The assassination of Iran’s top military commander, Maj. Gen. Qassem Soleimani, raises a lot of questions about what an all-out war between the United States and Iran might look like.
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ISIS Is Trying to Gain a Bigger Foothold in Afghanistan as the U.S. Draws Down
The Islamic State’s deadly assault on one of the last remaining Sikh temples in Afghanistan this week was a grim reminder of how much more devastation lies ahead as the U.S. drawdown continues.
Read More »The Next U.S. President Will Face Hard Choices in Afghanistan
After more than a month of negotiations between the Taliban and the Afghan government, progress toward a peace agreement remains slow.
Read More »The U.S. Desperately Needs a Strategy to Deal With Russia’s Mercenary Armies
Reports this week that the United Arab Emirates is potentially financing Russian mercenaries in Libya affiliated with the notorious Wagner Group, according to a Pentagon watchdog, appear to be sending mini shockwaves through Washington. But the UAE has long had a fixation on mercenaries, and the fact that Russia is …
Read More »Don’t Fear a U.S. Troop Withdrawal From Germany
According to Washington’s punditocracy, there are only two ways to interpret the Pentagon’s announcement Wednesday that it plans to move ahead with withdrawing nearly 12,000 U.S. troops currently stationed in Germany. One view is that President Donald Trump is capitulating yet again to pressure from Russian President Vladimir Putin and …
Read More »Final Look: U.S. Security Policy in the Trump Era
When President Donald Trump entered office under an “America First” banner, it seemed to herald a new era of U.S. isolationism. As he prepares to leave the White House on Jan. 20, though, the shifts in America’s military engagements during his one-term presidency have been less dramatic than anticipated. Though …
Read More »US sanctions companies in UAE, China over Iranian petrochemical sales
A slew of new sanctions in Trump administration’s final weeks could complicate Biden’s pledge to rejoin the Iranian nuclear agreement.
Read More »Troops disengaged under Yemen deal: Saudi-led coalition
The military side of the Riyadh Agreement between the Yemeni government and the Southern Transitional Council (STC) has been successfully implemented, the Saudi-led coalition said on Wednesday.
Read More »Erdogan ally calls for Turkey's pro-Kurdish party to be banned
President Tayyip Erdogan’s nationalist ally said Turkey’s pro-Kurdish HDP party, the country’s third biggest, should be banned for separatism – a move the HDP’s co-leader condemned on Thursday as a bid to silence six million voters.
Read More »Migrants allege abuse, degrading conditions in Saudi deportation center
A new report from Human Rights Watch describes squalid conditions at a facility detaining mostly Ethiopian migrants in Riyadh. Saudi Arabia is detaining hundreds of migrants in inhumane, degrading conditions at a deportation center in Riyadh, Human Rights Watch (HRW) said in a new report that alleges guards have also …
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