Lebanon was meant to be preparing for key parliamentary elections in May 2026. Then came the return of war. Two days after the U.S. and Israel launched their military operation in Iran on Feb. 28, Hezbollah and Israel resumed their own full-scale hostilities. That marked the final collapse of a much-violated ceasefire that for a…
Little has seemingly gone as Washington planned in the war against Iran. The Iranian people have not risen up, one hard-line leader has been replaced by another, Iranian missiles and drones keep hitting targets across the Middle East, Iran closed the Strait of Hormuz, driving oil and gas prices up worldwide, and in sharp contrast…
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Despite the scale of its military assault on Iran, the Trump administrationâs reasons for entering into war have been inconsistent and vague, from regime change to the destruction of nuclear weapons, preempting military action by Israel, or the more chilling decree of following âGodâs divine plan.â Politicians, pundits and even social media users have been…
The United States military achieved every objective it set when it went to war in Iraq in 2003. Decapitation: Saddam Hussein was captured, tried and hanged. Air dominance: total, within days. Regime collapse: The Iraqi government fell in 21 days. Now, consider Iraq more than 20 years after the U.S.-Iraq war. Iraq is still an…
The âfog of warâ refers to confusion and uncertainty on the battlefield and the attendant possibility of fatal error. This principle has a parallel when it comes to the economic consequences of wars as well, especially when they occur in a region that is a chokepoint for the production and shipment of one-fifth of the…
Perceived wisdom has it that the longer a war goes on, the less enthusiastic a public becomes for continuing the conflict. After all, it is ordinary citizens who tend to bear the economic and human costs. And yet, as the war following Russiaâs full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022 enters its fifth year, the…
On Sept. 21, 2025, a senior U.S reputable boasted that an Israeli-Syrian security agreement to unravel months of battle used to be â99% completeâ and can be introduced inside two weeks. The ones two weeks have now handed. And the truth at the field means that the 2 nations are nonetheless a ways from sealing…
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