The New Middle East Reality?

Satellite image showing damage caused at alleged Syria strike by Israeli warplanes. Photo: Screenshot Channel 2 This Means War? -- Charlie ...

Syria's Sectarian Civil War Is About To Spread

The Coming War In The Middle East -- Lieutenant Colonel Joel Rayburn, Defining Ideas Imagine a sectarian conflagration, fueled by Al Qaeda, ...

There Will Be Another U.S. War In The Middle East

U.S. and Kuwaiti troops unite to close the gate between Kuwait and Iraq after the last military convoys passed through, Dec. 18, 2011, signa...

Middle East And North Africa Are Teetering On The Brink

Apocalypse Not Quite Yet -- Christopher Dickey, Daily Beast The Middle East and North Africa are teetering on the brink. Notwithstanding sun...

Iraq's Sectarian Conflicts Are Crossing Over Into Syria

Iraqi Civil War Plays Out In Syria -- Hugh Macleod and A Reporter in Syria, Salon/GlobalPost Shiites and Sunnis say they’re fighting a sect...

An Israeli Analysis On What Kind Of Regional Blocs Will Emerge From The Syrian Civil War

The Geopolitical Poker Game That Will Define The New Mideast -- Ely Karmon, Haaretz Analysts from across the Middle East shed light on what...

Islamic Extremism And Revolution Are Destroying The Historical Treasures Of The Arab World

Aleppo Mosque Is Latest Casualty Of Syria's Civil War -- The Telegraph A landmark mosque in Aleppo has been burned, scarred by bullets a...

Is Syria's Civil War About To Spread To Neighboring States?

Syrian War Threatens to Spread to Neighbors -- Spiegel Online With deaths in Turkey, shelling in Lebanon and skirmishes on the border with J...

How Have The Arab Monarchies Survive The 'Arab Spring'

The Staying Power of Arab Monarchies -- New York Times The monarchies of the Middle East have managed, for the most part, to weather the tur...

Is The Middle East On The Brink Of Civil War?

Power Shifts Push Mideast Closer To War -- Peter Godspeed, National Post As Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad clings to power with the quiet b...

Fears Of War Rising In The Middle East

‘Diplomacy Of September’ -- Frank J. Gaffney Jr., The Washington Times Upcoming U.N. events could lead to a world war reprise. In her Pulitz...

The Uncertainty Of Today's Arab Revolts

Col. Muammar el-Qaddafi and President Bashar al-Assad of Syria in 2008. One is now on the run, the other fighting for power. Hussein Malla/A...

Saudi Arabia Plots To Take Down Hezbollah

Saudi Arabia Moves To Take Down Syria, Iran And Hezbollah -- Bruce Riedel, National Interest After months of protests and regime violence, K...

Is The Arab Spring Over?

( Click on Image to Enlarge ) Graphic: Potential Outcomes in the Crisis Countries Has the Arab Spring Stalled? Autocrats Gain Ground in Midd...

An Interview With Middle East Expert Bernard Lewis

Bernard Lewis 'The Tyrannies Are Doomed' -- Wall Street Journal The West's leading scholar of the Middle East, Bernard Lewis, se...

The Threat Is Syria And Yemen, Not Libya (A Commentary)

An anti-government rally in Sanaa demands President Saleh steps down. Photo from The Telegraph Yemen And Syria Pose A Greater Threat To Us T...

After The Arab Revoution, Are Wars Next?

An anti-government protester shouts slogans during a rally demanding the ouster of Yemen's President's Ali Abdullah Saleh in Sanaa M...

How The Arab Revolution Started

Then-Tunisian President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali visits Mohamed Bouazizi at a Tunis hospital on Dec. 28. Bouazizi, a fruit vendor who set him...

As U.S. Influence In The Middle East Declines, Islamic Movements Become Embolden

Turmoil Heartens U.S. Foes -- Jay Solomon, Wall Street Journal DAMASCUS—The so-called resistance bloc of nations and Islamist movements, led...

Ralph Peters Fears For The Future When He Looks At The Middle East

Click Above Image to Enlarge Middle East Conflict Map From 2006 (Image From The New York Times ) Nightmare In The Middle East -- Ralph Peter...