Syria Civil War: Meet the Military Commander Who Says His Soldiers Will Not Rest Until Every Inch of Their War Torn Country Is Free of Islamist ‘terrorists’

Robert Fisk speaks to a colonel confidently preparing his men for battle at Frikeh in the Orontes river valley where Assad’s troops were besieged just last month. Approaching front lines...

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Israel Signals It’s Ready to Destroy Hezbollah – Oped

These days Lebanon, as with this region, is being shaken by political and ‘terrorism” crises, threats to stability, growing popular unrest, and ideological and theological sacrum bellum...

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IS — an Iranian Tool

The two terrorist attacks targeting mosques in Al-Qadeeh and Dammam in the Eastern Province of Saudi Arabia prove that the Kingdom is fighting a real war. Even before Operation Decisive...

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Gulf Cooperation Council: Could Be a ‘game Changer’ for India – Analysis

With the post-Cold War change in the geopolitical environment and a converging security landscape spanning Afghanistan to the Arabian Gulf, India, which is emerging as an economic power,...

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Two Major Mid East Escalations: Yemeni Rebels Fire Scuds at Saudi Air Base. ISIS Warns Syrian Rebels

Saudi military sources reported Saturday, June 6, that Patriot air defense batteries had intercepted Scud missiles fired by Yemen Houthi rebels against the kingdom’s largest air base at...

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Food Security and Water Security and the Role of Virtual Water Trade

Virtual water is a relatively new concept that emerged in the mid-nineties. Virtual water is the amount of water consumed for the production of agricultural commodities which are then...

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Iran’s Influence in Iraq

Iranian influence in Iraq has grown greatly since the U.S. led invasion of Iraq in 2003, and it continues to this day to capture the attention of analysts and experts.

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