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 […]
Pakistani Pashtuns Resentment Should be Addressedon July 18, 2019Pashtuns are an ethnic minority group of about 49 million people, and the biggest share of them lives in Pakistan. They are referred to with many names, such as Afghan, Pashtun, Pathan, and Pukhtoon. In Pakistan, they are mostly settled in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Balochistan provinces, along with tribal areas on the Afghanistan-Pakistan border. The […]
Khalifa Haftar: a dominant playeron June 12, 2019General Khalifa Haftar’s ongoing offensive against the Tripoli-based Government of National Accord is not going very well even after a couple of months of intense fighting. Haftar’s forces have failed to breach the southern defences of the city. That is mainly because the militias allied with the GNA are fighting in their backyard, and do […]
Houthis are potent enemies for Saudison June 3, 2019Recent attacks launched by Houthi rebels on critical installations have demonstrated a significant leap in their capabilities. The story of how Ansar Allah (the official name of Houthi movement) moved from small-arms ambushes to medium-range ballistic missiles and sophisticated drone attacks deep inside enemy territory in just half a decade illustrates how an ambitious militant […]