In January 2015, a Shiite militant tribal group known as the Houthis seized power from President Abdrabbuh Mansour Hadi, who was forced to resign. A civil war developed as the Houthis fought against pro-government forces in southern Yemen. In February 2015, as the violence spiraled out of ...
headed by the Islamist faction Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), has upended Syria’s civil war after a long stalemate. Their lightning offensive, taking over several key cities in the space of days, is the most direct challenge to president Bashar al-Assad...
This is a post that I felt compelled to write but that will make me no friends – on any side. I had originally intended to maintain complete radio silence over the current situation – as is generally my strategy on internal Israeli affairs. Others suggested that given the noise in the U...
Then it escalated into an all-out war that has caused hundreds of thousands of lives and displaced a million since 2003. Yemen is also seeing increased riots over access to water. In both cases, water will solve the ...
Many Christians and Sunnis, as well as a portion of the Shiite community, are opposed to the war and what they regard as Nasrallah’s unilateral decision to attack Israel in support of the Gaza front on Oct. 8, a day after the Hamas attack on Israel that ignited war....
Team Biden will want to find a resolution for the Ukraine war. There is chatter already in Washington of a shift in White House policy - pressure on Ukraine to find a settlement with Russia. Such is the power of America, whether it be seen as malign or a force for good, th...
Kevin Anthony Stoda
Less than a week after the killing of a top Hamas leader in Tehran, Iran, and a top Hezbollah commander in Beirut, the entire Middle East is on edge. Fears of a broader regional war have been mounting amid vows of revenge from Iranian leaders that have l
Israel is not interested in being part of the Middle East; even the Abraham Accords were a way to parlay its presence in the region. Israel wants to build walls, to be friendly with Europe and the United States. If someone threatens the state, Israeli war planes and soldiers will carry ...
11, which involved more than 1 million American soldiers (26,000 of whom died in battle and 120,000 casualties overall). The offensive was the largest of the American Expeditionary Forces in World War I and is largely credited with ushering in the end of the war on Nov. 11, 1918. [...