“Security Arc” forms amidst Mideast terror

Read this article in Arabic and Italian. Many observers are correct in noting that the Middle East is undergoing yet another Continue reading →

Syria: The Road Behind, The Path Ahead (Interview)

I relocated to the Mideast two years ago because I thought there was a need to break through deafening western-constructed Continue reading →

Forget Democrazy, Give me Safe Borders

Almost three years after the Arab Spring began its region-wide sweep – ostensibly in search of democratic change – scant Continue reading →

Homs Opposition: Al Farouq Battalion is Killing Us

By Sharmine Narwani It is extremely rare to have a direct peephole into events on the ground in Syria. The Continue reading →

The UN Protocol’s Jihadist “Loophole”

By Sharmine Narwani Note: In light of today’s twin bombings in Damascus and the UN Mission’s feeble response to it, Continue reading →