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  Turkey is shelling Kurdish forces across the border in northern Syria. As Kurdish forces move forward, village after village is falling under the control of these Kurdish forces as they are trying to gain access to Azaz, Syria and … Continue reading →

The twenty-first century carries a lot of baggage from the past. The Cold War may be over, but just as the two global struggles of the first half of the twentieth century left a legacy of trouble, not peace, the … Continue reading →

  Respect is a good cornerstone on which to build human relationships. In the United States today, as in all Western countries, there is a growing Muslim population. Increasingly many of us have Muslim neighbors, co-workers, teachers, and doctors. Moreover, … Continue reading →

The international community has been battling an ever-elusive enemy: terrorism. It is a force with many names, masks, agendas and yet with no clear definitions. Perhaps this problem is more severe in the Muslim world. Many Muslim countries are presently … Continue reading →

  The Middle East will never be the same. The Kurds are the greatest beneficiary of the current upheaval in the Middle East especially in Iraq and Syria in addition to the political momentum in and the crisis between Iran … Continue reading →

The Middle East is on the verge of an explosion. Rising tensions between Saudi Arabia and Iran are not new; this has been going on for centuries dating back to the death of Prophet Mohammed. A tenuous relationship between Shia … Continue reading →

I have been writing about Gulen’s cult in this journal and in other newspapers for some years. I have emphasized that Gulen’s cult is a threat to the national security of Turkey, to the United States, or to any country … Continue reading →

Since the end of World War II the world order has favored sovereign states. It has been easier for the most powerful states to keep order and to exploit ones with lesser economic power. President Obama has put America on … Continue reading →

    The Paris, Ankara, Beirut, and the Bamako attacks, all carried out supposedly by ISIS and Al Mourabitoun, show that terror continues in the name of Islam. The Islamic terror network is trying to change the world system, and … Continue reading →

  President Recep Tayyip Erdogan turned back the momentum that he lost in the June 7th election and again won a majority of seats in Parliament in the first of November elections in Turkey. This election was very important in … Continue reading →