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Battlelines Emerge in Israel’s Election Campaign

With the date of the elections set for March 17th, the campaigning… [more]

Battlelines Emerge in Israel’s Election Campaign Battlelines Emerge in Israel’s Election Campaign

Islamic State forces Approach Israel-Syria Border

Islamic State has suffered severe losses as a result of coalition… [more]

Islamic State forces Approach Israel-Syria Border Islamic State forces Approach Israel-Syria Border

Jamaat Ansar al-Sunna: December 6 Statement

Jamaat Ansar al-Sunna, as I have documented previously, is a… [more]

Jamaat Ansar al-Sunna: December 6 Statement Jamaat Ansar al-Sunna: December 6 Statement

Make Your Tax-Deductible Donation to Continue Barry Rubin’s Work Before the End of the Year

The late Barry Rubin and wife Judith Colp RubinAs the one-year… [more]

Make Your Tax-Deductible Donation to Continue Barry Rubin’s Work Before the End of the Year Make Your Tax-Deductible Donation to Continue Barry Rubin's Work Before the End of the Year

MERIA SPECIAL REPORT: DID ISIS USE CHEMICAL WEAPONS AGAINST THE KURDS IN KOBANI?

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MERIA SPECIAL REPORT: DID ISIS USE CHEMICAL WEAPONS AGAINST THE KURDS IN KOBANI? MERIA SPECIAL REPORT: DID ISIS USE CHEMICAL WEAPONS AGAINST THE KURDS IN KOBANI?

SUNNI OPPOSITION TO THE ISLAMIC STATE

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SUNNI OPPOSITION TO THE ISLAMIC STATE SUNNI OPPOSITION TO THE ISLAMIC STATE

TEN YEARS LATER: WHO WON THE IRAQ WAR, THE US OR CHINA?

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TEN YEARS LATER: WHO WON THE IRAQ WAR, THE US OR CHINA? TEN YEARS LATER: WHO WON THE IRAQ WAR, THE US OR CHINA?

THE SOUTH CAUCASUS: OBAMA’S FAILED RUSSIA “RESET” AND THE PUTIN DOCTRINE IN PRACTICE

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THE SOUTH CAUCASUS: OBAMA’S FAILED RUSSIA “RESET” AND THE PUTIN DOCTRINE IN PRACTICE THE SOUTH CAUCASUS: OBAMA’S FAILED RUSSIA “RESET” AND THE PUTIN DOCTRINE IN PRACTICE

THE NEW GLOBAL ANTISEMITISM: IMPLICATIONS FROM THE RECENT ADL-100 DATA

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THE NEW GLOBAL ANTISEMITISM: IMPLICATIONS FROM THE RECENT ADL-100 DATA THE NEW GLOBAL ANTISEMITISM: IMPLICATIONS FROM THE RECENT ADL-100 DATA

Battlelines Emerge in Israel’s Election Campaign

By December 27, 2020

With the date of the elections set for March 17th, the campaigning season has begun in Israel. There was little public enthusiasm for the new polls. It is only 20 months since the last time Israelis turned out to vote. The 2015 contest will be the … [Read more...]

Islamic State forces Approach Israel-Syria Border

By December 27, 2020

Islamic State has suffered severe losses as a result of coalition air strikes in the last months. Over 1,000 of its fighters have been killed, and Kurdish peshmerga forces have driven the jihadists back on a wide front between the cities of Erbil and … [Read more...]

Jamaat Ansar al-Sunna: December 6 Statement

By December 26, 2020

Jamaat Ansar al-Sunna, as I have documented previously, is a minor Sunni insurgent group that originated as part of a two-way split in 2007 whereby most of what was Ansar al-Sunna reverted to the pre-Iraq War identity of Ansar al-Islam- under the … [Read more...]

Make Your Tax-Deductible Donation to Continue Barry Rubin’s Work Before the End of the Year

By December 25, 2020

The late Barry Rubin and wife Judith Colp RubinAs the one-year anniversary of the death of my husband, Professor Barry Rubin, approaches, I am reaching out to you, his loyal readers, to help continue his important work.Barry was one of the most … [Read more...]

Iran and the Shia Militias Advance in Iraq

By Jonathan Spyer and Aymenn Jawad Al Tamimi December 13, 2020

The United States and its Western allies have recently undertaken airstrikes and other military measures against the Islamic State (I.S., also known as ISIS or ISIL) in Iraq. Contrary to the spirit of most statements coming out of Washington, … [Read more...]

The Story of Shami Witness

By December 12, 2020

Those of you reading this post will probably know by now of the latest viral story to hit social media: namely, the revelation of the true identity of the most prominent Islamic State (IS) fanboy on Twitter by the pseudonym of 'Shami Witness.' … [Read more...]

A Jaysh al-Mujahideen Amir’s Testimony on Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi

By December 12, 2020

I have written many times before on Jaysh al-Mujahideen, the Salafi, anti-Shi'a insurgent group in Iraq aspiring to overthrow the central government but also a noted rival of the Islamic State (IS), having issued a lengthy condemnation of IS in … [Read more...]

Help GLORIA to Continue Prof. Barry Rubin’s Work

By December 1, 2020

As the one-year anniversary of the death of my husband, Professor Barry Rubin, approaches, I am reaching out to you, his loyal readers, to help continue his important work. Barry was one of the most prolific Middle East scholars of our time. He … [Read more...]

Book Review: Nazis, Islamists, and the Making of the Modern Middle East

By December 1, 2020

Excerpt of Review “The enemy of your enemy is your friend,” wrote the Grand Mufti of Jerusalem, al-Hajj Amin al-Husaini, about his reverence for Nazi Germany that had fought his enemies, the (British) colonialists and the Zionists. While this … [Read more...]

General Military Council for Iraq’s Revolutionaries- November 26 Statement

By November 29, 2020

Statement 35 Oh dignified people of Iraq, Oh heroic revolutionaries, Salam alaykum wa rahmat Allah wa barakatuhu. We recall in these sorts of days a year ago how the government of oppression and tyranny directed all its might against the squares … [Read more...]

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