By Sam Macale The first and most urgent demand must be the immediate cessation of hostilities and killings. The international community cannot stand idly by while innocent civilians are slaughtered. Every second that passes without action means more lives lost, more families destroyed, and more atrocities committed with …

The Iranian Foreign Minister’s special envoy for the Syrian Affairs Mohammad Reza Rauf Sheibani has said that the region expects the Syrian interim government to stop the violent and prosecute the perpetrators behind recent brutality in the west of the country. “The intensity and massive size of the …

The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported that the recent deaths of civilians from the minority Alawite community have raised the total death toll from violence since Thursday to 1,018. This includes 125 security personnel and 148 fighters reportedly affiliated with the regime of ousted President Bashar al-Assad, …

Robert Inlakesh The horrifying civilian massacres carried out across the Syrian coast are stupefyingly awful, on a scale reminiscent of the height of the ISIS insurgency in Iraq. Yet, there are still countless people identifying as Muslims who are trying to defend these actions. Their predominant ideology is …

Ukraine launched its largest drone attack on Moscow on Tuesday, with at least 91 drones targeting the Russian capital, resulting in at least two fatalities, fires, airport closures, and flight diversions, according to Russian authorities. Russian officials reported downing 337 Ukrainian drones, including 91 over Moscow and 126 …

When Mark Carney took the job as governor of the Bank of England in 2013, he negotiated a five-year term rather than the traditional eight-year tenure. The sense was that he was eager to get back to Canada to run for office in the next federal election. But …

If the Arab world acts decisively to sideline Hamas, the organization’s financial, logistical, and public support may erode significantly. The highly anticipated Egyptian vision for the future of Gaza was announced in Cairo yesterday, broadcasting consensus across the Arab world against U.S. president Donald Trump’s “Riviera” plan for …

While the region remains a powder keg in many ways, it is clear that regional elites are ready to focus on cooperation and development. A substantial amount of ink and blood has been spilled throughout the many failed attempts to create a “new” Middle East. Yet the region’s …

“Where does one go from a world of insanity? Somewhere on the other side of despair.” –T.S. Eliot, The Family Reunion (1939) Normally, geometry and chaos are mutually exclusive. Still, when applied to complex considerations of American national security and foreign policy, this juxtaposition could make perfect sense. …