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Middle East

Why Saudi Arabia has returned to war in Yemen

Riyadh apparently believes that diplomacy has failed and previous efforts to appease the Houthis have merely caused their ambitions to expand.

Iranian Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf at a sessino of parliament in early 2026
Middle East

Is Iran poised to withdraw from the Non-Proliferation Treaty?

Opposition to the agreement now goes beyond the country's most hardline elements

Benjamin Netanyahu
Middle East

What did Netanyahu know before Oct. 7?

His re-election prospects are threatened as recent investigations detail alerts from abroad in the days and weeks before the 2023 Hamas attack

benezel smotrich natcon
Washington Politics

NatCon 2026 in Israel: Coming home?

The annual confab, ostensibly launched for American conservatives in 2019, is in Jerusalem this week, largely focused on shoring up US support for the Jewish state

A US soldier sits looking out the back of a CH-47 helicopter as it flies in northern Iraq
Middle East

Despite war US military is leaving a stronger Iraq behind

Washington had long overstayed its welcome. Now, it's time for the diplomats to step up.

Zach Bryan Gaza
Washington Politics

Unlike Sheeran, Zach Bryan read the room and wore the right shirt

Pop artists are finding that it's a professional risk to be seen surrendering to the pressure of Israeli lobby on Gaza