GOP is Missing a Key Campaign Issue: Turkey October 26, 2015Alex Alexiev
The metamorphosis of Turkey from an ally of the West to a jihadist enabler has been aided by the Obama administration. Time start asking the simple question: “who lost Turkey?”
Kurds Defiant After Brutal Ankara Bombing October 14, 2015Fran Fawcett Peterson
The Kurds’ political leader is challenging the Prime Minister and the President, saying, “To hell with your ballot box, your seats in Parliament, and your palace.”
Kurdistan: Model for Islamic Reform July 2, 2015G. Murphy Donovan
Kurdistan has the potential to be the fulcrum of 21st Century Islamic reformation, a model for what a modern Islamic state could or should be. The Kurds are the antithesis of Shia/Sunni supremacists
The Battle of Kobani October 15, 2014Sol Schindler
Things are looking bad for the Kurds, and the United States still has no idea what it is doing in the Middle East.
Among the Kurds October 1, 2014Fran Fawcett Peterson
Kurdish friends report seeing trains with tanks and black clad ISIS soldiers going from Turkey to Syria.
Obama abandoning Kurds, keeping 'hands off' ISIS August 5, 2014Thomas Lifson
Why is President Obama passively standing by as perhaps the nastiest of all the Islamic radical groups in the world is expanding its “Caliphate” at the expense of longstanding (and highly capable) allies?
Speaking of Apologies... April 9, 2013Michael Curtis
Will Prime Minister Erdogan of Turkey emulate Prime Minister Netanyahu and apologize to the Kurds, Armenians. Jews, and other victims of Turkish actions?
Minorities in the Mideast December 16, 2012Mike Zimmerman
We have seen in the so-called "Arab Spring" (perhaps really another "Arab autumn") that whereas there may be elections, one component of democracy, they have not been accompanied by recognition of the rights of minorities.
