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A month after IS 'caliphate' defeated, challenges aplenty
Sleeper cells, prisons teeming with jihadists, camps crammed with their wives and children -- perils abound in Syria, nearly a month after the Islamic State group's "caliphate...
By Nicholas Heras
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Trump peace package for Middle East likely to stop short of Palestinian statehood
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President Trump’s proposal for a “deal of the century” to resolve the Arab-Israeli conflict promises practical improvements in the lives of Palestinians but is likely to stop ...
By Ilan Goldenberg
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Designating Iran's Revolutionary Guard as terror group could jeopardize U.S. troops
The White House was looking to shake things up when it designated Iran's Revolutionary Guard Corps as a foreign terrorist organization. It worked. “American terrorists killed...
By Ilan Goldenberg
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No Matter What Happens In 2020, Trump And Netanyahu Will Keep Their Big Win
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As Benjamin Netanyahu looks set to begin his fifth term as prime minister of Israel — after working with an openly racist party and promising an unprecedented seizure of land ...
By Ilan Goldenberg
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Netanyahu can thank populist leaders around the world for his victory, including Trump
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Despite what can only be described as a bruising year, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is poised to hold on to power after Tuesday’s elections in his country. Even ...
By Ilan Goldenberg
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5 things to know about one of Israel’s most important elections in decades
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Israelis head to the polls Tuesday in what could be the most consequential election in decades. Right-wing Prime Minister Benjamin “Bibi” Netanyahu, who has spent a total of ...
By Ilan Goldenberg
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SDF leader says ready for talks with Turkey if they leave Afrin
The Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) are ready for talks with Turkey if they agree to leave Afrin and end Ankara’s threats on northeastern Syria, a Kurdish commander said on Mon...
By Nicholas Heras
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Security forces in Raqqa bust ISIS sleeper cell
Security forces in Syria’s Raqqa on Sunday arrested six people who were allegedly involved in Islamic State sleeper cell activities. Raqqa Internal Security Forces (RISF), a p...
By Nicholas Heras
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Trump administration to designate Iran’s Revolutionary Guards a terror group – report
The Trump administration is reportedly planning to designate Iran’s Revolutionary Guards as a terrorist organisation, in an unprecedented step aimed at escalating Washington’s...
By Ariane Tabatabai
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Dateline Washington: Between Peace, Washington and Israel’s Elections
It was nearly impossible to walk in the hallways outside the House Foreign Affairs Committee this Wednesday without being asked about the upcoming elections in Israel. Members...
By Ilan Goldenberg
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How a 'smarter' Islamic state is quietly taking over swathes of Syria after ISIS defeat
The Islamic State’s caliphate is no more. Four years after its fighters captured large swathes of Iraq and Syria and declared its intention to spread jihad around the world, t...
By Nicholas Heras
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ISIS defeat in Syria fuels debate over foreign fighters’ repatriation
As the last scraps of the Islamic State’s caliphate fall to the Western-backed and Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces, the victors must deal with a potentially dangerous pea...
By Nicholas Heras
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ISIS sleeper cell attack kills one SDF fighter in Syria’s Deir al-Zor
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A car bomb in the Syrian province of Deir al-Zor on Friday killed a fighter from the US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), an SDF spokesperson confirmed. According to Mus...
By Nicholas Heras
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Syria's Kurds increasingly isolated as Arab tribes cut deals with regime
On a recent morning Sheikh Humaydi Daham al-Hadi reclined on a velvet floor sofa, puffing on a cigarette with a roguish glint in his eye as he held court in his outdoor diwan,...
By Nicholas Heras
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Trump and the Golan: what it could mean, from Crimea to Kashmir
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When President Donald Trump reversed 50 years of U.S. policy Monday to proclaim U.S. recognition of Israel’s sovereignty over the Golan Heights – strategic territory seized fr...
By Andrea Kendall-Taylor
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Syria, Iraq border reopening fuels fears of Iran ‘land corridor’
A rare meeting took place in Damascus when the military chiefs of Syria, Iraq and Iran convened there.The meeting and an announcement that a border crossing between Iraq and S...
By Nicholas Heras
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Syria Kurd autonomy under threat after IS 'caliphate' falls
Now the Islamic State group's "caliphate" has fallen, the hard-won limited autonomy of Syria's Kurds will be left in peril if their key US ally goes ahead with its announced p...
By Nicholas Heras
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By recognizing Golan, Trump seen ‘solving’ a problem that doesn’t exist
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Less than a decade ago, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was waist-deep in serious negotiations with Syria for the return of the Golan Heights in exchange for peace. But aft...
By Ilan Goldenberg
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Trump's Latest Tweet Could Hand the Election to Netanyahu in Israel
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With a single tweet, President Donald Trump turned what was once a right-wing Israeli fantasy into reality with his announcement that it was time for the U.S. to recognize Isr...
By Ilan Goldenberg
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How Trump's Golan decision will further frustrate Mideast peace process
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Even as Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu warmly welcomed the step, former US diplomats and peace process veterans say they saw little near-term security benefit, and ...
By Ilan Goldenberg
