Selected Articles
9 October 2017: “How Turkey and the U.S. Fell Out—and Why Russia Will Benefit,” The International Business Times
6 October 2017: “Isil is not beaten – our devil’s bargain with Iran has ensured it will flourish for years to come,” The Telegraph
14 September 2017: “Inside Putin’s Libyan Power Play,” Foreign Policy
12 July 2017: “Book Review: The Shell,” Fathom Journal
7 June 2017: “In attacking Tehran, Isil is fighting to capture the mantle of ‘protector of the Sunnis’,” The Telegraph
6 June 2017: “The Error of Arming the Syrian Kurds,” The New York Times
16 May 2017: “The Western odyssey in defeating ISIS,” Fathom Journal
21 April 2017: “In its drive to divide the West, Isil would celebrate a Marine Le Pen presidency,” The Telegraph
5 April 2017: “Idlib gas attack is an effort by the Syrian regime to formalise West’s pro-Assad policy,” The Telegraph
24 March 2017: “Even if Isis is defeated in Syria and Iraq, its foreign reach has taken on a life of its own,” The International Business Times
15 March 2017: “Book Review: The Master Plan: ISIS, al-Qaeda, and the Jihadi Strategy for Final Victory,” Fathom Journal
13 December 2016: “We should not be shocked that Isis took Palmyra—Assad and Putin cannot hold back the jihadi hordes,” The International Business Times
15 August 2016: “The Intellectual Roots of ISIS,” The Wall Street Journal
29 July 2016: “‘Lone wolf’ Attacks in Europe Are Nothing of the Sort,” The Telegraph
30 March 2016: “We should not celebrate Bashar al-Assad’s victory over Isis in Palmyra,” The International Business Times
11 March 2016: “How Syria’s Assad Gave Rise to One of the Most Senior IS Leaders [Amr al-Absi (Abu al-Atheer)],” Middle East Eye
17 February 2016: “America Picked the Wrong Allies Against the Islamic State,” NOW Lebanon
16 February 2016: “How Russia and Iran took advantage of Syrian peace talks to choke Aleppo,” The Independent
23 December 2015: “How Saddam Hussein Gave Us ISIS,” The New York Times
17 December 2015: “As Another Activist is Murdered, the Least We Owe ‘Raqqa is Being Slaughtered Silently’ is Our Attention,” The Independent
3 December 2015: “If Assad is not forced out, Isis never will be,” The Independent
30 November 2015: “Syria’s Many Moderate Rebels,” NOW Lebanon
4 November 2015: “[Book Review of] The ISIS Apocalypse: The History, Strategy, and Doomsday Vision of the Islamic State,” NOW Lebanon
12 October 2015: “Think Reports of How ISIS Treats Women Are Too Awful to Be True? Think Again,” Verily
28 September 2015: “Saddam’s Faith Campaign and the Islamic State,” NOW Lebanon
20 July 2015: “Saddam’s Former Loyalists Are Leading ISIS — as True Believers,” National Review
17 July 2015: “Will the US even hold Iran to the terms of nuclear agreement?,” The Independent
Reports
30 November 2017: “Qatar and the Gulf Crisis,” The Henry Jackson Society
17 August 2017: “The Forgotten Foreign Fighters: The PKK in Syria,” The Henry Jackson Society
11 July 2017: “Understanding CONTEST: The Foundation and the Future,” The Henry Jackson Society
24 March 2017: “Foreign Terrorist Attacks By The Islamic State, 2002-2016,” The Henry Jackson Society
23 December 2016: “Turkey and The West in Syria: Course Correction,” The Henry Jackson Society
29 July 2016: “Governing the Caliphate: Profiles of Islamic State Leaders,” The Henry Jackson Society
17 June 2016: “How the Iran Entente Caused the Syria Crisis,” The Henry Jackson Society
25 November 2015: “Destroying Islamic State, Defeating Assad: A Strategy for Syria,” The Henry Jackson Society
