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Iran war shows perils of America's Mideast bases
Middle East

Iran war shows perils of America's Mideast bases

US outposts are sitting targets for Iranian strikes. It's time to start the process of closing them down

Lebanon Beirut
Middle East

US policy toward Lebanon is badly broken

Washington has stoked a cycle of violence by prizing Israeli security over Lebanese stability

As Trump squeezes, can de Villepin give new backbone to France?
Europe

As Trump squeezes, can de Villepin give new backbone to France?

For the former foreign minister, Emmanuel Macron’s equivocation on Iran is a retreat from the Gaullist tradition of French strategic autonomy

Trump brothers
Military Industrial Complex

Trump wages war, his sons get payoff through savvy investments

Eric and Don Jr. are backing myriad weapons technology companies, including drones, which are very much in demand in Iran conflict

Not so diplomatic: Witkoff, Kushner, and Trump’s march to war in Iran
Middle East

Not so diplomatic: Witkoff, Kushner, and Trump’s march to war in Iran

Reports indicate that two of the president’s key advisers offered misleading advice that helped push the US toward conflict

As Iran war rages, Washington opens a new front in Ecuador
Latin America

As Iran war rages, Washington opens a new front in Ecuador

The Trump administration has joined the Ecuadoran government's military campaign against alleged 'narco-terrorists'