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How a Sweeping New Parties Law Turns Participation Into a Tool of Coercion Ahead of the June 2026 Vote
We May See the Wholesale Destruction of the Forces and the Authority That Paid the Highest Price to Defeat ISIS
The Advance of the Syrian Govt. Forces Has Been Accompanied by Atrocities, Including the Execution of Prisoners and the Abuse and Tormenting of Captured Female Kurdish Fighters
Protests Have Broken Out Across the Country. We’ve Been Here Before.
How the West Mistook Elite Activism for Moral Renewal in the Arab World
How Islam Severed Itself from the Biblical World That Once Made Its Scripture Intelligible
Regime Change Would Transform the Middle East—But Not Necessarily for the Better
A Disinformation Campaign Reveals the Somali Government’s Fear of Strategic Irrelevance
Opposition Lawmakers Allege Regulators, Bank Executives, and Political Figures Were Shielded as the Probe Was Narrowed
A Sunken Russian Freighter Reveals a Hidden Proliferation Route in the Mediterranean
Algiers Turns Humanitarian Branding Into A Soft-Power Weapon After Defeat At The U.N.
A Newly Emergent Group Outlines Its Ideology, Alliances, And Opposition To Post-Assad Syria
Losing Ground In The Red Sea, Cairo Turns A Gaza Rumor Into A Domestic Distraction
The Real Test Of Gaza’s “Day After” Will Be Whether Hamas Faces Any Meaningful Compulsion
Somaliland’s Independence Is Not Analogous To The “Turkish Republic Of Northern Cyprus”
How The Muslim Brotherhood Survived Crackdowns By Going Corporate
Recognizing Somaliland Defeats ‘Ilhan Omar’ Narrative And Strengthens U.S. Strategy
Court Records Reveal How Turkish Smuggling Networks Exploit Both The Canadian And Mexican Borders
How Egypt’s Satellite Program Undermines Western Intelligence Leverage
How European NGOs Laundered Humanitarian Aid Into Hamas’s War Machine
Washington Dithers as China Moves to Crush a Rare Pro-American Democracy
Europe’s Migration Deal Is Funding Authoritarianism and Opening North Africa to Iran and China
How Sharia-Based Restrictions on Church Repairs Sparked Mob Violence and State Appeasement
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