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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

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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

Kurdish peshmerga troops participate in an intensive security deployment
Middle East

Can Kurds in Iraq unite as US troops withdraw from the country?

The Kurdistan Regional Government announced a unification of its military forces, but there's a lot of work left to do

Increase in Hormuz oil traffic is papering over a darker reality
Middle East

Increase in Hormuz oil traffic is papering over a darker reality

Experts say a closer look reveals increasing prices, exhausting reserves, and an unsustainable security situation because Iran is still attacking