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February 27, 2026 Prisoner Exchange Between Central Government and Druze Factions is an Opportunity To Cement Stability in Syria After the July 2025 Syrian government offensive in the south of the country that resulted in the deaths of at least 1,000 members of the Druze minority, reconciliation between Damascus and the Druze appeared... February 27, 2026 Trump Touts ‘Peace Through Strength’ in State of the Union, but Results Are Mixed “Peace through strength” is a foreign policy motto that has served President Donald Trump well — when he has adhered to it. In his hyper-partisan State of the Union address on Tuesday, there was... February 27, 2026 Iranian Kurdish groups unite against Tehran regime, Iraqi militias threaten Kurdistan Region Five Kurdish Iranian groups announced the formation of a united coalition against the Tehran regime in a joint press conference on February 22. The press conference was held by leaders... February 27, 2026 How the White House Is Keeping Russia out of the South Caucasus Excerpt Vice President JD Vance’s historic visit to the South Caucasus ended in controversy. Vance deleted a post on X that showed him paying respects at the Armenian Genocide Memorial in Yerevan,... February 27, 2026 How Turkey’s Aggression in the Horn of Africa Could Benefit Al-Shabaab Israel’s recognition of Somaliland’s independence generated Turkish outrage and condemnation. While official press from Ankara objected to the Israeli decision on the grounds that... February 26, 2026 Gambling Is an Intelligence Asset Excerpt America’s adversaries are always searching for an edge—advance warning of a military strike, a window into classified decision-making, a tool to sow panic in financial markets. They may... February 26, 2026 Reported U.S. Demands on Iran Fall Short of Eliminating Tehran’s Threat During the latest round of indirect talks in Geneva, the United States reportedly presented Iran with demands that fall short of eliminating the Islamic Republic’s nuclear threat. According... February 26, 2026 Negotiations Between U.S. and Iran Fail To Yield Conclusive Result Amid Growing Crisis No Breakthrough: As the United States continued building up the largest force of American warships and aircraft in the Middle East in decades, American and Iranian negotiators convened for... February 26, 2026 Treasury Moves To Cut Off Swiss Bank for Aiding America’s Adversaries An opaque Swiss bank may soon lose its access to the U.S. dollar — and the story of how it got there runs through Venezuela, Russia, and Iran. The Treasury Department’s Financial Crimes Enforcement... February 26, 2026 A Framework for Syria’s Religious Minorities Excerpt ... February 26, 2026 Georgia is becoming Iran’s sanctions evasion hub Tbilisi’s TV Tower lit up in the colors of the Islamic Republic on Feb. 11 to mark the anniversary of the 1979 revolution that brought Iran’s theocratic rulers to power. The streets... February 26, 2026 Total nuclear dismantlement is Iran’s only option to stop an American attack A crucial meeting took place in Geneva in what is being described as the ayatollah regime’s last opportunity to accept US President Donald Trump’s terms – or bear the consequences. The... February 26, 2026 Russia to supply Iran with shoulder-fired air defense system Iran is looking to Russia to bolster its depleted air defenses after Iran’s June 2025 war with Israel and as it faces the largest US military buildup in the Middle East since the 2003 invasion of Iraq.... February 26, 2026 Hamas Turns to Seaborne Arms Smuggling Hamas has increased the scope of its tactics to rearm in Gaza, using the Mediterranean Sea’s undertow as its instrument. Israeli media have reported that Hamas is using drift-containers that float... February 26, 2026 Turkey Negotiates Repatriation of ISIS Detainees It Once Enabled After years of serving as a key transit hub for foreign fighters and an enabler of the Islamic State’s (ISIS’s) campaign to establish a caliphate, Turkey is now in negotiations to repatriate its own... February 26, 2026 Chinese Online Influence Operation Spreads Anti-American Conspiracy Claims President Donald Trump is to blame for the worsening fentanyl crisis in the United States. The U.S. manipulated the elections in Honduras last November. Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi is a corrupt... February 25, 2026 Burhan Rejects President Trump’s Plan to End the War in Sudan The Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF), under General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, have rejected President Donald Trump’s proposed plan to end Sudan’s devastating civil war. Sudan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs... February 25, 2026 How Russia Used Influence Operations To Undermine U.S. Interests in Africa Two years ago, the West African nation of Niger dismissed U.S. troops and welcomed Russian ones. A new report documents how Russian information operations exploited preexisting vulnerabilities that facilitated... February 25, 2026 Saving the European-American marriage One of the most popular magazines in the years following World War II was the Ladies’ Home Journal. One of its most popular features was “Can this marriage be saved?” Why am I dredging up... February 25, 2026 Leaked Documents Highlight China’s Role in New Belarusian Ammo Plant A new report has revealed critical details regarding China’s role in establishing a new Belarussian factory that is expected to supply artillery ammunition to the Russian military. The February 23 report... February 25, 2026 Hezbollah Puts the U.S. Embassy in Beirut in Its Sights The safety of U.S. governmental assets and personnel in Lebanon cannot be taken for granted. Underscoring that concern, the State Department ordered the departure of all non-emergency government personnel... February 25, 2026 How US Strikes on Iran Can Aid the Protest Movement As the United States’ efforts at diplomacy with Iran stall, the US military is moving additional assets into the Middle East in preparation for war. Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei refuses to dismantle... February 25, 2026 Houthis escalate attacks against Yemeni government-aligned forces The Houthis are redeploying forces along major frontlines in Hodeidah and Marib Governorates and have increased attacks on the coalition of anti-Houthi groups aligned with the Yemeni... February 25, 2026 The US should stop indulging Hungary and Slovakia In 2019, the then-Sen. Marco Rubio co-wrote an open letter to President Donald Trump, warning him about “the steady erosion of freedom, the rule of law and quality of governance”... February 24, 2026 Countering Iran’s Covert Chemical Weapons Program February 24, 2026 Killing ‘El Mencho’ was just Step One in taking down the Mexican terror cartels The death of Nemesio “El Mencho” Oseguera Cervantes decapitated the Cártel Jalisco Nueva Generación, one of the most dangerous drug organizations in North America. There’s no denying... February 24, 2026 Washington Must Not Relax Nonproliferation Standards for Saudi Arabia Will a forthcoming nuclear deal between the U.S. and Saudi Arabia ease Riyadh’s path to attaining a nuclear weapon? Current indications suggest that, worryingly, the answer is yes. The United States... February 24, 2026 Four Years Into Russia’s Invasion, U.S. Course Correction Needed To End War in Ukraine Exactly four years since launching its full-scale invasion, Russia has still failed to subjugate Ukraine. Yet Russian President Vladimir Putin has not abandoned that goal. He now aims to achieve at the... February 24, 2026 U.S. State Department orders non-emergency personnel to depart from Beirut embassy On February 23, the US State Department ordered the departure of all non-emergency government personnel from the US Embassy in Beirut, along with their family members. A State Department... February 24, 2026 Former Iraq PM Maliki vows to pursue a return to office despite US opposition Former Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al Maliki has said he will continue seeking to become the next prime minister of the country. In an interview with Agence France-Presse (AFP) published... February 24, 2026 How Did the United States End Up on the Same Side as the Muslim Brotherhood in Yemen? Extremism in Yemen has never solely been a Yemeni problem. Terror organizations with global ambitions have long operated from the country. Civil war has drawn in neighbors and regional powers like Iran,... February 24, 2026 Lebanon Is the Second Front in a Looming Iran War Tensions between Washington and Tehran are rising by the day. But while much of the commentary focuses on what might happen inside Iran, more immediate danger likely lies to Israel’s north. Lebanon is... February 24, 2026 It’s Time to Confront Afghanistan and Iran About Al-Qaeda Iran’s nuclear program is at the heart of its ongoing standoff with the United States, but Washington also needs to confront Iran on another key issue: its persistent support for al-Qaeda and its ongoing... February 24, 2026 Despite Sitting on Board of Peace, Turkey Implements New Measures To Block Trade With Israel In keeping with its reputation as Hamas’s most vocal cheerleader on the international stage, Turkey has announced new measures to stifle Israel’s international trade. Specifically, Ankara will refuse... February 24, 2026 Islamic State ramps up