More an army of mercenaries than of fanatics.

Learning the lessons of the Iraq war.

Extremists thrive on turmoil.

Looming: a nuclear showdown between Iran and Pakistan.

He was “remarkably comfortable with American Jews.”

A historical perspective.

A retired IDF general recounts his experience in the Indian city of Lucknow.

The deeply intertwined histories of Saudi Arabia and Wahhabism.

The tide against him may finally be turning.

50 years ago, in a different Yemenite civil war . . .

It’s established de-facto control over much of Syria, Lebanon, Iraq, and Yemen.

Although Azerbaijan, a Shiite-majority nation in the Caucasus, does not maintain an embassy in Israel, it has a strong alliance with the Jewish state, importing. . .

Israel’s strike against a group of high-ranking Hizballah operatives, which also killed an Iranian general, met with approval and praise from many Arabs, much of. . .

Conventional wisdom holds that Sunni-Shiite conflicts have pushed Hamas away from Iran and its satellites. The facts tell a different story.