bears the fingerprints of the… Read More
SecurityCommentary
The Growing Threat of ISIS Unleashing a Weapon of Mass Destruction
The apocalyptic ideology that propels the Islamic State (also known as ISIS) is by now well known. Much less widely known are the use of… Read More
InternationalCommentary
Obama Administration Once Again Concedes to Putin in Syria
Washington has succumbed to another diplomatic mirage: the Russian promise of a limited pause in the intensifying war in Syria. Secretary of State John Kerry… Read More
InternationalCommentary
Obama Refuses to Alter ISIS Strategy
President Barack Obama traveled to the Pentagon on Monday in a highly choreographed public relations exercise designed to reassure Americans about his administration’s efforts to… Read More
SecurityCommentary
Paris Terrorist Attacks Underscore the Expanding Threat Posed by ISIS
The terrorist attacks launched in Paris on Friday that killed at least 129 people have been claimed by and traced back to the Islamic State,… Read More
InternationalCommentary
Obama’s Middle East Strategy Continues to Fail as Cuban and Iranian Troops Join Russian-Backed Offensive in Syria
Russia is not the only country that feels free to intervene in Syria on behalf of the Assad regime and attack U.S.-supported Syrian rebels. Cuba… Read More
InternationalCommentary
Another Foreign Policy Failure for Obama: Pentagon Training for Syrian Rebels Ends
After the grim announcement last month that only four or five Syrian rebels trained by U.S. military personnel remained inside Syria, the Obama administration has… Read More
InternationalCommentary
Putin’s Syrian Gambit Exposes Flaws in Obama’s Naive Foreign Policy
Russia’s aggressive military intervention in Syria poses major problems for the United States, its allies, and the future of Syria. It is likely to make… Read More
