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Syria’s Fragile Integration: The SDF Joins the Army but Autonomy Remains Elusive
Nov 5, 2025Gregory AftandilianAn October 2025 deal between Damascus and the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF)—which are linked to the Kurdish-dominated autonomous administration…
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Sudan’s War: The Failure of Mediation and the Struggle for Civilian Rule
Oct 31, 2025Ingie GoharOn April 15, 2023, a power struggle between the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) led by Abdel Fattah al-Burhan and…
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No Protection, No Justice: US Citizens Killed with Impunity by Israel
Oct 30, 2025Yara M. AsiOn a cold night in January 2022, Omar Assad, an elderly Palestinian American man, was driving back to his…
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Will the Ceasefire in Gaza Impact Disarmament in Lebanon?
Oct 22, 2025Patricia KaramIn late September 2025, nearly two years after the start of Israel’s war on Gaza, President Donald Trump unveiled…
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Construction in the E1 Area: Preventing Palestinian Geographical Contiguity
Oct 22, 2025Mtanes Shihadeh Ikram MohammedThe Israeli government continues to exploit the post-October 7, 2023, situation to impose a new geopolitical and demographic reality…
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The Willing Fools’ Peace of the Middle East
Rather than serving as a forum for hashing out difficult next steps for Gaza, the Sharm summit was largely…
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Israel’s Attack on Qatar and the Failure of GCC Defense Cooperation
Oct 14, 2025Kristian Coates UlrichsenOn September 9, 2025, Israel attacked Qatar in an act of international aggression that caused shockwaves in Doha, across…
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Baghdad Between Tehran and Washington: The Struggle for a Sovereign State
Oct 9, 2025Patricia KaramIraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia’ al-Sudani is walking a delicate tightrope between asserting the country’s sovereignty and maintaining relations…
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The Trump-Netanyahu Plan for Gaza: A Legal Analysis
Oct 9, 2025Jonathan KuttabMuch has been said and written about the Gaza peace plan announced by President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime…
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Why the Rush to Recognize Palestine? And Does It Matter?
Oct 8, 2025Charles W. DunneRecognition of a State of Palestine has recently taken on new momentum. On September 22, 2025, France became the…
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Beyond Gaza: The Strategic Fault Lines in Turkey–Israel Relations
Oct 2, 2025Salim ÇevikTurkey–Israel relations have entered one of their most tense periods in years, triggered by a series of regional developments…
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Another Half-Baked Trump Gaza Plan
On September 29, the White House announced a new 20-point plan for ending the Israeli war on Gaza that…
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Israel’s Attack on Qatar and the End of Diplomacy
Sep 30, 2025Nabeel A. KhouryOn September 9, 2025, Israel attacked a Hamas delegation in Doha, Qatar, as it was meeting to discuss the…
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From Syria to Sudan: How Captagon Fuels Instability
Sep 26, 2025Gregory AftandilianSyria’s former Assad regime was the primary producer and chief beneficiary of the Captagon drug trade. Although the new…
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Gaza’s Medical Crisis and the US Visa Freeze
Sep 25, 2025Yara M. AsiOn July 7, 2024, an Israeli bombing in Khan Younis, Gaza, killed the parents, brother, and sister of a…
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Can Lebanon Be a Hub for Syria’s Reconstruction?
Sep 24, 2025Patricia KaramNearly a year after the end of Syria’s civil war and the fall of the Assad dictatorship, the country…
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Recognizing a Palestinian State as Gaza Still Burns
During the eightieth meeting of the United Nations General Assembly, a number of countries—Andora, Australia, Belgium, Canada, France, Luxembourg,…
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Fueling Instability: Hydrocarbons, Protests, and the Limits of Yemen’s Internationally Recognized Government
Sep 12, 2025Nicholas BrumfieldIn late July 2025, large-scale protests against electricity outages, economic deterioration, and general mismanagement by Yemen’s Internationally Recognized Go…
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The US-Egypt Relationship Might Face a Reckoning
Sep 11, 2025Charles W. DunneThe relationship between the United States and Egypt has seen many highs and lows over the decades. Under Presidents…
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Striking a US Ally: Israel’s Attack on Qatar and the Erosion of Regional Stability
Sep 9, 2025Hanna Alshaikh Charles W. Dunne Khalil E. Jahshan Tamara Kharroub Yousef Munayyer Kristian Coates UlrichsenOn the morning of September 9, 2025, 15 Israeli jets carried out an airstrike on residential buildings in Doha,…
