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As Middle East Crisis Grinds On, Pentagon Shows Signs of Strain
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The open-ended crisis in the Middle East has begun to squeeze the Pentagon, fueling unease over the U.S. military’s ability to balance imminent threats to American interests t...
By Becca Wasser
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How Israel Tries to Destroy Hezbollah’s Financial Network
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On Sunday, Israel carried out air strikes in Beirut and elsewhere in Lebanon, targeting branches of Al-Qard Al-Hassan Association (AQAH), a financial institution and de facto ...
By Jonathan Lord
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Israel Killed Hamas’s Leader. What Happens Next?
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The killing of Yahya Sinwar, the leader of Hamas and architect of the October 7 attacks, could be a pivotal moment in the war in Gaza and the wider conflict in the Middle East...
By Jonathan Lord
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The New U.S. Strategy on the Lebanon Conflict: Let It Play Out
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After weeks of intensive diplomacy aimed at securing a ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah militants, the United States has settled on an altogether different approach: let...
By Jonathan Lord
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In a Change, the Biden Administration Is Now Signaling That It Backs an Israeli Strike Against Iran
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The attack in April was a mix of low- and high-impact airborne devices, with drones leaving Iranian airspace hours before they would arrive — giving Israel, the United States ...
By Richard Fontaine
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Israel Seeks to Reshape Middle East, with Force and U.S. Backing
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One year after Hamas’s Oct. 7 attack, Israel is reshaping the Middle East by force, taking the fight to Iran and its proxies with the help of the United States — despite pleas...
By Jonathan Lord
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U.S. Seeks to Sideline Hizbollah in Lebanon
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US President Joe Biden did not press Benjamin Netanyahu to halt Israel’s escalating offensive in Lebanon when the pair spoke this week, as a government spokesperson said the U...
By Jonathan Lord
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Iran’s Massive Missile Strike on Israel Is Just a Fraction of What China Could Do
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The differences between Iran's attack and a potential Chinese missile strike are probably best understood in terms of scale, sophistication, and intent. A Chinese missile stri...
By Tom Shugart
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Ground Offensive Preceded by Year of Secret Raids in Lebanon, Israel Says
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Disclosing the raids as it begins the ground incursion allows Israel to highlight Hezbollah’s buildup of offensive infrastructure for an Oct. 7-style attack, said Jonathan Lor...
By Jonathan Lord
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What Might Come Next for Israel — and the U.S. — in Wake of Iranian Attack
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After Iran rained ballistic missiles on Israel on Tuesday for the second time in sixth months, the focus now turns to the question of what comes next: how Israel will respond,...
By Jonathan Lord
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‘The King Doesn’t Lie Down to Save the Pawn’: Why Iran May Let Hezbollah Face Israel Alone
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Hezbollah has been propped up by Iran all these years to be a threat on Israel’s border that Tehran can activate in case of open conflict between Israel and Iran, according to...
By Jonathan Lord
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Middle East Braces for Iran’s Next Move After Israel’s Killing of Hezbollah Leadership
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Since its involvement in Syria in 2012 to defend Bashar al-Assad’s regime alongside other Iran-backed militias, Hezbollah has built bases and an elaborate network of tunnels i...
By Jonathan Lord
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Biden’s Ukraine Strategy Is Missing in Action
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Longtime congressional staffers said that the Biden administration blowing through the deadline was par for the course for both Democratic and Republican administrations, whic...
By Jonathan Lord
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Israel Scored Major Intelligence Wins in Daring Assassinations of Iranian Proxy Leaders
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Jonathan Lord, formerly a political military analyst at the Pentagon, said the operation to kill Shukr was likely informed by combat intelligence. Israel found where he was at...
By Jonathan Lord
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High-Profile Assassinations Push Iran and Israel to the Brink of War
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Israel has refused to comment on any involvement in Haniyeh’s death, but Netanyahu gave a defiant speech at the IDF’s headquarters in Tel Aviv on Wednesday, saying Israel had ...
By Jonathan Lord
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Hezbollah Chief Signals ‘New Phase’ of War with Israel. What Happens Next Is Unclear
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Jonathan Lord, a regional expert with the Center for a New American Security, said that while Nasrallah’s denial of Hezbollah’s role in the Majdal Shams attack is “not credibl...
By Jonathan Lord
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U.S. Shrugs Off ‘All-Out War’ Worries in Middle East
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JONATHAN LORD, director of the Middle East Security program at the Center for a New American Security, said that however Israel responds, “we’ll have to wait and see” what Hez...
By Jonathan Lord
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War with Hezbollah ‘Lies in Israel’s Hands’
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It’s unclear whether Hezbollah would agree to any peace deal with Israel. But Netanyahu doesn’t want to pull out of Gaza: He seemingly rejected the cease-fire proposal that’s ...
By Jonathan Lord
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Senate Dems Stew Over Biden’s Military Sale to Israel
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Supporters of the military sale to Israel say it is important in context that it addresses larger Israeli and American security interests in the region, and they say it also s...
By Jonathan Lord
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Why So Many ‘Day After’ Plans for Gaza Amount to No Plan at All
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Dangers abound in this scenario, said Jonathan Lord, a former Defense Department official who has offered his own “day-after” plan. “They include Hamas succeeding in reconstit...
By Jonathan Lord
