The Middle East is realigning. Is America ready?
Photo: In this photo released by Xinhua News Agency, Iran’s Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian, left, hold hands with his Saudi Arabian counterpart, Prince Faisal bin Farhan Al Saud, right, and…
Rudaw Interview on Moscow Defense Minister Meetings
From Dr. Mandel: This video is an interview I gave Iraqi Rudaw TV regarding Moscow hosting the defense ministers of Turkey, Iran, and Syria in an attempt to forge a…
Interviews on Rudaw and Kurdistan24
This week, Dr. Mandel was on two Iraqi media outlets, Rudaw and Kurdistan24. On Kurdistan24, he was asked to speak about the security, political, and energy concerns for Iraq and…
While Russia, Turkey and Iran divide Syria, the US looks on
Photo: Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu speaks during a press conference with his German counterpart in Istanbul on July 29, 2022. OZAN KOSE/AFP VIA GETTY IMAGES Published on January 17,…
Iranian arms transfers through Beirut airport could ignite the Middle East
Photo: Members of Lebanon’s Hezbollah take part in Ashura commemorations in a southern Beirut suburb. Source: Anwar Amro/AFP/Getty Images, CFR Published in The Hill on December 22, 2022. Earlier this…
Remember ISIS? It’s why Biden must stop a Turkish invasion of Kurdish Syria
Photo: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, left, walks with U.S. President Joe Biden during the G20 leaders’ summit in Nusa Dua, Bali, Indonesia on Nov. 15, 2022. Source: Made Nagi/Pool…
Russia’s war in Ukraine jolts Iran, Syria and Middle East security
Photo: U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin attend a meeting with Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskiy, as Russia’s attack on Ukraine continues, in Kyiv, Ukraine…
The best insurance for survival is a nuclear umbrella
Photo: Before and after picture of building struck during Operation Orchard in Syria, Source: Wikipedia. Published by JNS on March 15, 2022. What if Libyan strongman Moammar Gaddafi had not…
Is Iran trying to provoke Israel against Russian assets in Syria?
Photo: Russian President Vladimir Putin meets with Syrian President Bashar Assad in Moscow in September. Photo credit: Sputnik/Kremlin/Reuters Published in the Jerusalem Post. Why would Iran want to incite Israel…
America’s next crisis may be Lebanon — not Ukraine or Taiwan
Published in The Hill. Photo: Lebanon’s President Michel Aoun is pictured as he delivers a televised speech at the presidential palace in Baabda, Lebanon December 27, 2021. Dalati Nohra/Handout Could…