Middle East & Africa
Killing an idea
Do Israel’s assassinations work?
Why the conventional wisdom about decapitating Hamas and Hizbullah might be wrong
Yahya Sinwar’s death
Yahya Sinwar made Hamas his own fief
Will his successor embrace more violence or compromise?
Israel’s waiting game
Israel’s leaders are watching America’s election closely
Who wins will shape Israel’s approach to its three wars
Triple trouble
America’s election and Israel’s wars reach a crescendo—together
An Israeli aerial strike on Iran remains likely in the coming days
Power struggles
Yahya Sinwar will hold sway over Hamas from beyond the grave
Will his death moderate or aggravate its bloody ethos?
The beginning of the end?
How Yahya Sinwar’s death will change the Middle East
Gaza’s mastermind of mayhem is dead. A ceasefire may be alive again
Above the fray
Lebanon’s army is less useless than its reputation suggests
It is one of the few remaining institutions holding the country together
Once more, with feeling
Bad ideas are back on the menu in the Middle East
From a proxy force in south Lebanon to regime change, what’s old is new again
Next-generation transportation
Africa’s EV revolution has two wheels not four
E-bikes are cheaper and less likely to choke you
A study in resilience
How Wagner survived Yevgeny Prigozhin’s death
Its mercenary model is still effective in Africa’s most fragile places
Hell and horror, again
Does Israel’s new plan for Gaza include withholding food?
Israel’s government says no, but America is demanding the ramping up of supplies
Mayhem in the Middle East
America boosts Israel’s missile shield. What did it get in return?
The THAAD battery could indicate Israeli restraint on Iran