In early June, militants under the banner of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) launched an offensive that consquered the Iraqi city of Mosul, put to flight around four divisions of the Iraqi Army, and continued southward to within a few miles of ...Read more >

The United States and its allies compete with Iran in a steadily more unsettled and uncertain Levant. This study focuses on how this competition is affected by the political upheavals in the Middle ...Read more >

Israel’s Operation Protective Edge on Gaza is the third largest military confrontation between the Zionist entity and the Palestinian resistance movements since Hamas became the sole ruler of the Gaza Strip in July 2007. ...Read more >

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