Dr. Harold Rhode studied in Iran at Ferdowsi University in Mashhad in 1978 during the early and middle stages of the Islamic Revolution....

People with Ahmad Chalabi’s characteristics are unique. Leaders of his ilk appear maybe once or twice in a generation. The world has lost a

The National Archives is readying an exhibit of Iraqi Jewish artifacts due to open on October 11. Appallingly, the U.S. government has...

Watching the Syrians kill each other, one can get the impression from the media that there are two sides—the Assad regime and “the...

Many secular Muslims seem to hate the U.S., Israel, and even Christians living among them, just as passionately as their religious...

By Harold Rhode and Dan Diker Syria’s fragmentation along religious and ethnic lines exposes the apparent rupture of what has been known...

The Obama Administration has decided to sell Iraq 36 advanced F-16 Block 52 fighters. On the surface this might seem a good idea, it...

With the end of the Cold War, a new enemy emerged, Radical Islamic Fundamentalism, made up of Islamic extremists, terrorists and the...

Most Iraqi political leaders of all factions have privately said they wanted US troops to stay. In Baghdad, you could hear them time and...

The Sunni-Shiite Divide Iranian Shiites and Turkish Sunnis are engaged today in a huge battle to capture the hearts and minds of the Arab...