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  • Palestinians See U.S. Response to Gaza as Failure

    In surveys conducted in July and August, Palestinians living in the West Bank and East Jerusalem were asked to what extent they agree that “the U.S. has made acceptable efforts to push for the safeguarding of civilians in Gaza.” Seven in 10 Palestinians surveyed (69%) strongly disagree, while 76% disagree overall. About one in 10 (11%) agree that the U.S. has done enough to protect civilians.

  • Israel rejects U.S.-backed Lebanon ceasefire proposal

    Israel rejected proposals on Thursday for a ceasefire with Hezbollah, defying allies including the United States which had called for an immediate three-week halt in fighting to allow for diplomacy to avert a wider war. "There will be no ceasefire in the north," Foreign Minister Israel Katz said on X. "We will continue to fight against the Hezbollah terrorist organization with all our strength until victory and the safe return of the residents of the north to their homes."

  • Iraq touts deal with U.S. to withdraw most troops by 2026

    Defense Minister Thabit al-Abbasi said the two nations had reached an agreement that would transition Operation Inherent Resolve, the U.S.-led military mission set up a decade ago to combat Islamic State militants in Iraq and Syria, into a “sustainable security partnership” and would remove in two stages the roughly 2,500 U.S. troops now stationed in Iraq.

  • U.S.-Saudi Defense Cooperation: Next Steps

    Even if an Israeli-Saudi normalization deal proves unattainable for now, Washington and Riyadh should still seek ways to enhance military and defense cooperation in order to advance common interests and prepare for future security challenges.

  • U.S. and Iraq Try to Recast the Strategic Relationship

    The U.S.-Iraq relationship has been undergoing re-evaluation over the past five years, since the March 2019 capture by U.S.-led forces of the Syrian town of Baghouz, the last bastion of physical control by the Islamic State (IS) organization’s “caliphate.” U.S. military personnel, who had been withdrawn from Iraq in 2011, were sent back into the country in 2014 to help destroy the group’s control over major portions of both Iraq and Syria. U.S. forces successfully helped Baghdad rebuild its beleaguered national forces that essentially collapsed at the hands of the IS offensive.

  • Putin Thanks Saudi Prince for U.S.-Russia Prisoner Swap

    Russian President Vladimir Putin thanked Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman on Thursday for his role in the historic U.S.-Russia prisoner swap. American journalist Evan Gershkovich and U.S. marine Paul Wheelan returned home after being freed following the largest prison swap between the U.S. and Russia on August 1. Gershkovich and Whelan were accused of espionage by the Kremlin, a charge they and the U.S. government had consistently denied. "Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince played an active role in the initial stages of this work. We are very grateful to him, as it resulted in the return of our citizens to the homeland," Putin said at the Eastern Economic Forum.

  • U.S. and Iraqi Commandos Targeted ISIS in Sprawling Operation

    The joint operation in Anbar province came even as Iraq’s prime minister, Mohammed Shia al-Sudani, and Iraqi military commanders say they can keep the ISIS threat under control without U.S.-led assistance. Iraq and the United States are negotiating an agreement that would wind down the mission of the U.S.-led military coalition in Iraq. There are about 2,500 U.S. troops in Iraq and 900 in neighboring Syria.

  • U.S.-Saudi Business Council Announces New CEO

    Mr. Hallab is a long-standing member of the Board of Directors of the Council and the founder of Barrington Global, an international legal and strategic advisory firm focused on the intersection of law, business and policy between the Middle East and the West. Mr. Hallab previously served as Chair of the Middle East Practice at the global law firm of Mayer Brown and in multiple leadership roles both at Mayer Brown and at the international law firm of Baker McKenzie.

  • How the U.S. used arms sales to shift Saudi behavior

    Arms sales are a fickle tool in the toolbox of American foreign policy. The results are almost always a mixed bag for Washington. One historical study of arms sales and the Cold War, for instance, found that efforts to use weapons transfers to influence other countries “succeeded slightly less than half of the time.”

  • U.S., Israel and Egypt meet on Gaza border security sticking point

    Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu's demand that Israel Defense Forces continue to be deployed along the Philadelphi corridor on the border of Egypt and Gaza has become one of the main — and final — points of contention on the way to a deal to release hostages being held by Hamas and establish a ceasefire in Gaza.

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