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Week in Review

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken (center left) meets with KRG Prime Minister Masrour Barzani on Feb. 29, 2024.

Analysis

Biden administration backs ‘resilient’ Iraqi Kurdistan Region

Week in Review

Andrew Parasiliti

Week in Review , Andrew Parasiliti

Biden

Analysis

As Hamas loosens its terms, can Biden pull Netanyahu toward deal?

Week in Review

Andrew Parasiliti

Week in Review , Andrew Parasiliti

US President Joe Biden (L), sits with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, at the start of the Israeli war cabinet meeting, in Tel Aviv on Oct. 18, 2023, amid the ongoing battles between Israel and the Palestinian group Hamas.

Analysis

Biden inches Netanyahu toward pause in Israel-Hamas war

Week in Review

Andrew Parasiliti

Week in Review , Andrew Parasiliti

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken (L) meets with former Israeli army chief of staff Gadi Eisenkot (R) and former Israeli Defence Minister Benny Gantz in Tel Aviv on Feb. 8, 2024.

Blinken’s cease-fire shuttle diplomacy crashes in Israel

Week in Review

Andrew Parasiliti

Week in Review , Andrew Parasiliti

US President Joe Biden greets military personnel on arrival at Dover Air Force Base in Dover, Delaware, on Feb. 2, 2024, to attend the transfer of the remains of three US service members killed in the drone attack on the US military outpost in Jordan.

Analysis

Biden should respond to Iran with more than military strikes

Week in Review

Andrew Parasiliti

Week in Review , Andrew Parasiliti

JALAA MAREY/AFP via Getty Images

Analysis

Iran says it won’t interfere in Lebanon-Israel border talks

Week in Review

Andrew Parasiliti

Samuel Wendel

Week in Review , Andrew Parasiliti , Samuel Wendel

(L-R) Bloomberg Television's journalist Francine Lacqua, Singapore's President Tharman Shanmugaratnam, Saudi Finance Minister Mohammed al-Jadaan, President of the European Central Bank (ECB) Christine Lagarde, Co-chairman of the private equity firm of The Carlyle Group David Rubenstein, German Finance Minister Christian Lindner and World Trade Organization (WTO) Director-General Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala attend a session on the closing day of the World Economic Forum (WEF) annual meeting in Davos, on January 19,

Analysis

From Davos, all roads lead to the Middle East

Week in Review

Andrew Parasiliti

Week in Review , Andrew Parasiliti

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addresses the 78th United Nations General Assembly at UN headquarters in New York City on Sept. 22, 2023.

Analysis

Middle East hopes to weather storm before the calm

Week in Review

Andrew Parasiliti

Week in Review , Andrew Parasiliti

Iranian mourners gather around coffins wrapped with the Iranian flags during the funeral ceremony of yesterday's explosion on Jan. 5, 2024, in Kerman, Iran.

Analysis

Israel-Hamas war gets personal for Iran

Week in Review

Andrew Parasiliti

Week in Review , Andrew Parasiliti

A view of Israeli troops along Israel's southern border with Gaza on Dec. 22, 2023 in southern Israel.

US, Arab partners raise the stakes for Israel in post-war Gaza

Week in Review

Andrew Parasiliti

Week in Review , Andrew Parasiliti

MENAHEM KAHANA/AFP via Getty Images

Analysis

Does Hamas have a future after Gaza war?

Week in Review

Andrew Parasiliti

Week in Review , Andrew Parasiliti

Sen. Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) speaks during a Senate Appropriations Committee hearing on the Defense Department's budget request on Capitol Hill on June 17, 2021 in Washington, DC.

Interview

US senator calls for holding Israel accountable if it doesn’t limit civilian casualties