On October 10, Iraq held its parliamentary elections to determine the members of its Council of Representatives. Just prior to the elections, Human Rights Watch,…
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In the span of three years, from 1986 to 1989, the Iraqi Military Force killed between 50,000 to 182,000 Kurds and destroyed 90 percent of…
Basra is a city located in the southeast of Iraq, bordering the countries of Kuwait and Iran. Basra is known as the oil capital of…
On any given morning, the vibrant but battered city of Mosul is bustling with commercial activity, the liveliness of its citizens contrasting starkly with the…
“Common sense will tell us, that the power which hath endeavoured to subdue us, is of all others, the most improper to defend us.” …
This piece introduces a series addressing several issues I saw during my time at a refugee camp in Samos from June-August 2017, including mental health,…
At the ripe age of 12, most American kids are concerned with making friends at school or convincing their parents to let them see R…
Why Ayaan Hirsi Ali is wrong. Islam does not need a reformation. The rise of ISIS has created a number of question about the nature of…
Turkey’s assistance to the Islamic State goes beyond providing open borders for ISIS militants. By the end of 2015, Turkey is expected to host as…
Many thought this day would never come. In an interesting turn of events, negotiations between the United States and Iran over a developing nuclear deal…
From The Hurt Locker to Zero Dark Thirty, military combat films have become increasingly controversial in the media. But has political correctness gone too far or can these films…
There has been much talk about the recent shootings in Canada and how it bodes ill for Canadian national security. However, the bigger takeaway is…
The Battle between the Turks and Kurds has been raging for years, but it seems the relationship between the two has reached an all-time low…
On October 15th Fox News presented a poll that found 58% of Americans felt “things in the world are ‘going to hell in a handbasket.”…