By Dr. Doron Itzchakov, December 3, 2019
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: With many Iraqis (including Shiites) blaming Tehran for the social restiveness engulfing their country, Iranian policymakers fear the weakening of Tehran’s grip on its neighbor.
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(Defense One) The question is not: “Can we live with a rogue Turkey?” but: “Do we have a choice?” said one U.S. official.
Farzin Nadimi writes: As seen in the Iranian-attributed rocket attack against north Israel on November 20, the regime seems to be hardening its resolve to hit back at those countries it believes are threatening its regional ambitions and hold on power. September’s highly successful, largely unanswered attack on Saudi Aramco facilities gave the IRGC and conservative leadership a similar jolt of confidence. Accordingly, one can expect Tehran to embark on its next significant regional adventure soon. And given the serious challenges it faces at home, the regime may be less concerned about avoiding direct confrontation with the United States or Israel this time around. – Washington Institute
From The Economist: “It is developing new bombs, new missiles and new ways of launching them."
Decision-making power in Turkey's defense industry is shifting from the military to businessmen close to President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
Fr. Mario Alexis Portella
British journalist Robert Fisk once stated, “The story of the Armenian genocide is one of almost unrelieved horror at the hands of Turkish soldiers and policemen who enthusiastically carried out their government’s orders to exterminate a race of Christian people in the Middle East.” The extermination of one and a half million Armenian Christians during […]Read More
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“The glorious City of God is my theme in this work,” says Augustine in the opening of his masterpiece by that name, a masterpiece of theological historiography, for the pagan Romans had cried out, “The Christians have come into our inheritance!” Therefore, they said, the gods had abandoned the old and venerable city—queen of the […]
(Washington Examiner) Besides bringing Thanksgiving cheer to American soldiers, Pence consulted with Iraqi and Kurdish officials in the wake of violent demonstrations in Iraq and the withdrawal of U.S. troops from northern Syria.