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TESTIMONY: Lebanon on the brink of fracture after the Hezbollah deal
On July 9, 2026, the Washington Post published a detailed report describing how the campaign to disarm Hezbollah is deepening already old divisions within…
ANALYSIS: The stabilization force meant to secure Gaza without fighting
Resolution 2803, adopted by the UN Security Council on November 17, 2025, formally authorized the deployment of an International Stabilization Force, known by the…
ANALYSIS: The 15-point roadmap meant to disarm Hamas
On May 21, 2026, UN coordinator Nickolay Mladenov, in his capacity as high representative of the Board of Peace for Gaza, presented to the…
EDITORIAL: Eight months after resolution 2803, Gaza's peace hangs by a thread
The UN Security Council convened in July 2026 for its quarterly briefing on the Middle East, a meeting that falls almost symbolically eight months…
ANALYSIS: Trump says he is targeted by an Iranian "kill list"
At his press conference in Ankara on July 8, 2026, on the sidelines of the NATO summit, Donald Trump claimed to be "number one…
FACT-CHECK: Trump says he does not want a long conflict with Iran — true or false
On July 9, 2026, Donald Trump delivered two almost contradictory messages within the span of a few hours. In the morning, he spoke of…
OPINION: Iran was already targeting tankers before the July 8 strikes
Before the United States struck more than 80 Iranian targets on July 8, 2026, something else happened. A fact too often relegated to a…
DECODING: 14 dead, 78 hurt — the human price of the Iran-US relapse
Iran's Ministry of Health has confirmed a chilling toll: at least 14 dead and 78 wounded in just two days of strikes and counterstrikes…
PROFILE: Iran's Negotiator Locks Down Hormuz on His Own Terms
Iran's chief negotiator declared on July 9, 2026 that the Strait of Hormuz would only reopen under "Iranian arrangements," explicitly rejecting the conditions set…