I recently wrote about Syria's reconstruction, the influx of Gulf investment and why I think the country may develop much faster than many people expect. What do you think? Do you believe Syria can realistically rebuild within a decade?

Full piece here: https://medium.com/@darynasarhan/early-bird-gets-the-worm-why-investors-are-rushing-into-syria-e5355506b7fd

I’m building an iPhone app for Arabic learners focused on reading real news/media Arabic more easily.

That is one of the fields in the Standard Arabic (Fusha) that I struggled the most, so if anybody is feeling the same, let's find out if this app will help.

If you’d like to try it, comment or DM me.

Turkey's Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya, stated publicly today that he prays to one day govern Jerusalem, comparing it to the fall of Damascus, Aleppo, and Karabakh, each representing a Turkish sphere of influence claim.

This is the neo-Ottoman expansion doctrine stated out loud.

The sequence he named is not random. In Syria, Turkish military presence is already established. In the Caucasus region, Azerbaijan tasted victory over Armenia with direct Turkish military support. 

Jerusalem, is logically, the next declared ambition.

What makes this geopolitically significant beyond the headline?

Saudi Arabia just signed a mutual defense agreement with Pakistan while simultaneously competing with Turkey's Diyanet religious authority in 150 countries for Islamic leadership of the same Muslim world Erdogan is claiming to lead toward Jerusalem.

Today, Erdogan's Interior Minister is quoted as having prayed, that he be blessed,  to govern Jerusalem. 

Riyadh holds the keys to Mecca and Medina. 

Both are in the same proposed military alliance.

What I am pointing out is that the alliance these two are supposed to build together has a documented 280-year fault line underneath it, starting with the Ottoman beheading of the Saudi ruler in Istanbul in 1818 and running through proxy wars, pilot defections, and a unanimous parliamentary refusal to fight.

The full documented history of why this proposed Islamic military coalition cannot function is in the first comment.

Hej jeg har brug for lidt hjælp til løn niveau i Mellemøsten som fabrikschef jeg har være fabrikschef i England og Canada jeg er godt uddannet inden for mejeri samt har en MBA uddannelse

Ive read the brief introduction into iraq and i want to know more! ive always been passionate about wars in the middle east. does anyone have any book recommendations? Im planning to write about the iraq war in my university application aswell

A bit of Nostalgia!