“As Kerry put it in a speech to the U.S. Institute of Peace on Thursday, before heading to the airport, “Time and turbulence can generate new possibilities.” However, he also noted, “There […]
The Near East Center for Strategic Engagement (NEC-SC) is an academic and operationalized policy studies/research institution and think tank that provides political-military analyses and assessments of Middle Eastern affairs for a diverse international cliental representing both government and private interests. Drawing on a wide range of professional experience and expertise, NEC-SC conducts intelligence briefings, prepares reports, and develops associated informational materials relevant to achieving individual client objectives. NEC-SC also sponsors educational programs and multimedia presentations aimed at promoting awareness and increasing knowledge among the general public of Middle Eastern peoples, nations, topics, and issues. Additionally, NEC-SC serves as the military advisory group for the Assyrian Army in Iraq (Dwekh Nawsha), working in collaboration with Assyrian military and civilian leaders and private military contractors to provide tactical, operational, and strategic planning, direction, training, and support for conducting combat and civil affairs operations against ISIS in Iraq and Syria. In tandem with its military mission.
“As Kerry put it in a speech to the U.S. Institute of Peace on Thursday, before heading to the airport, “Time and turbulence can generate new possibilities.” However, he also noted, “There […]
“PARIS, France – French President Francois Hollande has cancelled his visit to the G20 summit in Turkey following a wave of attacks in Paris, his office said. He will be represented by Foreign […]
“There are reports in the media that state the Obama Administration will designate ISIS’s attacks on Yazidis in Iraq as genocide, without giving the same designation to ISIS’s attacks on Assyrians and […]
“A State Department genocide designation for ISIS may be imminent was acknowledged last week in congressional testimony, by Ambassador Anne Patterson, the assistant secretary of the State Department’s Near East Bureau.” “Yazidis, […]
“The United States has announced rewards worth a total $27 million for information on six top commanders in the Somali Islamist militant group al Shabaab, which has launched attacks across East Africa.” […]
Over the past 24 hours a minimum 5 air Sorties have destroyed 14 major targets within the ISIL capital city of Al Raqqa. The city is currently under smoke cover and has […]
The freeway that connects Aleppo to Damascus is within the grasp of Bashar Al Assad forces. The Syrian Army is within 4 KM’s of the road. Currently their is heavy fighting in […]
The City of Aleppo in Syria is fully surrounded, Bashar al-Assad forces 10 miles from the city center.
The city of Sinjar has been taken from ISIL. More details will follow.
On 11 NOV 15 NEC-SE posted the article: Why Middle East peacemakers do not live in peace. In the article we looked at both Israeli and Palestinian leaders who extended their hand […]