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Realists cheer as Elbridge Colby named top DoD official for policy

Trump rounded out his E-Ring Sunday night offering a rare pick for those in the restrainer camp

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Middle East

HTS: Can these Islamists truly unify a post-Assad Syria?

This author hopes a state-centered ideological political agenda — as opposed to a violent global jihadist one — can succeed after years of dictatorship.

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Report: Incoming Trump officials mulling attack on Iran

This conflicts with other voices, including the incoming vice president, who have urged restraint

Assad's fall may be the best thing to happen to Iran's reformists
Middle East

Assad's fall may be the best thing to happen to Iran's reformists

Tehran faces a pivotal moment that could shift its approach to both nuclear diplomacy and regional alliances

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Middle East

Set it off: How US invasion of Iraq led to chaos in Syria today

Washington torched the region and watched it burn through regime changes, Arab Spring, civil wars, and the regeneration of terror groups

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Middle East

Turkey and Israel are reaping rewards from the chaos in Syria

The losers? The resistance axis: Assad, Tehran and Hezbollah.