Selected Opinion

by Lawrence A. Franklin – Gatestone – [Ahmed] Al-Sharaa, on taking power in Syria in December, originally professed to be a “moderate.” The Biden administration even lifted a $10 [...]

By Jules Gomes – MEF – Hay’at Tahrir Al-Sham Militants and Terrorists Have Been Targeting Alawis, Christians, and Other Minorities Across Syria When Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham leader Ahmad [...]

Fawaz A. Gerges – Foreign Affairs – Why Islamist Rebels Are Unlikely to Become Democratic Rulers After half a century of tyranny, the Assad family’s rule over Syria has come to an end. [...]

By Uzay Bulut – Today, Turkey’s Christians (Greeks, Armenians, and Assyrians) comprise only around 0.1% of the population despite being indigenous peoples of the land. A significant reason [...]

By Ishak Ibrahim – Manassa (*) – While the United Nations celebrates the International Day of Education on January 24th, emphasizing the need to provide equal access to quality education [...]

By Steven Stalinsky As Jihadi Persecution Of African Christians Continues – From Torching Churches And Terrorizing Villagers To Beheading And Murdering Nuns And Priests – Not A Peep Is Heard From [...]

By Theo Padnos – Persuasion – A personal essay on regime change in Syria, by an American Journalist who was covering Syria an Turkey affairs for a number of US and UK publication. In the [...]

By Milton Quintanilla (via AINA) – Christians in Syria face uncertainty about their rights and freedoms after Islamist rebel forces conquered Aleppo, Homs, and Damascus. Hay’at Tahrir [...]

By Charles Jacobs, Uzay Bulut – JNS – The life and suffering of the Coptic minority in Egypt is a due to the Islamic invasion, dominance and ongoing persecution that occurs under Islamic rule. In [...]

By Michael Wahid Hanna – Foreign Affairs – When War Broke Out in Gaza, Biden Reconciled With Sisi—but Trump’s Calculus Might Differ. In May, after an Israeli military offensive prompted a [...]