A new battle has begun in Idlib: Assad’s army – backed by Iranian militia and Russian air forces – are facing off the Turks – and their Syrian allies loyal …

“Are we Arabs one big lie?” – Nizar Qabani   The Western View Roget’s Thesaurus defines in its 1960s and 1970s editions the word “Arab” as “roughneck, cad, clumsy, deceitful, …

“People never lie so much as after a hunt, during a war or before an election.” In The Iraq Inquiry II, we focused on the downfall of the Coalition Provisional …

“War is peace. Freedom is slavery. Ignorance is strength.” In The Iraq Inquiry I,  I discussed the chaotic shape Iraq has taken following the arrival of American troops, Bremer’s CPA …

“War is a struggle of wills. You look at the Arab press; they say, “We drove the Americans out of Beirut, we drove them out of Somalia… we’ll drive them …

With the continuation of the conflict in the Middle-East, hundreds of thousands of Syrians have joined the already enormous ranks of refugees seeking asylum in Europe – though the old …

In order to understand the current European and world migrant crisis, it is imperative to study the roots of the conflict impelling citizens to flee their own countries and hometowns for a …

A Short History of Yemen It is the year 1962. A coup led by officers of the army has led to a tribal war splitting North Yemen in two. The …

Click here for a comprehensive introduction to the conflict in Yemen.   In what was a shaky and busy year for Britain with its choice of leaving the EU and …

On September 20th 2001, George W. Bush stood in the American congress and vowed to attack the “enemies of freedom” who hijacked two airplanes, flew them into the World Trade …