Opinion

 This is the culmination of several years of rising persecution for the Copts, whose freedoms were already significantly threatened under President Morsi's rule. In...

There are no “Good Guys” in this conflict. This is a war waged by various religious factions of fanatics.The “Good Guys” in Syria want...

 The world this time cannot "not know," or claim not to know. And though Bashar Assad has made his pro forma denials, it does...

 But if the current discourse and what appears to be a growing public sentiment especially since June 30 continue, then Islamism might have just...

For now, the least bad outcome seems to be a prolonged stalemate. And that is the most likely outcome, at least in the short...

 Nevertheless, the unclassified summary of the intelligence assessment made public August 30, 2013, utilizes misleading language evocative of the infamous Iraq estimate's deceptive phrasing....

That’s how one U.S. official described President Obama’s plans for a strike against the Assad regime. This is far worse than leading from behind....

Military strikes could compound Obama’s policy missteps, including inadvertently strengthening the hands of gun-toting Islamists. Before an internal insurrection in 2011 turned Syria...