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Kurds YPG Syria
Middle East

Won't get fooled again: Kurds have lent arms to US before, at their peril

America has relied on this independent minority in Syria and Iraq and has never offered concrete agreements or treaties in return. That matters.

IRIS Dena
QiOSK

After sinking Iranian ship, did the US Navy commit a war crime?

Hegseth says rules of engagement are 'stupid' but leaving survivors to drown violates laws America helped to put in place after World War II

Trump Iran war
QiOSK

The cost of Trump's Iran war: $5 billion and counting

The Pentagon will likely ask for $50B more in emergency funding

Arab and Gulf State leaders
Middle East

Why Arab states are terrified of US war with Iran

They see the military build-up and know that bombing and regime change can have consequences, especially geopolitical ones

Trump Maduro Netanyahu
Latin America

How Maduro overthrow was key node in US-Israeli war on Iran

It is important not to see them as separate operations: Venezuela was very much a precursor to regime change in Tehran.

Did the US only attack Iran because of Israel?
QiOSK

Did the US only attack Iran because of Israel?

As Trump’s campaign against the Iranian regime continues, analysts at this weekend's J Street conference debate why Washington opted to attack now