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Yemen’s Houthi Ansar Allah Movement Opens ‘Representation Office’ In Baghdad, Houthi Representative Visits PMU Operation Room, Meets With Iraqi Shi’ite Tribes

On July 8, 2024, the Qatari online daily Al-Arabi Al-Jadid reported that according to an unnamed Iraqi official source, Yemen’s Iran-backed Ansar Allah Movement (Houthis) had opened, that same day, a headquarters in Baghdad. The outlet also cited Iraqi news reports confirming that the Houthis inaugurated what was described as …

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The Dangerous Push for Israeli-Saudi Normalization

Without a Real Path to a Palestinian State, a Deal Will Destabilize the Middle East During his first three years in office, U.S. President Joe Biden based his Middle East strategy on a single, straightforward project: normalizing relations between Israel and Saudi Arabia. Such a deal, Washington thought, would stabilize …

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A Better Path for Ukraine and NATO

What Kyiv Could Do Now for a Place in the Alliance We know what will not happen at NATO’s 75th anniversary summit in Washington this week: Ukraine becoming the alliance’s 33rd member. U.S. officials are talking instead about giving Ukraine “a bridge to NATO,” as National Security Council Senior Director …

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Russia’s Speedy Military Rebuild Doesn’t Tell the Whole Story

As the fighting in Ukraine grinds on, Western policymakers and military officials are thinking ahead to the next war. Given how fast Russia is reconstituting its military, they are asking, when might it be able militarily to launch another large-scale offensive operation? German Chief of Defense Carsten Breuer told reporters …

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NATO’s Biggest Test Since the Cold War Is Still Ahead

The allies have to find a way to end the war without sacrificing Ukraine in the process. At this week’s celebration of NATO’s seventy-fifth anniversary, there will be plenty of self-congratulatory speeches about the strongest, most enduring, and most successful alliance in history and promises to keep it that way …

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Spotlight on Iran

Following the election of Masoud Pezeshkian as president of Iran, there has been a marked Iranian effort to emphasize Iran’s commitment to continued support for the “resistance front” it leads: the Iranian media has highlighted the message of support sent by the president-elect to Hezbollah’s secretary-general, in which he stressed …

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