The Other al-Baghdadi — and the Christians Fighting for Freedom in Syria
A report from Raqqa, Syria, where Christians join Muslims to fight against both ISIS and Bashar al-Assad’s Baathism.
From Raqqa, with a Christian Unit on the Front Lines of the Caliphate War
A report from Raqqa, with a Christian unit on the front lines. Expect ISIS to attack new targets, outside Syria.
Bulletin from Mosul — the Mission Is Still Far from Accomplished
The Iraqi army and allies have wrested control of Mosul from ISIS, but the city is in ruin, and Islamic terror persists.
It’s Time for the U.S. to Reassess Its Role in the U.N.’s Farcical ‘Human Rights Council’
It’s time for the U.S. to reassess its role in the U.N.’s farcical ‘Human Rights Council.’
America’s Gulf State ‘Allies’ Have Created a Humanitarian Disaster in Yemen
A look behind ISIS’s recent murder of four nuns in Yemen, where America’s putative Gulf State allies share with ISIS a common enemy, Shia Islam.
Faux Nation-States Breed Violence — See Syria and Iraq
Iraq and Syria, artificial political constructs, would be less violent if national boundaries in the region conformed to the cultural boundaries of its people.
A Skeptic and a Priest among Displaced Christians in Iraq
A conversation with a Chaldean Catholic priest and a volunteer at a center for displaced Christians in Erbil, Iraq.
Holding Down the Fort in Kurdistan: Peshmerga Play Defense against ISIS
The peshmerga keeps ISIS from expanding its borders in northern Iraq. However, the peshmerga is nowhere close to being able to conduct an offensive campaign.
Recognize Kurdistan and Arm It, against ISIS in Northern Iraq
In April, several members of Congress met with Kurdish, Christian, and Yazidi leaders at the Kurdish Mission in Washington to discuss the political, military, and humanitarian crisis and what could ...
Hope for Persecuted Christians in the Mideast
If recent Christmases provide any indication of things to come, somewhere in the Middle East terrorists are constructing, as I write, bombs intended to kill Christians attending Christmas liturgies. The ...