Tag: Polls
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Reimagining Syria: A Roadmap for Peace and Prosperity Beyond Assad
For more than a decade, Syria’s crisis has caused unimaginable suffering inside the country and a constant stream of strategically significant negative spillover effects across the Middle East and globally. For much of that time, the conflict has appeared too intense, too complex, and too intertwined in geopolitics to be resolved, with the international community…
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State Commissions Have Probed Israel’s Worst Security Failures—But Not Oct. 7
According to an investigation by the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) released on March 4, the first wave of 180 Hamas members entered Nahal Oz at 6:30 a.m. under cover of rocket fire. The only resistance they met was from 11 border guards who happened to be stationed there. Further waves of attacks followed at 10…
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State Commissions Have Probed Israel’s Worst Security Failures—But Not Oct. 7
For the residents of Nahal Oz, there can be little doubt that the Israeli military failed miserably in protecting the country on Oct. 7, 2023. For at least seven hours, they were undefended, at the mercy of Hamas militants engaged in acts of murder and sexual violence on the kibbutz and across a wide swath…
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America’s Shaken Allies Contemplate a New Nuclear Future
Advertisement SKIP ADVERTISEMENT Guest Essay America’s Shaken Allies Contemplate a New Nuclear Future March 12, 2025, 1:00 a.m. ET Credit…Vanessa Saba; source photograph by Bildagentur-online/Getty Images By W.J. Hennigan Mr. Hennigan writes about national security issues for Opinion. President Trump’s deference to Russia, his unprecedented rebuke of Volodymyr Zelensky and his no-holds-barred approach in prodding…
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Playbook: Shutdown week is here
With help from Eli Okun, Garrett Ross and Bethany Irvine CARN BEFORE THE STORM: Former central bank chief Mark Carney was anointed the new PM of Canada last night as the Liberal Party closes the door on the Justin Trudeau era. Carney won the support of a whopping 85 percent of Liberal Party members following…
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Friday, March 7. Russia’s War On Ukraine: News And Information From Ukraine
KHARKIV, UKRAINE – MARCH 7: Women sit on the bench in front of damaged residential building after … [+] Russian missile attack on March 7, 2025 in Kharkiv, Ukraine. Dmytro Chubenko, a spokesman for the Kharkiv Regional Prosecutor’s Office, reported that the Russians used an Iskander-M ballistic missile for the attack. A three-story and two…
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Nasrallah’s funeral was Hezbollah’s desperately needed lifeline
MENASource March 5, 2025 • 11:02 am ET David Daoud Hezbollah is in a crisis. The group suffered an unprecedented drubbing by Israel, which decimated most of its arsenal, eliminated a substantial number of its fighters, and killed its iconic Secretary-General Hassan Nasrallah. Hezbollah faces near-total Israeli freedom of action in Lebanon, growing skepticism about…
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Egypt plans to float alternative to Trump’s ‘Gaza Riviera’ plan which would sideline Hamas
A drone view shows houses and buildings lying in ruins, following a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas, in Jabalia in the northern Gaza Strip, Jan 19, 2025. (Photo: Reuters/Mahmoud Al-Basos) 04 Mar 2025 05:44AM (Updated: 04 Mar 2025 06:23AM) DOHA: A plan for Gaza drawn up by Egypt as a counter to US President Donald…
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Egypt’s alternative to Trump’s ‘Gaza Riviera’ aims to sideline Hamas
DOHA – A plan for Gaza drawn up by Egypt as a counter to US President Donald Trump’s ambition for a Middle East Riviera would sideline Hamas and replace it with interim bodies controlled by Arab, Muslim and Western states, according to a draft seen by Reuters. The Egyptian vision for Gaza, which is due…
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Exclusive: Egypt’s alternative to Trump’s ‘Gaza Riviera’ aims to sideline Hamas
Egypt’s draft Gaza plan has no role for Hamas – draft proposal Arab states seek to counter Trump’s Gaza vision Governance Assistance Mission would replace Hamas-run government International Stabilisation Force would provide security DOHA, March 3 (Reuters) – A plan for Gaza drawn up by Egypt as a counter to U.S. President Donald Trump’s ambition…