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Candidates for Parliament holding a campaign rally in Baghdad, Iraq, Monday, May 7, 2018. Iraqis head to the polls next weekend for the first time since the government declared victory against the Islamic State group, in national elections that could tilt the balance of power between the United States and Iran.

Beltway Confidential

Iraq, not the US military, will determine Iraq’s fate

Daniel DePetris · May 15, 2018 5:17 pm

Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, the alleged Sept. 11 mastermind, shortly after his capture during a raid in Pakistan.

Beltway Confidential

Targeting Gina Haspel, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed is trying to trick America

Tom Rogan · May 9, 2018 6:58 pm

National Security

US releases first Guantanamo Bay detainee of the Trump era

Katie Leach · May 2, 2018 10:55 pm

Beltway Confidential

Trump should challenge Qatar’s feudal foreign policy

Tom Rogan · April 30, 2018 7:02 pm

In this 2017 photo, an SUV drives past a billboard featuring the Qatari flag and the slogan "God, Nation, Emir" in Doha, Qatar.

Beltway Confidential

Trump should summon the Qatari ambassador over this wedding photo

Tom Rogan · April 17, 2018 4:40 pm

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg testifies before a joint hearing of the Commerce and Judiciary Committees on Capitol Hill, Tuesday, April 10, 2018, about the use of Facebook data to target American voters in the 2016 presidential election.

Mark Zuckerberg: ‘Optimistic’ AI tools to flag, remove hate speech on Facebook will be developed in 5-10 years

Melissa Quinn · April 10, 2018 7:51 pm

A Syrian army soldier places a Syrian national flag during a battle with rebel fighters at the Ramouseh front line, east of Aleppo, Syria, Monday, Dec. 5, 2016. The government seized large swathes of the Aleppo enclave under rebel control since 2012 in the offensive that began last week. The fighting was most intense Monday near the dividing line between east and west Aleppo as government and allied troops push their way from the eastern flank, reaching within less than a kilometer (half a mile) from the citadel that anchors the center of the city.

In Syria we need strength, not another war

Washington Examiner · April 9, 2018 9:58 pm

Sen. Jim Inhofe, R-Okla., is questioned by reporters on Capitol Hill in D.C.

National Security

Jim Inhofe calls for specialized Army brigade to assist Africa security forces

Travis J. Tritten · April 9, 2018 6:16 pm

Heavily armed somalis soldiers seal the area after a car bomb exploded in Mogadishu, Somalia Thursday, March 22, 2018.

National Security

US claims five more terrorists killed in quiet war in Somalia

Jamie McIntyre · April 2, 2018 3:03 pm

In this picture taken on Thursday, March 29, 2018, a fighter, second from right, of U.S-backed Syrian Manbij Military Council stands next to U.S. humvee at a U.S. troop's outpost on a road leading to the tense front line between Syrian Manbij Military Council fighters and Turkish-backed fighters, at Halawanji village, north of Manbij town, Syria. The front line has grown more tense in recent days as Turkey threatens to advance on the town to clear it of the U.S-backed fighters. U.S troops have increased their patrols in the area, local commanders say, to prevent an outbreak of fighting and to prevent Turkey from advancing on Manbij.

Beltway Confidential

On Syria, Trump should be wary of Obama’s 2011 mistake in Iraq

Tom Rogan · March 30, 2018 6:58 pm

Smokes rises after an airstrike on an Islamic State militants held area in Libya in 2016.

National Security

US confirms strike killed senior al Qaeda leader in Libya

Jamie McIntyre · March 28, 2018 4:59 pm

U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley during a meeting in New York.

Beltway Confidential

Nikki Haley’s selective memory on Syria

Daniel DePetris · March 21, 2018 2:56 pm