April 26, 2017

France: As Fillon Switches to Macron, Many of His Voters Break for Le Pen

The defeated conservative in France's elections now backs Emmanuel Macron, candidate of the establishment.  But his voters show signs of breaking for Marine Le Pen.

April 2, 2017

In France, conservative Fillon takes a swing at socialist President Hollande

French conservative presidential candidate Francois Fillon accused President Francois Hollande of dirty tricks. This is going to get interesting.

March 9, 2017

In France, Fillon against All Odds

So how does one read the twists and turns of France's election?  Let's look at it through the eyes of conservative candidate François Fillon.

November 28, 2016

France selects her Republican presidential nominee

François Fillon wins a landslide victory.

November 10, 2016

Can Trump’s presidency overturn Hillary’s bloody legacy in Syria?

Syrians have a lot of riding on the election of Donald J. Trump as president, owing to the dark legacy of death, destruction and terror left by Secretary Clinton in their beloved country

October 23, 2016

A Syrian Doctor’s Testimonial from Aleppo

In the world’s most beleaguered city, a brave physician treating the war wounded explains why some of the most famous NGOs in the world have blood on their hands.

July 7, 2016

Austria Throws Out Its Presidential Election and May Throw Out Jihadists, Too

Europeans are revolting against their transnational elites, with Austria now in line for big changes.

June 7, 2016

Austria’s shift to the right

Austria's Freedom Party is likely to announce a formal challenge to the presidential election it narrowly lost.  A report from Vienna on the way life has changed there since the "refugees" have arrived in large numbers.

April 25, 2016

Musing over migration on taxi rides across Paris

Two Algerian taxi drivers bring night-and-day perspectives on the Muslim immigrants in France.

March 17, 2015

Al-Azhar's grand imam confesses tearing up when reading Jesus's Sermon on the Mount

The times, they are a-changing in Egypt.

March 8, 2015

Sisi's religious revolution gets underway

When Egypt's President Al-Sisi called for a religious revolution on January 1st, 2015 at prestigious Al-Azhar University, the world caught its breath. Now he is following through.

January 25, 2015

El-Sisi Modifies Stance on Islamic Reform at Davos

Egypt’s president backs away from his historic call for doctrinal reform.

January 18, 2015

Herve Gourdel - the ordinary hero beheaded by jihadists

The body of French mountaineer Hervé Gourdel was recovered by Algerian troops Thursday 15 January, four months after he was abducted and beheaded by jihadists.

January 8, 2015

Egypt's Sisi First President ever to Attend Coptic Christmas Mass

In a historic event that set Cairo ablaze, Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi made an unannounced appearance at the Coptic Cathedral where Christmas Eve Mass was being celebrated on January 7th.