About fifty students sat on the concrete floor of a makeshift shack, absorbing the desert heat as they listened to Salim talk about the imminent destruction of Umm al Hiran and Atir, two unrecognized Bedouin villages located twenty minutes from my apartment in...

The Iraq government denied that any of its planes had been shot down by Islamic State militants. At least 61 were killed and 41 were wounded across the country.

President Obama's post-election promise of a "new dawn of American leadership" began in earnest five months into his first term with an important speech in Cairo June 4, 2009, appropriately titled, "A New Beginning." He started his oration by...

When the United States government declared its war on Afghanistan in October 2001, thus taking the first step in its so-called "war on terror," following the devastating attacks of September 11 earlier that year, Iran jumped on board. Then Iranian President...

At least 195 were killed and 58 were wounded in Iraq, as U.S. officials openly stated their disappointment in the direction the war against the Islamic State militants is going.

If you want to know why our "war on terrorism" has failed so miserably – if you want to understand how and why the harder we fight the more enemies we have to face – then read this recent piece in the Wall Street Journal on the evolution of the Syrian civil war, which...

Military operations in Ramadi have stalled. Farhan Mohammed, a provincial councilmember, blamed Shi’ite forces for ignoring orders from Anbar’s leadership. He also complained that the Iraqi and U.S. militaries keep sending advisors, causing delays. At least 275 were killed, either recently or in an airstrike two weeks ago in Hawija. Another 27 were wounded.

Our recent "Stand Up for Truth" whirlwind speaking tour through London, Oslo (see here and here), Stockholm and Berlin last week as well as webinars, visual presentations and speaking events in U.S. cities was exhausting but quite successful. Truth has always been a...

Recently making the news was the successful attempt by President Barack Obama and German Chancellor Angela Merkel, at the G-7 summit in Germany, to get all seven industrialized nations to continue economic sanctions on Russia in response to its annexation of Crimea...