Syria
Refugees
September 3, 2015This poem is a response to the refugee/migrant crisis now engulfing Europe.
Read moreIsis destroys historic Temple of Bel in Syria
September 1, 2015Earlier this month Isis released footage of the decapitated body of 82-year-old antiquities department chief Khaled Asaad, whose body was later hung from Palmyra's ruins.
Read moreU.S.-Turkey deal: disaster in the making
August 5, 2015The agreement between Turkey and the U.S. to cooperate against the Islamic State in Syria brings to mind a description of "crackpot realists."
Read moreDark plots in the Middle East?
June 10, 2015A quiet meeting this past March in Saudi Arabia, and a recent anonymous leak from the Israeli military, set the stage for what may be a new and wider war in the Middle East.
Read moreInside Syria: New book sheds needed light
November 7, 2014Reese Erlich's informative and insightful book "Inside Syria" brings to mind the Greek myth of a vast maze under the palace at Knossos.
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