This is where all my articles appear. These are usually articles that have appeared in major media outlets from the Jerusalem Post to Areo Magazine.
The mission is entering a transitional phase. The U.S. has reduced its presence from 2,000 to 500 troops in early 2025, as Washington normalizes relations with the new Syrian government. Military bases in Deir ez-Zor province are closing with sites in Raqqah and Hasakah set to follow. Evaluating the SDF’s ability to sustain security and governance without continued U.S. support is critical, particularly amid plans to integrate the SDF into a reconstituted Syrian Army.
Israel and Syria currently face an opportunity for détente for the first time in decades.
The latest series of airstrikes targeting Iran’s nuclear facilities may have temporarily disrupted Tehran’s ambitions but not ended them. As with Iraq before 2003, tactical strikes alone cannot neutralize a strategic threat because Tehran remains ideologically committed to acquiring a nuclear weapon. Preventing this outcome requires more than containment—it demands a serious effort to remove Continue Reading
The toppling of Bashar al-Assad’s government ended five decades of autocratic Ba’athist rule in Syria, opening a new chapter in the country’s history. As Syrians enter a post-Assad era, the pressing question remains: What is the future of Syria?
Ten years have passed since the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS, or Daesh) began its campaign to systematically annihilate the 400,000-strong Yazidi community…
The recent success of an Israeli operation to rescue hostages underscores the central purpose of Israel’s mission in Gaza: to free the hostages taken by Hamas and its allies on October 7th.
South Africa’s attempt to stop Israel’s military operations in Gaza has failed…
Armenia is facing another existential crisis…
The case for a revolution in Iran is evident. The Ayatollah regime is a destabilizing force not only inside Iran but also outside the country…
The Self-determination of the Tibetan people is predicated on a Free Tibet…
The 1959 Tibetan uprising altered the geopolitical landscape for the People’s Republic of China (PRC)…
The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia is set to normalise relations with the State of Israel…
Israel may insist on neutrality for geopolitical reasons but whether it likes to admit it or not sooner or later the state will need to take a firm stance…
Afghanistan’s collapse to the Taliban sets the stage for another era of theocratic totalitarian rule…
Israel’s recent war with Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) has once again brought attention to the wider Israeli-Palestinian conflict…
President Bashar Assad remains ruler of a shattered nation. Assad’s party – the Arab Socialist Ba’ath Party (ASBP) – continues to assert dominance over 60% of the country…
The political ruling elite in Lebanon is absent in providing leadership. This absence is evident in the ceding of the government’s leadership to that of foreign leaders…
There will be no peace for victims until Turkey is held accountable for its criminal actions now and in the past…
The Iranian government utilizes political parties such as the Fatah Alliance and exploits Shia sentiment in the south to exert influence over the Iraqi government…
The question that remains to be answered now is: Will Idlib hold?
“The USA has betrayed us. The USA has abandoned us!”
here are thousands of Yazidis today who remain haunted by memories of themselves or loved ones being kidnapped, raped and abused…
“Do not stand at my grave and cry; While Rojava lives, I did not die.”
The collapse of the ISIS territorial proto-state in Syria is near…
Many Yazidis feel that the world has abandoned them to suffer alone…
What does a potential US withdrawal from Syria’s northeast mean for the future of Rojava?
A hasty US withdrawal from this region before the fight against ISIS is completely over puts the longevity of Coalition victories against the group at risk.
The last phase to uproot the ‘Islamic State of Iraq and Syria’ (ISIS) is underway…
A devil’s game is being played in Afrin…
As Turkey resumes its air and land invasion of Afrin in Syria, Anthony Avice Du Buisson provides you with his take on how to understand the geopolitics of the crisis…
As he steps down in the wake of injustice, there will be those that will continue to take up his mantle…
I unpack the Rojava project…
The horrors of ISIS cannot be overstated…
One has to take a stand when the moment demands it…
