Near East Center for Strategic Engagement

“The FBI quietly arrested a 15-year-old boy outside of Philadelphia last month for allegedly threatening to launch an ISIS-inspired assault on Pope Francis while the world leader tours the United States next […]

“Thailand’s national police chief on Tuesday blamed Uighur militants, members of an aggrieved minority in western China, for a deadly bombing in Bangkok last month.” “After nearly a month of investigations into […]

“Kuwait has sentenced seven suspects to death, five of them in absentia, on Tuesday for their roles in the deadly attack on a Shiite mosque in June that killed 27 people, according […]

Dr. Ahmad Hatami, board member of Iranian Space Research Center, is one of 8 Iranians killed; Tehran accuses Riyadh of negligence. On Sunday, Iranian Parliament Speaker Ali Larijani accused the Saudi government […]

Who is the closest friend of Israel today, U.S.A or ….? “Russian President Vladimir put a proposition to Israel for Moscow to undertake responsibility for guarding Israel’s Mediterranean gas fields, along with […]

“A leader of the Freedom and Justice Party, the political wing of Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood party, died after being shot by Egyptian security forces, Al Jazeera Arabic reported Thursday. In a statement […]

“There is a growing belief within the US government that the Islamic State militant group is making and using crude chemical weapons in Iraq and Syria, a US official has told the […]

Near East Center for Strategic Engagement celebrates 1st year Anniversary Today-Sept. 11th 2015 is the first year anniversary of the Near East Center for Strategic Engagement (NEC-SE). There is much to reflect. […]

“It’s being called a ‘revolt’ by intelligence pros who are paid to give their honest assessment of the ISIS war—but are instead seeing their reports turned into happy talk.” “More than 50 […]

“BUDAPEST — Pope Francis’s message Sunday couldn’t have been clearer: With hundreds of thousands of refugees flowing into Europe, Catholics across the continent had a moral duty to help by opening their […]