Senior Iranian officials and the Iranian media expressed acceptance of the collapse of theAssad regime in Syria and concern about future developments in the country and Israel’sexploitation of the situation. The Iranian Supreme Leader noted that it was a “joint American-Zionist plan.” However, they stressed that the fall of the …

Like many people around the world, I rejoiced with the liberated Syrian people when the tyrannical dynasty of a father and son that oppressed them for more than half a century finally came to an end. There is no doubt that the revolutionary lightning that struck Syria and brought down …

As the Obama Administration ratchets up its confrontation with radical Islamists in Iraq, an idled tanker loaded with Kurdish oil off the Texas coast may provide a bargaining chip for enhancing US influence in Iraq. The U.S. has been seeking to persuade Iraq’s Shia Muslim-dominated government to open itself to …