Middle East
Goodnight Baghdad: US troops leave Iraq after 23 years
Had anyone told me while I was dodging IEDs in 2007 that I'd be writing about the final withdrawal at age 48, I would have rightly questioned the entire project
September 30, 2026
Middle East
QiOSK
Record number vote to raise hell over settler violence in West Bank
Forty-six Democratic Senators vote in favor, but resolution fails in near party-line vote.
September 29, 2026
Middle East
Clock ticking on Democrat effort to kill flawed US-Saudi nuke deal
Members will have a limited time after the midterms to bring a resolution to a vote. Then again, Trump's own conditions might spoil the pact anyway.
September 29, 2026
Middle East
Israel wants US-led force to disarm Lebanon's Hezbollah
Lebanon prefers the UN to continue to provide peacekeeping functions at the fraught southern border but its mandate expires in three months
September 28, 2026
Washington Politics
He lobbied for Saudis after 9/11. Now he's repping them on Yemen
DC-based Michael Petruzzello has worked for years to promote Riyadh's interests, even when no one else wanted to
September 28, 2026
Asia-Pacific
Why South Korea won’t send military to Strait of Hormuz
Even after considering the US president's threats and the nation's historic ties with Washington, Seoul has insisted that the war in Iran is not its own.
September 25, 2026
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