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Is the Middle East Reaching a Boiling Point?

Multiple, intersecting Middle East crises combined with an unpredictable United States augur a tumultuous 2026 for the region ...
The National Interest on MSN

The Middle East’s Top Challenges in 2026

The collapse of Iran’s regional influence in 2025 has opened up a new spectrum of potential conflicts in Syria, Yemen, and ...
Newsday

Iraq retracts a terror designation it imposed on Lebanon's Hezbollah and Yemen's Houthis

BAGHDAD — Iraq's government on Thursday retracted a terror designation for Lebanon's militant Hezbollah group and Yemen's Houthi rebels, just weeks after imposing ...
NPR

Israel has hunted its top enemies around the Middle East. What has it achieved?

Israel's surprise attack in Qatar on Tuesday targeting Hamas' top political leadership failed to kill any senior officials, according to Hamas. But it was the latest in a long campaign of targeted ...