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Mar 20, 2025

Netanyahu’s Shin Bet shakeup moves Israel closer to chaos

By Shalom Lipner

With Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu determined to quash dissent within the nation’s civil service, Ronen Bar’s days seem numbered.

Israel Middle East

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Mar 19, 2025

Inside Hayat Tahrir al-Sham’s diplomatic offensive with Syria’s Christians and Ismailis

By Gregory Waters

HTS’s diplomatic offensive demonstrates the leadership’s political approach, which evolved over years of engaging with the Christian and Druze communities in Idlib.

Democratic Transitions Freedom and Prosperity

MENASource

Mar 19, 2025

Why the United States must bridge the Iraq-Syria divide

By Sarkawt Shamsulddin

With leverage over both capitals, the United States emerges as the linchpin in delicate diplomatic moment between Baghdad and Damascus.

English Iraq
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