War & Conflict Archive

A year ago, Hezbollah opened a “support front” against Israel. Now, it’s fighting an escalating war without a face-saving off-ramp.

North Korea’s decision to send troops to aid Russia in the war in Ukraine underscores just how globalized the conflict has become.

Israel’s campaigns in Gaza and Lebanon have highlighted the geopolitical hollowing out of Egypt and the Gulf states.

After a year of war, Hamas is still functioning, and Israel will be unable to eradicate it completely.

The death of Yahya Sinwar removes a major obstacle to ending the fighting in Gaza. There are still plenty more to contend with.

The latest round of strikes against Houthi rebels underscores how involved the U.S. military already is in Israel’s wars against Iranian proxies.

A weakened Palestinian Authority is unable to curb increasing violence in the West Bank. Without pressure on Israel, it will only get worse.

A year into the Israel-Hamas war, divisions among EU member states have left Brussels largely on the sidelines in efforts to bring the fighting to an end.

Facing a grim battlefield reality, Zelenskyy is holding a flurry of talks with European leaders as he seeks more support ahead of the U.S. election.

A weak government let Hezbollah to rise to power and turned Lebanon into a failed state. Israel’s war there could be the final nail in the coffin.

Israel is intent on destroying Hamas and Hezbollah. It doesn’t have a political plan for what happens after the war.

The one-year mark for the Israel-Hamas war comes at an unsettling time for the region, which appears on the precipice of a wider war.

The broadening of the Israel-Hamas war to include Hezbollah and Iran is not an accident. The war was always about Iran.

The full-blown regional conflict that observers have been so concerned about for nearly a year is now imminent, if it has not already arrived.

Despite the EU’s leverage in the Middle East, it has been unable to influence Israel’s war with its regional adversaries.