On 8 May 2018, President Donald Trump announced that the United States would be withdrawing from the Iran “Nuclear Deal”, formally known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA). Shortly afterward, Israeli jets attacked the southern Damascus neighborhood of Al-Kiswah, allegedly targeting Iranian rocket launchers in the area which were being aimed at Israeli […]

background and domestic issues Armenia sits at a historical crossroads. While the protests which continue as of this writing started as recently as April 2018, the issues themselves run deeper and further back. The main focus of the protests that broke out this year was the continued rule of Serzh Sargsyan. First entering the public […]

American, British, and French naval and air forces have launched a series of strikes against several Syrian government buildings across Syria in response to the April 7, 2018 Douma gas attack. Rumors had circulated since the attack on the 7th that the United States intended to strike at Assad in retaliation, with Friday the 13th […]

The war formally began in the early hours of 19 March 2003 with a series of non-nuclear strikes against top Iraqi/Ba’ath party officials. F-117 Nighthawk stealth fighters and Tomahawk cruise missiles fired from surface warships and submarines in the Red Sea and the Persian Gulf attacked locations around Baghdad, including a place called Dora Farms. […]

On 19 March  2003, the United States, along with a token handful of other countries, invaded Saddam Hussein’s Iraq. The invasion, arguably one of the biggest strategic blunders in American history, has resulted in at least 1,000,000 Iraqi deaths and has spawned an insurgency, a civil war, and an international terrorist group (Daesh). As the […]

There are a lot of bad theories circulating about Syria these days, and some of them involve the 2003 American invasion of Iraq as an example of why American involvement in United Nations enforcement operations in Syria would be a disaster. This article is not meant to argue in-favor of anything akin to the 2003 […]

East Ghouta is a district on northeastern Damascus, the capital of Syria. The region, an oasis formed by the Barada river, has long been used for agricultural development. During the 1980s, the area began industrializing, with much of the agricultural area replaced with housing and industrial facilities. With a population of about two million (before […]

Lebanon has signed a deal with three oil and gas consortia that stipulates a plan to begin offshore exploratory drilling in Lebanese maritime waters early next year. Tensions are rising, however, as Zionist Israel threatens resulting aggression, claiming that a small part of block 9 – an area that extends across Lebanon’s southern border – […]

The war in Syria is far from over. While the cause of fighting has mutated greatly over the last seven years, and with new belligerents to the conflict fighting over new issues, the situation seems to be on the verge of flaring up further. Several key areas require close attention, but this article is by […]