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Is There Still a Deal to Be Done With Iran?
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The United States stepped right up to the brink of striking Iran over a downed American drone—and then abruptly stepped back. Yet the conditions that have stoked weeks of tens...
By Elisa Catalano Ewers
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Trump’s Iran Response Underlines Republican Rift Over National Security
President Trump’s decision to pull back on a planned military strike against Iran has divided Republicans, pitting hawks who criticized his midoperation retreat against a noni...
By Richard Fontaine
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What Will Follow Trump’s Cancelled Strike on Iran?
Shortly after 4 a.m. on Thursday, Iran’s Revolutionary Guard fired a missile at a U.S. drone flying near the Strait of Hormuz, the strategic gateway for world oil supplies. Th...
By Ilan Goldenberg
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Middle East Security / Energy, Economics & Security
Administration ponders more Iran sanctions, but hasn't imposed them yet despite Trump's claimOne day after coming within minutes of military strikes on Iran, the Trump administration has backed off its threat and is now weighing imposing additional sanctions against T...
By Elizabeth Rosenberg
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Middle East Security / Energy, Economics & Security
Pompeo to push Iran pressure campaign, oil sanctions compliance while in India: State officialUS Secretary of State Mike Pompeo will travel to India next week, but will offer no relief from oil sanctions to what was a top Iranian export market just two months ago, a se...
By Elizabeth Rosenberg
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Tensions between the U.S. and Iran are intensifying. What might come next?
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The downing of a U.S. drone by Tehran is the latest salvo fuelling fears of war between the U.S. and Iran. Tensions have been rising over the past year since U.S. President ...
By Kaleigh Thomas
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In The News
Defense / Middle East Security
Likely Pentagon Nominee Jumps Into Iran CrisisArmy Secretary Mark Esper won’t have much time to train up as President Donald Trump’s newest acting Pentagon chief. The U.S. Army veteran and defense industry lobbyist, who a...
By Jim Townsend
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Defense / Middle East Security
Trump downplays Iranian shootdown of U.S. surveillance droneAn unarmed U.S. surveillance drone was shot down by a missile fired from Iran, the Pentagon said Thursday, but U.S. and Iranian military officials disputed whether the unmanne...
By Chris Dougherty
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In The News
Defense / Middle East Security / Technology & National Security
How the Pentagon Nickel-and-Dimed Its Way Into Losing a DroneWednesday’s downing of a U.S. drone by Iran’s Revolutionary Guard exposes a weakness in U.S. operations. The United States has some of the world’s most sophisticated drones fo...
By Paul Scharre
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Katyusha rocket hits second US Iraqi base as Trump calls Iran 'nation of terror'
A Katyusha rocket was fired at a US-Iraqi training base in the city of Mosul late on Tuesday, in the second such attack in almost 24 hours. About 11.15pm, the rocket was fire...
By Nicholas Heras
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Congress expands Pentagon aid in Syria to cover Islamic State prisoners
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Congress wants to give the Pentagon more freedom to help US-backed forces in Syria detain Islamic State fighters in the war-torn country. The Senate version of the National De...
By Nicholas Heras
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10 killed in northeast Syrian wildfires: Monitor
At least 10 people have been killed in Kurdish-controlled northeast Syria since Thursday while trying to extinguish mass wildfires that have recently spread across thousands o...
By Nicholas Heras
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The Goal for Now Is Not Diplomacy With Iran, But Avoiding War
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So, is America going to war? For the first time in over 15 years, perhaps, that’s a very sensible question. The answer is: likely not. At least not in the Middle East. Ships...
By Ilan Goldenberg
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Kurds say White Helmets not welcome to help fight fires in northeast Syria
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The White Helmets rescue organization has offered to help with firefighting efforts in northeast Syria where thousands of acres of farmland have been recently destroyed, but S...
By Nicholas Heras
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Drumbeat of Iran war grows louder as Trump ratchets up pressure
The drumbeat of war between the United States and Iran grew louder on Friday as President Donald Trump flatly rejected Tehran’s insistence that it had nothing to do with a pai...
By Ilan Goldenberg
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As Oil Tankers Burn in Gulf, Investors Focus on Trade War
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For bulls and bears with long memories, the oil market may seem a lot like 1991. Nearly three decades ago, U.S. forces had just launched the “Desert Storm” operation to liber...
By Ilan Goldenberg
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Abdel-Basset al-Sarout: Controversial singer of Syria's war
The Aisha mosque in Idlib's al-Dana town on Sunday resonated with the words of Abdel-Basset al-Sarout, a Syrian footballer turned revolutionary song-writer and rebel, as gun-t...
By Nicholas Heras
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The 2020 Democrats Want to Reenter the Iran Deal. That May Not Be Possible.
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It’s Jan. 21, 2021. Still a little bleary-eyed from inauguration festivities, President Pete Buttigieg sits down at the Resolute Desk in the Oval Office and, with steely deter...
By Ilan Goldenberg
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In Syria's breadbasket, Kurds and regime battle for wheat
Gazing over his wheat field in northeastern Syria, farmer Adel Othman expects a bumper crop this year, but two rival authorities squabbling over his harvest have dashed his en...
By Nicholas Heras
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In The News
Defense / Indo-Pacific Security / Middle East Security
Trump's attacks on Iran complicate trade war with ChinaThe Trump administration has abandoned Obama-era engagement of both China and Iran in favor of pressure and confrontation. This has pushed Beijing and Tehran closer together, ...
By Elbridge Colby
