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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has lost control over the situation. He escalated the confrontation to unprecedented levels, compelling Tehran to retaliate. While the latter’s retaliation was constrained, the results will not be. Netanyahu is pushing Iran to take actions it had avoided…

Although the war, or in fact wars, triggered against Israel by Hamas are far from over, global punditry is already regimented in a cacophonic chorus to tell the protagonists what to do and what not to do. In fact, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei’s decision to try and save face by firing missiles at Israel…

The Lebanese were perhaps turning the page on a chapter that began in 1982, following Israel’s invasion of the country and Hezbollah's emergence as an armed force. This phase (42 years) of its brief history as an independent country (less than double that number) constituted the most violent…

New developments fall upon our region like night, but they are not followed by the rise of the day politically. Every development makes the scene more complicated, there are no solutions, and it is as though everything is a reaction that has no political horizon. Hassan Nasrallah was killed after…

The claim that Iran has sold out Hezbollah stems purely from political spite and the grudges it provokes. Strategic and geopolitical calculations shape Iran’s relationship with the most prominent formation that grew out of Khomeini's revolutionary ideology, Hezbollah, and its leaders. Regardless of…

September is rich with historical and political developments in our region. Over the past few decades, several major "turning points" have unfolded during this month, leaving major repercussions on Arab politics and the role of Arabs both as people and leaders. On September 28, 1970, President…

The course of the wars in Gaza and Lebanon will reshape the Iranian-Israeli conflict. How? Israel has left Tehran with few options. Let’s not forget that Israel’s invasion of Lebanon in 1982 crushed the Palestinian “Fatah” as an armed “struggle” movement. In recent months, Israel has effectively…

It is not the time to address the earth-shattering attack on the central command of Hezbollah, the horrific assassination of Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah, and the regional and international repercussions of the attack. The operation crowned an unprecedented wave of escalation using airstrikes, drones,…

The images coming from Lebanon are painful, terrifying and horrific. Bodies are being retrieved from under the rubble, and houses are burned or abandoned. A million refugees – a record number in the country’s history. They sleep in the open in the capital and others sleep in their cars because…

When we teach military strategy to university students, we do not solely focus on questions of superiority and military actions using tanks, airplanes, and missiles. Strategic containment is often crucial for effectiveness and achieving results. Here, I ask observers, specialists, and decision…

Last week, on a single day of an undeclared war, one of the protagonists suffered more than 500 deaths and more than 1,600 wounded, a total of over 2,200 casualties. The country in question has a population of 5 million. Now imagine if that casulaty figure had occurred in a country with a…

The third Lebanon War is close to becoming totally unrestrained, and the country is exposed. Israel launched a devastating incursion by air last Saturday that has turned into genocide since Monday. Massacres have been perpetrated in the south and the Bekaa Valley, resulting in a heavy toll: over…