attacks on Syrian government after issuing threats The Islamic State (IS) intensified attacks against the Syrian government since February 21, carrying out at least six operations across Raqqa and Deir Ezzour provinces that have killed at least eight Syrian... February 24, 2026 Let Lebanon Debate Peace The majority of Lebanese oppose peace with Israel, and elected officials who pursue normalization with the Jewish state risk political suicide. Nevertheless, popular rejection of peace does not justify... February 23, 2026 Israeli strikes against Hamas in Lebanon signal a sustained strategy An Israeli strike on a Hamas site in Lebanon’s Ain al Hilweh camp on February 20 underscores a shift in Israel’s counterterrorism campaign: Palestinian terrorist groups operating from Lebanese territory... February 23, 2026 When U.S. Allies Turn on Each Other, America Must Act Two gasoline Goliaths of the Persian Gulf are facing off, and neither of them is Iran — in fact, both are allies of the United States. Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) have been friends... February 23, 2026 Israeli operations in Lebanon against Hezbollah: February 16–22, 2026 The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) conducted numerous operations throughout Lebanon against Hezbollah between February 16 and February 22, 2026. While Israeli activities this week mostly consisted of policing... February 23, 2026 Iran and U.S. Set To Meet for New Talks as University Students Revive Domestic Protests Students Spark New Protests: Iranian university students led renewed anti-regime protests on February 22, calling for the fall of the Islamic Republic and commemorating those murdered... February 23, 2026 China’s Covert Test May Signal a Shift in Beijing’s Nuclear Posture China is actively modernizing and expanding its nuclear arsenal to incorporate next-generation capabilities. Citing sources familiar with U.S. intelligence assessments, a February 21 CNN report noted... February 23, 2026 Iran’s Crackdown on Christians Undermines Trump’s Emphasis on Religious Freedom When the Tehran regime falters abroad, Iran’s religious minorities pay the price at home. A recently published report by Christian advocacy groups, including Article 18, Open Doors, Christian Solidarity... February 23, 2026 What Russia’s War on Telegram Means for the West The Russian government escalated its information crackdown by drastically slowing down the service of Telegram, a popular Russian messaging app used by more than 100 million Russians, including government... February 21, 2026 What if the Iranian Regime Is Stronger Than Trump Thinks? The recent uprising in Iran was the first time the theocracy faced nationwide protests after losing a war. But by massacring thousands of Iranians in January, the ruling elite has shown that... February 20, 2026 Supreme Court Strikes Down Trump’s ‘Emergency’ Tariffs, Not His Ability to Reorient Global Trade The Supreme Court just issued a significant blow to the Trump administration’s trade policy. On February 20, the high court ruled that Donald Trump’s application of tariffs under the International... February 20, 2026 Eyeing China’s Growth, NIST Launches New Standards Initiative for AI Agents Washington is seeking to place artificial intelligence (AI) agents at the center of American technology dominance. On February 17, the National Institute for Standards and Technology (NIST) launched the... February 20, 2026 Turkey Leaves Gaza Peace Board Summit Empty-Handed Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan left the inaugural Board of Peace summit in Washington without securing a spot for Turkish troops in Gaza’s International Stabilization Force (ISF). Turkey’s exclusion... February 20, 2026 Poland Bans Chinese Cars From Military Sites Over Spying Fears The idea that cars might spy on people sounds like something from a box office thriller or a Jetsons cartoon, but Polish officials have recognized the real espionage risk associated with Chinese smart... February 20, 2026 Israel strikes Hamas in Lebanon, Palestinian terrorists violate Gaza ceasefire 14 times from February 5 to 20, IDF says Palestinian terrorists violated the Gaza ceasefire 14 times between February 5 and February 20 and 113 times since the truce’s implementation last October, according to the Israel Defense Forces (IDF).... February 20, 2026 Turkey’s Cabinet Reshuffle Sets the Stage for Its Next President On February 11, Turkish lawmakers came to blows on the parliament floor over President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s decision to appoint new justice and interior ministers. Cabinet reshuffles are routine in...

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