Turkey and Syria on the path of a major confrontationon February 17, 2020Turkey and Syria are now directly involved in a military confrontationsince the start of the month, and this time,not through proxies but through their regular troops. It all started when on February 3, Syrian artillery killed eight Turkish military and civilian support personnel. That resulted in heavy retaliatory strikes by Turkey that killed at least […]
Is Hezbollah now the most prominent threat to the US?on January 28, 2020After the killing of Major General Qassem Suleimani, the loudest voice, after Ayatollah Khamenei, threatening the United States came from Hezbollah. Secretary General of Hezbollah Sheik Hassan Nasrallah in his public speech said that the US military in the Middle East would pay the price for the killing of Iranian General Qassem Soleimani, warning that […]
Oman: an island of peace in the Middle Easton January 4, 2020It’s widely believed that there are two main branches of Islam-Sunni and Shia-whichdiffer in their understanding of early Islamic history and hence, they have different ideas about how Islam’s leadership should have been organised in subsequent eras. But there is a third, lesser-known body of believers with deep historic roots, and their identity fractionally predates […]
Assad and Kurds can peacefully coexiston December 3, 2019The Kurds have brokered a deal with President Bashar al-Assad’sgovernment. That resulted in the Syrian Arab Army returning for the first time to the areas controlled by the Kurds that they left since the early days of the civil war. Regime forces entered the provinces of Hasakah and Raqqa. Assad’s forces also took over the […]
Islamic Jihad is not an ally but a headache for Hamason November 19, 2019A fresh round of escalation is going on between Israelis and Gazans as hundreds of rockets are being fired towards Israeli cities and Israeli defence Forces (IDF); responding with overwhelming airstrikes. This recent flare-up started when IDF airstrike targeted a senior Islamic Jihad Commander Baha Abu Al-Ata, which Israel claimed was planning terror attacks against […]
Moscow would dominate the Middle East for longon November 2, 2019On one hand, the US military outposts and bases are being emptied or destroyed after Washington withdrew from Northeast Syria and left its Kurdish allies. Meanwhile, Russian forces are moving in to take over these empty bases. This clearly illustrates how Russia is filling in the gap left by the US. It will not be […]
Assad: the real beneficiary in Syriaon October 13, 2019Turkey has launched its operation Peace Spring in Northern Syria; aiming to uproot Kurdish forces. The US has already abandoned their Kurdish allies, which helped them finish the ISIS caliphate, and pulled out all American troops from Syria to facilitate the Turkish operation. Turkey has come very heavily on Kurdish forces by launching airstrikes, heavy […]
Another War Looming in Yemenon September 19, 2019Last month, the port city of Aden, which is currently the seat of the exiled President Abdrabbuh Mansur Hadi’s government, was captured by southern separatists demanding secession of South Yemen. The separatists are backed by the UAE, Saudi Arabia’s so-called partner in Yemen. The recent clashes are not the first time that the two sides-the […]
Syria falling prey to Turkey expansionist policyon August 31, 2019Turkey and the US have agreed on the creation of a buffer zone in northern Syria in areas controlled by Syrian Kurdish forces. Details of the agreement remain sketchy but roughly it has been agreed that the area would be controlled by Turkey. To facilitate the process, the US and Turkey would establish a joint […]
Emirati withdrawal is a well calculated moveon August 10, 2019Just last month, the United Arab Emirates announced that it will significantly reduce its forces in Yemen. After this announcement, Emiratis started pulling out its military hardware and thousands of troops out of Yemen. The UAE is a major coalition partner in the Saudi-led military campaign, which was launched to quash Iran-backed Houthi rebels in […]