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How Trump may have set a trap for Iran

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To understand why the Iranian government is worried about President Donald Trump taking a harder line with sanctions against the Revolutionary Guards, we first must take a look back at how the 2015 nuclear deal intersected with the IRGC and its regional activities and interests. In what perhaps turned out to be a signal of where the Iran nuclear deal

Horrific echoes of Assad from the bloodshed in Myanmar

Oubai Shahbandar

A military official in Myanmar described it as a “clearing operation.” The Nobel Peace laureate, State Counsellor of Myanmar and the country’s de facto leader, Aung San Suu Kyi, refers to it as counter-terrorism. Buddhist nationalists call it self-defense against a people who do not belong in their country. But there is another word that aptly captures what is being

Can Gen. Joseph Votel avoid the mistakes of his predecessors?

Oubai Shahbandar

In a recent interview, Gen. Joseph Votel, chief of US Central Command — which oversees military operations from the Horn of Africa to Central Asia — discussed his vision for the Middle East’s future amid various armed conflicts. He said the new powers granted to the defense secretary allow field commanders fighting Daesh to be “more agile and more responsive

Closer US monitoring of illicit Qatar finance a good first step

Oubai Shahbandar

The announcement by the US Department of Justice (DoJ) that it will deploy officials to Doha to more closely inspect terror-related illicit finance is clearly due to the pressure exerted by the Anti-Terror Quartet (ATQ), comprising Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Bahrain and Egypt. The announcement, and Doha’s decision to amend its anti-terrorism law, were hailed by ATQ officials as a

Iranian expansion of air and naval bases in Syria is a threat to all

Oubai Shahbandar

Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) has taken advantage of recent cease-fire talks to further consolidate and expand its presence in Syria. While some Western diplomats have hailed limited and localized cease-fires in Syria as an important stepping stone to halting the violence, it is clear that the Iranians have other plans in mind. The cease-fire is holding in most of

Qatar’s links with Al-Qaeda network in Iran

Oubai Shahbandar

A key demand by the Arab Coalition to Qatar has been to significantly curtail Doha’s alleged ties with Tehran’s external security and intelligence entities, specifically the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC). UAE Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Anwar Gargash was quoted Saturday as saying: “Qatar seeks to promote an Iranian agenda.” Some analysts in the West have scoffed at

Pentagon needs to double down in battle for Syria’s Badia

Oubai Shahbandar

With Gen. James Mattis making his first official visit as secretary of defense to Saudi Arabia, one particular point of commonality is the matter of Arab tribal forces (many from the Shammar tribal confederation) fighting against Daesh in eastern Syria. These forces are increasingly under attack by the Syrian regime’s air force, yet they have made impressive battlefield gains that

Trump makes the right call in Syria

Oubai Shahbandar

Great leaders are often made by the decisions and paths they embark upon when faced with circumstances that shape history. In Syria, US President Donald Trump’s bold decision to strike the Bashar Assad regime has now brought him to the forefront of leadership on the global stage. The Assad regime made an egregious strategic error in attempting to test President

Time to end Assad’s WMD

Oubai Shahbandar

A new mass chemical weapons attack in Syria seems to have been launched against civilians on Tuesday morning, according to initial reports from medical workers and first-responders. In a scene eerily reminiscent of the regime’s sarin gas attack in Damascus in 2013, video and pictures emerged following the attack of the lifeless bodies of children, still in their pajamas, who

Iran’s Soleimani must be brought to justice

Oubai Shahbandar

Tehran is now sending advanced weaponry and seasoned advisers to support Houthi extremists in Yemen, according to recent revelations first reported by Reuters. The effort is led by Iran’s Qods Force, which has overseen the training and arming of Shiite extremist proxies in Iraq, Syria and Lebanon. Using that expertise and lessons learned in the battlefield, Qods Force operatives are

Newly revealed IRGC terror-training camps should be targeted

Oubai Shahbandar

The opposition National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI) Tuesday unveiled satellite imagery and extensively researched details on the operations, leadership structure, network and full scope of Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) Quds Force terrorist training camps. Spread throughout 14 locations in Iran, these camps are designed to indoctrinate and train a diverse foreign cadre of fighters. These camps provide

Trump calls to Arab leaders a positive sign

Oubai Shahbandar

Despite the ongoing mass hysteria among Washington’s punditry on the potential foreign policy fallout of President Donald Trump’s recent executive orders, the recent phone call between him and Saudi King Salman seems to have been warm and substantive. Trump’s call with Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al-Nahyan was characterized by both Washington and Abu Dhabi as reinforcing

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