Ship Attacks in the Persian Gulf: Another Manifestation of an Iranian-Israeli Proxy War?
Iran's costly political influence in Iraq, Lebanon, and other countries in the region will prevent it from relinquishing its political influence.
The Foreign Factor in Jordan’s Plot Crisis
Despite its minimal resources, it became a destination for Palestinians, Iraqis, Syrians, and even Lebanese.
South Korea in the Middle East: More Than Usual Business
In 2003, Seoul sent troops during the invasion of Iraq but kept its forces in non-combat zones.
Brett McGurk: The Epitome of the Democrats’ Middle East Policy
with the YPG were actually conceived in Iraq.
Where Does Libya Fit in Biden’s Foreign Policy Priorities?
This translates to a significant strategic focus on regional security in the Gulf and on Iranian influence in conflict theaters like Iraq, Syria, and Lebanon.
Change Is Inevitable in Iran: How the Four-Decade-Old System Has Become Outdated
The first country he chose was Shia-majority Iraq, where Ayatollah Khomeini had spent many years during his exile under the shah’s rule.
How the Egyptian Press Views a Possible Egyptian-Turkish Reconciliation
It must give up on its interference in internal affairs of Arab states, specially in Libya and Iraq.
America’s Hyper-Surveillance of Muslims Targets Our Religious Identity
ovember 11, 2001 marked the beginning of an era of American terror - an era of reckless massacre, carpet bombing, pillage and rape, and the use of radioactive weaponry against Muslims in Iraq and Afghanistan.
The Future of Daesh: Cracks in the Wall?
Rafik Hariri Center for the Middle East organized a panel entitled “The Future of ISIS” to discuss Daesh’s legacy including its detainees and returnees, and strategies against a potential resurgence of the group in Iraq and Syria.
What Will the Biden Administration’s Syria Policy Look Like?
, while Iraq and Syria will not be evaluated separately during the Biden presidency.
The Afghan Factor in Biden’s Iran Foreign Policy
With roots in the Iran-Iraq War (1980-1988) and the Soviet-Afghanistan war (1979-1989), this phantom force of 10,000-50,000 Afghan Shi’a militants, who mostly come from Afghanistan’s Hazara community, emerged as an actor in the Syrian civil war early on in 2012-2013.
The Hezbollah Empire in Lebanon and the Assassination of Lokman Slim
Hezbollah, which is fully immersed in Iran’s regional wars, in Syria, Iraq, Yemen, and beyond, has the required skills to abduct, interrogate, and execute a civilian like Lokman Slim, while equally terrorizing and preventing any witnesses from stepping forward and exposing the group.
The Islamic Republic of Iran Forty-Two Years Later: Goals Fulfilled?
But none of these could match the horrors of the Iran-Iraq War, which lasted eight years, and brought devastating humanitarian and economic costs to both sides.
The PKK Is the Wrong Horse to Back in the Middle East
protects the YPG in the northeast corner of Syria stretching from the triangle between Turkey, Iraq, and Syria to the south of Deir ez-Zor.
Biden Places MBS under Pressure, But Keeps Him for the Future
The Americans need the Saudis to be on their side in Yemen, Iran and Iraq.
Radicalization and Religion: How It Happens?
Instead, looking at the ways religious belonging and behaving intersect with political identities and behaviors solve the puzzle of apparently very secular projects leading to political battles over Islamically correct social behaviors, which are currently happening not only in Egypt, Iraq, Sudan to name a few but also India, Myanmar or Israel.
How Do the Gulf Countries View the PKK?
n February 14, 2021, Turkey announced that the PKK (Partiya Karkeren Kurdistan, Kurdistan Workers’ Party) had executed 13 Turkish citizens, who had been kidnapped some years ago and kept in a hideout in northern Iraq.
Can A Third Political Party Bring Change in US Foreign Policy?
Barack Obama won the presidency in 2008 with a great deal of media generated excitement largely based on his stated opposition to the invasion of Iraq, overtly backed by Hillary Clinton, John Kerry and Joe Biden.
Army to Protect Pakistan’s Troubled Ties with Saudi Arabia
Islamabad has also supplied troops in times of regional conflicts, especially during the Iran-Iraq War and the 1991 Gulf War.
The American Injustice Industry: Why Shutting Down Guantánamo is Not Enough
On the one hand, the entire wars against Afghanistan and Iraq were illegal under international law.
