Near East Center for Strategic Engagement

“Starting third quarter 2015, the US Air Force is starting preparations to bring in new B61 nuclear bombs to Luftwaffe’s Büchel Air Base, according to ZDF TV channel. German parliament previously called […]

22 SEP 15, LTC Sargis Sangari answers the question how do we defeat ISIS? Interview on Audrey Russo Show REELTalk.  Identifies and discusses the 5 critical components needed to defeat ISIS.  Speaks […]

The first paragraph says it all. “As US President Barack Obama welcomed Chinese President Xi Jinping to the White House on Friday, Sept. 25, and spoke of the friendship between the two […]

Assyrian Church of the East Holy Synod Elects New Patriarch Introduction The Holy Apostolic and Catholic (Universal) See based in Selucia-Ctisphon, will again have a Catholicos-Patriarch after the passing of His Holiness […]

Not only is Russia on the ground in Syria with its military the last major political and military footprint for U.S. in the Middle East which is in Iraq is now where […]

Lebanese Shi’ite group Hezbollah on Friday welcomed Russia’s military buildup in Syria in support of common ally President Bashar al-Assad, saying it was the failure of a US-led campaign against Islamic State […]

“A group of US-trained Syrian rebels has handed over their vehicles and ammunition to fighters linked to al-Qaeda, the US military has admitted.” “It said one rebel unit had surrendered six pick-up […]

“Egyptian security forces killed nine armed members of the outlawed Muslim Brotherhood in a raid on a Cairo home on Friday, security officials said. “The Brotherhood members clashed with security forces,” said […]

“Some 200 members of the Boko Haram Islamist militant group have given themselves up, in the biggest such surrender, Nigeria’s army says. The fighters are said to have handed themselves over in […]

Today NEC-SE posted the article:  What Pope Francis Said to both houses of US Congress and What We Determined. In the article we stated:  America must re-assess with frankness the causes of […]