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Armed women loyal to the Houthi movement ride on the back of a truck as they take part in a parade to show support for the movement in Sanaa, Yemen September 6, 2016. REUTERS/Khaled Abdullah

America Must Question Ally Actions in Yemen

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Members of the Pakistan's Naval force march during a ceremony to celebrate the country's 71st Independence Day at the mausoleum of Muhammad Ali Jinnah in Karachi, Pakistan August 14, 2018. REUTERS/Akhtar Soomro

What Pakistan Will Gain from Peace in Afghanistan

A U.S. Marine from 2nd platoon, F company, 5th batalion, 10th Marines, meets an Afghan villager during a patrol in southern Afghanistan June 28, 2009. After five years coping with the most dangerous province in Iraq, the U.S. Marines have been given their

The Iraq Exit Strategy Will Not Work in Afghanistan

The Case for Leaving Syria

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The United States Should Leave Yemen, Not Broker Peace

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Like it or Not, Regime Change is Coming to Iran

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Is Iran Close to Collapse? Three Things You Need To Know about the U.S.-Iran Showdown.

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Iran Bluster Is about Red Lines, Not War

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Pakistani Duplicity Caused the United States to Lose in Afghanistan

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Avoiding Another Iraq in Iran

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Why Territorial Sovereignty Should Be Flexible

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Is a Geostrategic Shift in the Middle East in the Offing?

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Descendants of Survivors: Syriac Christians Oppose a Turkish ‘Safe Zone’ in Syria

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Iran Wants a Way out of Crisis, but America Won't Give It One

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Designating the Muslim Brotherhood a Foreign Terrorist Organization Harms America

Smoke rises from clashes near Mosul's Al-Habda minaret at the Grand Mosque, where Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi declared his caliphate back in 2014, as Iraqi forces battle to drive out Islamic state militants from the western part of Mosul, Ir

ISIS Announces It Will Keep Fighting in a New Video