Syria's foreign minister said on Wednesday that his country had received positive messages but wanted further reassurance ...
Generally speaking, starting a war out of the blue is a bad idea. This is the lesson, if such was needed, of the utterly ...
John Quincy Adams famously warned against the US going abroad in search of “monsters to destroy,” but while claiming to ...
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Turkey and Iran Could Go to War Soon
With the Arabs essentially taken out of this great game, it now comes down to an ancient animus: the Turkish Sunni Muslims versus the Persian Shiite Muslims for control over this region.
Saudi Arabia hosting the Trump-Putin talks is no coincidence—it highlights Riyadh’s rising influence, strategic neutrality ...
Iran claims to produce a majority of its weapons, but this self-sufficient defense strategy leaves its conventional forces ...
The transitional process will be fraught with challenges, but the Syrian people deserve a peaceful, stable and prosperous ...
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Iran: Gravy Train to Africa
Imagine that you have between $3 to $5 billion to spend on seeking and securing clients for your product in a variety of markets, Not bad, eh? But what happens when events beyond your ken suddenly ...
The hopes of liberalization raised at the start of Hafez al-Assad's son's rule were short-lived. Urged by his family, the ...
Calling them both out and hitting back directly is the right call when it comes to these two nations.
Syria’s relations with Iran and Russia remain an open wound for the country’s people after the nations backed autocratic ...
The first of two vessels carrying 1,000 tons of a Chinese-made chemical that could be a key component in fuel for Iran’s ...