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Why All-Out War Between Israel And Hezbollah Has Never Been Closer

Photo of women grieving during the funeral procession for a Hezbollah militant in Abbasiyeh, southern Lebanon.
Hezbollah supporters during the funeral procession of a militant, in Abbasiyeh, southern Lebanon. Marwan Naamani/dpa/ZUMA

Mediation efforts are ongoing to halt the escalation between Israel and Lebanon’s Hezbollah, which could degenerate into all-out war at any moment. But diplomacy seems powerless in the face of the logic of war.

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Why Rwanda May Force The World To Remember DRC’s “Forgotten War”

For several weeks, residents of Sake, a city in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), have been living under the intensive exchange of heavy weapons fire as fighting flared up between government troops and March 23 Movement (M23) rebels,.
For several weeks, residents of Sake, a city in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), have been living under the intensive exchange of heavy weapons fire as fighting flared up between government troops and March 23 Movement (M23) rebels. Alain Uyakani/Xinhua/ZUMA

The war in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo has been going on for decades, with ups and downs. An offensive by a Rwandan-backed armed group threatens to degenerate into a regional war. A forgotten war while the world looks away.

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Here’s How The U.S. And Iran Could Slip Into A War That Neither One Wants

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Iran officers monitor a military drill at an undisclosed location in the Persian Gulf, southern Iran. Iranian Army Office via ZUMA

The death of three U.S. soldiers has raised the stakes in a low-simmering, but constant escalation between Washington and Tehran that could explode from the shadows of the war in Gaza — even if by pure accident.

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