A meeting of stakeholders of the anti-ISIS coalition met in Paris and concluded that everything’s going swimmingly. What kind of victories will ISIS need to score for a change in strategy?

Thousands of Pakistani and Afghan mercenaries are flooding into Syria, financed by Iran, which is doubling down on its commitment to keep Assad in power.

Full coverage is now up of WRM and the Archbishop of New York talking about Christians in the Middle East.

The only thing that could make the Middle East worse right now? A big helping of Pakistan.

An Iraqi exile eavesdrops on life in her old hometown of Mosul.

As Sunnis and Shiites massacred each other in two prominent American-allied nations, the cost of our lack of leadership grows.

The Administration is building the right sort of coalition to take down ISIS, and says it’s committed to the group’s total destruction. Good. The rollout of the announcement? Less so.

The flames of Syria’s civil war are now licking at its border with Israel.

Lebanon is gearing up for a protracted fight with ISIS and wants the U.S. to supply it with air and firepower.

Iraq is witnessing its worst bout of extremism and violence since the civil war ended. That’s bad news for the entire region.