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AFTER HIS confirmation as US Secretary of State, Marco Rubio speaks to reporters at the State Department in Washington last week. He and National Security Advisor Mike Waltz recognize that…
Supporters of the Iraqi Popular Mobilization Forces offer condolences over the deaths of Iran’s President Ebrahim Raisi and others, outside the Iranian Embassy in Baghdad on May 20, 2024. Thaier…
US special envoy Amos Hochstein, who negotiated the Israel-Lebanon ceasefire. Mohamed Azakir/Reuters Before October 7, 2023, Israel was on the verge of a political normalization with Saudi Arabia. Its only…
Dear MEPIN Readers, Will the US abandon its Kurdish allies, the Kurdish lead SDF, in northwest Syria, like we abandoned the Afghans to the Taliban? They fought and died to…
Smoke rises, after Syrian rebels announced that they have ousted Syria’s Bashar al-Assad, in Damascus, Syria, December 8, 2024.(photo credit: REUTERS/AMR ABDALLAH DALSH) The Syrian civil war highlights shifting alliances,…
Two weeks ago, the dormant 14-year Syrian civil war was barely on the radar. Just like the Arab Winter was a surprise with unanticipated surprises and dangerous consequences, i.e., ISIS,…
Dear MEPIN Readers, Please watch my interview (begins at 1:30) discussing: • Is the Lebanon ceasefire holding • How will President-elect Trump deal with Iran • What is happening with…
Dear MEPIN Readers, I was privileged to be featured by the FIDF (Friends of the Israeli Defense Forces) for a special briefing analyzing Israel’s seven-front war, including the prospects for…
Dear MEPIN Readers, I was interviewed as the vote in the Israeli Security Cabinet was taking place to accept the 60-day ceasefire between Lebanon and Israel. Hezbollah is not a…
Dear MEPIN Readers, As details of the proposed ceasefire are leaked, here are some of the problems: Please watch my interview on the ceasefire proposal. – Eric