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If Turkey Invades Israel, It Will Be with American Weapons
July 30, 2024
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Michael Rubin
Ahnaf Kalam
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Here’s How Israel Can Win
July 24, 2024
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Jonathan Spyer
Ahnaf Kalam
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End Tax Write-Offs for Terror-Linked Islamist Charities
July 23, 2024
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Benjamin Baird
Ahnaf Kalam
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Biden’s Betrayal of Israel Will Jump-Start Nuclear Proliferation
July 19, 2024
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Michael Rubin
Winfield Myers
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What Kurdistan Should Learn from Turkey’s Cyprus Occupation
July 19, 2024
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Loqman Radpey
Winfield Myers
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The Reason Behind the Houthis and Shi’ite Militias Threatening Saudi Arabia
July 19, 2024
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Jonathan Spyer
Ahnaf Kalam
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Iran’s New President Is a ‘Reformist'; Will It Matter?
July 19, 2024
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Amatzia Baram
Winfield Myers
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Turkey’s Economic and Financial Viability Relies on the West Despite Attempts at Diversification
July 17, 2024
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Abdullah Bozkurt
Winfield Myers
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Islamic State Claims Oman Attack
July 17, 2024
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Aymenn Jawad Al-Tamimi
Ahnaf Kalam
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Media Cover Up the Jihad on French Churches
July 17, 2024
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Raymond Ibrahim
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Donald Trump’s War Against Iran Was Inevitable
The End of ‘Kicking the Can’
March 4, 2026
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Under Article 111 of the Iranian constitution, a three-member interim council assumes the duties of the Supreme Leader until the Assembly of Experts selects a successor. That council now consists of President Masoud Pezeshkian, above, Judiciary Chief Gholam-Hossein Mohseni Ejei, and Ayatollah Alireza Arafi.
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