US military exercise brings Libya’s rival factions together

The initiative runs alongside an agreed budget and political discussions on power-sharing facilitated by an American envoy, but Washington is concerned about the presence of foreign fighters

Rifaat Balkhair

How Elections Can Lead to Peace

[caption id="attachment_55256276" align="alignnone" width="940"] This photo taken on April 14, 2018 shows an Afghan employee of the Independent Election Commission (IEC) registering a resident at a…

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Iran’s Secret Atomic Archives

On April 30 in a public appearance at Israel’s Ministry of Defense, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu presented evidence that Iran had preserved a massive archive of advanced research and design…

Joseph Braude

Ortega is Using Castro’s Playbook

[caption id="attachment_55256220" align="alignnone" width="940"] Nicaraguans living in Costa Rica demonstrate in front of the Nicaraguan embassy in San Jose on April 23, 2018, in support of the…

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Syria Strike Leaves Murky, Risky Aftermath

[caption id="attachment_55256158" align="alignnone" width="940"] A Syrian soldier inspects the wreckage of a building described as part of the Scientific Studies and Research Centre (SSRC) compound…

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