by General (ret.) Joseph Votel** | Dec 28, 2020 | Commentary, Terrorism, Conflict and War
As the commander of U.S. Central Command from 2016-2019, I was responsible for conducting military operations and supporting U.S. security policy in Yemen. These responsibilities mainly focused on the prosecution of our counter-terrorism campaign against al-Qaeda....
by Onur Sultan | Nov 11, 2020 | Commentary, Terrorism, Conflict and War
Introduction Although final election results have not been declared, vote counts show Joseph R. Biden, Jr. has been elected the 46th president of the US. In general, US elections are followed closely across the globe as the decisions and actions of the US...
by Dr. Mehmet Mukerrem Ari* | Oct 14, 2020 | Research, Terrorism, Conflict and War
Abstract The main effort in this article is to find out the main causes of the Syrian Civil War via questioning the common discourse that presents sectarian fault lines as the main cause. In this context, this article argues that instead of a reductionist sectarian...
by Amb.Nureddin Mazen* | May 28, 2020 | Commentary, Geopolitics & Great Power Politics, Terrorism, Conflict and War
Slightly more than a year passed over start of retired General Khalifa Haftar’s attack on the Libyan capital, Tripoli. It was on April 4, 2019 exactly, a time when Libyans were awaiting the holding of the Libyan Forum on April 14, 2019 in the city of Ghadames as a...
by Muneer Binwaber* | Apr 17, 2020 | Commentary, COVID-19, Terrorism, Conflict and War, War and Conflict
Though easy to treat in existence of adequate health care system and medications, the cholera has been raging Yemen. The cumulative number of suspected cholera cases reported from October 2016 to January 2020 is more than 2 million, including 3910 related deaths. To...