More: Iraq
Women, Water and Peace
More than 50 opinion makers and policy makers from the Middle East came together to discuss linkages between women, water and peace in a...
The Benefit of Retrospect – Winning the War and Losing the Peace
It's often said that most generations repeat the errors of previous generations and fail to capitalize on the benefit of retrospect. With the ability...
How Do We Really Help Refugees?
The UNHCR reports that there are approximately 50 million refugees around the world at present. 50 million. That's the population of South Korea, or...
Why the War in Afghanistan is Over
Almost fifteen years has passed since the initiation of the Afghan war and yet the Taliban pose a larger threat today than at the...
Water, Wars and an Uncertain Future
In December 2009, I met Walid Muallem, Foreign Minister of Syria, in his office in Damascus, along with an eminent British politician. He rolled...
Turkey and the smuggling of ISIS oil
According to what disclosed by Russian sources, the fact that Turkey smuggles - on a large scale - oil coming from the Caliphate is...
Europe’s new geopolitics following the Russian presence in Syria and Iraq
After the shooting down of the Russian Su-24 aircraft by a Turkish F-16 fighter, some analysts are envisaging a future scenario of waged war....
SITREP on Russia’s strategic stance in Syria-Iraq-Iran
On 14 October, Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov said in Moscow that Russia was closely monitoring the situation in Iraq as well as Afghanistan, but...
Palmyra: ISIS-Wanton Destruction
On 4 October, 2015 Maamun Abdulkarim, the Syrian Director General of Antiquities and Museums, confirmed that the 2000 year old Arch of Triumph in...
The DAESH Civil Governance Blackhole: Iraq, Iran, Quds, and Kurds
The push to take back Ramadi has recently highlighted a litany of convoluted policy and societal sectarian concerns that have created pathways for DAESH...