From the Caucasus to the Balkans, China’s Silk Roads Are Rising

December 1, 2017

The 19th Chinese Communist Party Congress made it clear that the New Silk Roads – aka, the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) – launched by President Xi Jinping just four years ago, provides the concept a…

Israeli Tanks & Jets Attack Hamas Positions Following Mortar Shelling From Gaza

December 1, 2017

Military

The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) have staged an attack on Hamas positions in the Gaza Strip, using tanks and fighter jets, local media report. The IDF claims it is retaliation for a mortar shelling of …

China to Deploy Elite Troops in Syria to Fight Alongside Assad’s Army

December 1, 2017

Opinion

According to multiple reports in Middle East regional sources, China plans to send elite military units to Syria to advise and assist the Syrian Army in an attempt to root out the country's terrorist …

How Hitler Analogies Obscure Understanding of Mideast Power Struggle

December 1, 2017

Opinion

While growing up in America during the 1950’s, one would sometimes encounter supermarket tabloid headlines asserting that Adolph Hitler had not died in May 1945 in the ruins of the Reich’s Chancellery…

Would Anyone Profit From a New War in the Middle East?

December 1, 2017

Opinion

The world today, is on the brink of seeing a new conflict over Lebanon. While the chances for escalation are high, the essential pre-conditions for a new, large-scale war in the region, are still in t…

Hot November in Riyadh

December 1, 2017

Opinion

This November in Riyadh, colder than ever, turned out be hot in the political sense and provided Saudi Arabia the front-page spaces of the world mass-media outlets. To be more precise, it was secured …

Will Israel Launch Pre-Emptive Strike Against Assad?

December 1, 2017

Opinion

As the war in Syria dies down and the dust starts to settle, the enormity of Israel's strategic mistake during the long years of conflict is becoming all the more apparent. The first person to point t…

A President Made for a Zombie Apocalypse Media World

December 1, 2017

Opinion

Don’t look away. I mean it! Keep on staring just like you’ve been doing, just like we’ve all been doing since he rode down that escalator into the presidential race in June 2015 and, while you have yo…