Category: Analysis
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The clearest indication that the pause in major combat operations may be approaching its end emerged on October 22. ABC News reported that American and Israeli military planners had developed plans for renewed joint strikes against Iran, with Israeli sources anticipating operations shortly after the November 3 U.S. midterm elections. The White House subsequently confirmed…
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Iraq’s plan to integrate Tehran-aligned militias into the Popular Mobilization Forces may change their uniforms and legal status. But genuine disarmament depends on something more consequential: who controls the weapons, command structures, intelligence networks, and relationships with Tehran after the transition.
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Saudi Arabia sought stability in Yemen through accommodation with the Houthis and the reorganization of the anti-Houthi coalition. But the weakening of southern Yemen’s security architecture helped create conditions the Houthis—and Iran—could exploit, with consequences now extending from Yemen to the strategic waterways of Bab el-Mandeb.
