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Apr 30, 2025

From Tripoli to Tehran: Lessons from Libya in US-Iran nuclear talks

By Yaseen Rashed

Twenty-one years later, the nuclear disarmament of Libya serves as a model for the United States in current nuclear negotiations with Iran.

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Apr 29, 2025

Why the US must not let Syria slip away

By Luke Wagner

Reconsidering the uneasy US-Syria relationship amid reports that Trump and al-Sharaa will meet during the US president’s Saudi Arabia visit.

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Scenes of destruction at the UN Blue Line, Southern Lebanon.

MENASource

Apr 29, 2025

Dispatch from the UN Blue Line: Israel’s ‘systematic destruction’ in Lebanon

By Nicholas Blanford

If Hezbollah refuses to disarm, Israel would almost certainly escalate its attacks possibly to the extent of resuming the war in Lebanon.

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Aug 26, 2024

Samaan joins Channel News Asia to discuss Hezbollah’s strike on Israel

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Aug 26, 2024

Samaan quoted in Breaking Defense on uneasy return to the status quo after Hezbollah-Israel strikes

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Aug 26, 2024

Citrinowicz quoted in CNN on Israel and Hezbollah’s clashes

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MENASource

Aug 25, 2024

After a failed attack, Hezbollah’s propaganda seeks to prevent a wider war with Israel

By David Daoud

Committed as Hezbollah is to saving its Gaza-based allies, the group does not currently want a full war with Israel.

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Aug 25, 2024

Citrinowicz quoted in Jewish Insider on Nasrallah’s warning of Iranian, Houthi attacks still to come

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Aug 24, 2024

Panikoff joins the Modern War Institute Podcast to discuss the Israeli-Iranian rivalry and Middle Eastern security landscape

By Atlantic Council

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Aug 24, 2024

Lipner quoted in El Pais on Netanyahu’s popularity in Israel

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Aug 24, 2024

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Aug 24, 2024

Azadah Raz Mohammad joins NPR to discuss Taliban codes on men and women’s dress

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Aug 24, 2024

Sales joins Fox News to discuss ceasefire and hostage talks

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