Gone are the days, like after World War I, when the Middle East king makers were the United Kingdom (Iraq and Palestine) and France (Syria and Lebanon). Not only in Syria but in Iraq as well, the current regional powerbroker is an alliance of three former empires: Iran (Persia), Turkey..…

Moreover, ISIS and its affiliates have expanded to multiple countries where they may find sources of income other than what is available to them in their so-called caliphate Iraq and Syria.. ... According to figures provided by Global Coalition, by November 2016 Islamic State had lost..…

It's clear that while our Army was engaged Afghanistan and Iraq, Russia studied U.S capabilities and vulnerabilities and embarked on ambitious largely effort. ... o concerns about vast improvements to Russian battle tanks and significant edge artillery, McMaster worried that Russia's subversion..…