More: Iraq
Iran’s Influence Stems from US Policy and War Would Be a Monumental Disaster
When Corinth and Megara, both allies of Sparta went to war, Athens sensed opportunity and soon formed an alliance with Megara. It precipitated the...
May 12: A potentially future-shaping day for the Middle East
With US President Donald J. Trump scheduled to announce whether he will uphold the international community’s nuclear agreement on Iran and Iraqi elections slated...
Saudi engagement in Iraq: The exception that confirms the rule?
Stepped up Saudi efforts to forge close diplomatic, economic and cultural ties to Shia-majority Iraq in a bid to counter significant Iranian influence in...
ISIS and the Continuing Threat of Islamist Jihad: The Need for the Centrality of PSYOP
Defining the Problem
The National Security Strategy of the United States (NSS) calls for direct military action against ISIS in Syria and Iraq, the disruption...
38 Years After Saddam’s Heinous Execution of the Phenomenal Philosopher Ayatollah Al-Sadr and his Sister
This week marks the 38th anniversary on Saddam's execution of Ayatollah Mohammed Baqir AL Sadr and his sister Sayedah Amina Al-Sadr , on 9...
Easter 2018 and the Resurrected Nations
April is the month of rebirth, which dramatizes how Jesus Christ had been crucified and then resurrected, in order to purge and save humanity....
Trump’s Past Dominates Media Displacing Iraq War Anniversary
March 20 went by nearly unnoticed. It was the 15th anniversary of the Iraq war. Exactly one week earlier seven marines lost their lives...
New ISIL called the MEK
Only in the operation of the hypocrites who became famous for engineering operations, they scoured and slaughtered three soldiers and one shaft alive. Live...
Jihad Selfie: The Evolving Strategy of Homegrown Radical Recruitment
In February, an eye-opening new report was released by the Program on Extremism at The George Washington University. This 116-page report, The Travelers: American Jihadists in Iraq and...
How Social Media and Satellites Helped Estimate the Cost of Iraq’s Recovery
Back in the fall of 2017, as the Old town of Mosul was enduring the last remnants of ISIS-control, another more hopeful operation was...