The 2026 Lebanon-Israel talks have echoes in 1983

Largely forgotten by history, leaders in Beirut and Tel Aviv shook hands on a plan for normal bilateral relations 43 years ago, after yet another Israeli occupation of southern Lebanon.

Elie Kossaifi

ISIS' Intelligence Service Refuses to Die

[caption id="attachment_55254930" align="aligncenter" width="3260"] A member of Iraqi intelligence (R) guards 31 suspected ISIS group members at the Intelligence headquarters in Baghdad on March 16,…

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A Pan-Eurasian Dream in Progress

[caption id="attachment_55254924" align="aligncenter" width="3213"] Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan (C) and Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev (R) attend the opening ceremony of the first…

Yasmine Ahmed

Hariri’s Resignation Exposed Hezbollah

[caption id="attachment_55254910" align="aligncenter" width="3000"] Lebanon's Prime Minister Saad Hariri makes a public appearance at his home "Beit al-Wasat" November 22, 2017 in Beirut, Lebanon…

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After ISIS, What's Next for Marawi?

[caption id="attachment_55254894" align="aligncenter" width="4000"] Blindfolded suspected self-styled ISIS group members are transported in a police vehicle after being captured in a village in…

Yasmine Ahmed

America's Kurdish Conundrum

[caption id="attachment_55254885" align="aligncenter" width="3000"] People are seen on the street in the old city on October 27, 2017 in Erbil, Iraq. (Getty)[/caption] by Behnam Ben Taleblu and Merve…

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Brexit, Stage Right?

[caption id="attachment_55254878" align="aligncenter" width="4491"] Britain's Prime Minister Theresa May walks behind flags of Europe as she arrives on the second day of a summit of European Union …

Ronald J. Granieri

How America Can Win in Iran

[caption id="attachment_55254854" align="aligncenter" width="3000"] Yemen's Shiite Huthi rebels shout slogans during a gathering to mobilise more fighters to battlefronts to fight pro-government…

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Preventing the Next Attack

[caption id="attachment_55254850" align="aligncenter" width="2888"] An air traveler is patted down after passing through a full-body scanner at Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) on February 20,…

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After the Mogadishu Attacks

[caption id="attachment_55254846" align="aligncenter" width="3888"] Hardline Islamist fighters from Al-Shabab(Getty)[/caption] by Stig Jarle Hansen, Christopher Anzalone On October 14, a terrorist…

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