Middle East relations
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washingtonpost.comOfficial: Trump Considers Strategy Exploiting Perceived Iranian Regime Divisions
President Trump is convinced of a sharp split within the Iranian regime and is examining a new strategy to address it, according to Nadia Al-Balbasisi, Director of the Arabic Office in Washington. The approach follows Trump's inclination toward escalation. The statements were rep…
IPPA photographer / Wikimedia (CC BY 4.0)U.S. Proposes Sovereignty Assurances and Aid to Lebanon in Exchange for Israel Talks
The U.S. embassy stated that two neighboring countries should never have been at war, offering Lebanon sovereignty guarantees and territorial integrity assurances. It also proposed support for reconstruction if Lebanon engages in talks with Israel. @MarioNawfal reported these dev…
Substrate placeholder — needs review · Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 3.0)Rep. Derek Tran Meets CAIR Leaders on Muslim Advocacy Day
Democratic Rep. Derek Tran met with leaders from the Council on American-Islamic Relations during National Muslim Advocacy Day. The event drew attention due to CAIR's past designations as a terrorist organization by Texas and Florida. Tran highlighted discussions on combating Isl…