After Mosul Is Retaken, US and Trump Lose Out
Iraqi forces, helped by US military advisors, are inching their way toward the re-conquest of Mosul, the country’s second largest…
By Daniel Williams, journalist and author
Tag: Sunni
Memories of the Lost City of Fallujah
Rome—It looks as if Iraq’s army and various pro-government militias are about to move into Fallujah, which, of all cities in Iraq, …
Missing in Action: The Truth about Iraq
London–I just want to introduce something rare: a fine and scary report out of Iraq. Fine, first, because it is…
Saudi Arabia Crumbles from Within
Miami–Saudi Arabia’s break with Iran is widely seen as a symptom of the Saudi fear of an aggressive Tehran and the construction…
The Rise of the Saudi Arabia-Iran War
Miami–The escalation of tensions between Saudi Arabia and Iran is the latest episode in a 35 year old low intensity…
Sunni Muslims Caught in a Vise
London–It seems obvious that aerial bombing is not the answer to the Islamic State and other radical jihadist groups that…
In Syria, It’s Not All Sunni Muslims Vs. Everyone Else
Miami–The shorthand for Syria’s civil war has long become: Majority Sunni Muslims against the minority Alawite government of President Bashar…
Call It the War of the Shiite Crescent
London, March 26, 2015—(Updated with link from al-Ahram on Iran’s shadow presence at Arab League summit) In 2004, King Hussein of…