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Iran
Ending Iran's Regional Ransom
Tehran may further strike back over Soleimani, but it has freely carried out attacks across the region for a long time. Criticism of Donald Trump’s...
Iran
Iran: When Maximum Pressure Collides With Indefinite Defiance
After a bad month, the regime in Tehran might be floundering, but it is far from falling. From the burning of Iranian diplomatic outposts as part of...
Air Warfare
Russian Air Strikes Reveal Bankruptcy of US Policy in Syria
Just what Syria needed – another military actor on the battlefield. After a three-week military buildup of about 30 warplanes in the northwestern...
Terrorism
Is the War on ISIS Coming Home to Turkey?
Monday's suicide bombing in the Turkish town of Sucuc on the Syrian border, blamed on militants from ISIS, marks a significant deterioration in...
Military Strategy
Rumors of a Turkish Invasion of Northern Syria
There is heightened speculation in Turkey about a long-debated military intervention in northern Syria, where Kurdish forces are battling militants...
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By Frank A. Rose • RealClearDefense
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By Rut Lineswala • RealClearDefense
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By Christopher J. Bright • RealClearDefense
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By Joseph Trevithick, The WarZone
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