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Amid a Diplomatic Spat with Saudi Arabia, Pakistan Rethinks Its Foreign Policy

The historically close relationship between Pakistan and Saudi Arabia hit a snag recently over differences in how to address India’s decision last year to revoke the special autonomy of Jammu and Kashmir, a Muslim-majority state that is also claimed by Pakistan.

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Macron Hits a Familiar Wall in Lebanon, and Puts the Blame on Hezbollah

Did anyone really believe that the catastrophic explosion at Beirut’s port in August that devastated large sections of the city would compel Lebanon’s politicians to end their disastrous political stalemate? French President Emmanuel Macron apparently did, as he made it his personal project to help pull Lebanon out of its …

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