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![Palestinians sell bread on a street beneath a destroyed building in Gaza City's Zawiya market on February 18, 2026, on the first days of the holy fasting month of Ramadan.]()
- By Elliott Abrams
![<p>Displaced families set up tents along Beirut’s waterfront after fleeing recent Israel-Hezbollah hostilities, March 10, 2026.</p>]()
By Sam Vigersky![<p>A person rides on a scooter as smoke rises in the Fujairah oil industry zone following a fire caused by debris after interception of a drone by air defenses, in Fujairah, United Arab Emirates, March 3, 2026.</p>]()
By Michael C. Horowitz and Lauren Kahn![<p>The Capitol Building after a vote in the House of Representatives on a resolution aimed at stopping the military campaign against Iran, March 5, 2026.</p>]()
By James M. Lindsay![U.S. President Donald Trump and German Chancellor Friedrich Merz meet in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, D.C., on March 3, 2026.]()
By Matthias Matthijs![<p>Iranian Kurdish fighters from the Kurdistan Freedom Party (PAK) participate in a training session at a base on the outskirts of Erbil, Iraq, February 12, 2026.</p>]()
By Henri J. Barkey![Members of the U.S. Capitol Police guard a check point near the U.S. Capitol after the Department of Homeland Security issued a National Terrorism Advisory System (NTAS) bulletin following the weekend missile strikes on three Iranian nuclear sites, in Washington, D.C., on June 25, 2025.]()
By Bruce Hoffman![<p>Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) questions Secretary of State Marco Rubio on U.S. policy toward Venezuela during a Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing, January 28, 2026.</p>]()
By James M. Lindsay![<p>Beneficiaries from different displacement camps wait to receive support at a World Food Program distribution center in Dikwa, Borno State, Nigeria, August 27, 2025.</p>]()
By Sam Vigersky![Canada's Prime Minister Mark Carney walks with his Indian counterpart, Narendra Modi, before their meeting at Hyderabad House]()
By Manjari Chatterjee Miller![Iraqi Shiites shout slogans as they carry a portrait of Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and wave Iran flags during a protest against U.S. and Israeli attacks on Iran at a bridge leading to Green Zone where the U.S. embassy is located.]()
By Linda Robinson![<p>President Donald Trump announces that the United States has begun major combat operations in Iran, February 28, 2026.</p>]()
By James M. Lindsay![Plumes of smoke rise over the residential areas of the Iranian capital following airstrikes amid ongoing U.S.–Israel attacks as multiple explosions are heard across the city in Tehran.]()
By Ray Takeyh, Elliott Abrams, Steven A. Cook, Linda Robinson, Max Boot and Elisa Ewers![<p>People sit on a pickup truck as they prepare to travel about 250 kilometers south to Adré, on the Chad-Sudan border, at a transport station in Tine, eastern Chad, on November 25, 2025. The movement comes amid the ongoing conflict between the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces and the Sudanese army.</p>]()
By Michelle Gavin![President Donald Trump speaks about the Supreme Court's tariff decision during a press briefing, on February 20, 2026 at the White House in Washington D.C.]()
By Jennifer Hillman![President Trump and President Xi sit across from the table from each other. Other men sit beside them. Chinese and American flags stand in the background]()
By Zongyuan Zoe Liu![<p>The U.S. Navy’s Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS <em>Abraham Lincoln</em> leads its strike group during a photo exercise in the Arabian Sea, February 6, 2026.</p>]()
By Steven A. Cook![<p><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW19585078 BCX0">President Donald Trump speaks to a joint session of Congress</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW19585078 BCX0">, </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW19585078 BCX0">March 4, 2025.</span></p>]()
By James M. Lindsay![<p>Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney warns of the need to hedge against the United States during the 56th annual World Economic Forum meeting in Davos, Switzerland, January 20, 2026.</p>]()
By James M. Lindsay![A shopper walking past a partially empty dairy section of a grocery store]()
By Rebecca Patterson, Allison J. Smith and Ishaan Thakker![<p>U.S. Secretary of State<span class="highlight" data-qa-component="highlight-text"> Marco </span><span class="highlight" data-qa-component="highlight-text">Rubio </span>speaks during the<span class="highlight" data-qa-component="highlight-text"> Munich </span><span class="highlight" data-qa-component="highlight-text">Security </span><span class="highlight" data-qa-component="highlight-text">Conference </span>(MSC) in<span class="highlight" data-qa-component="highlight-text"> Munich</span>, Germany, February 14, 2026.</p>]()
By Shannon K. O'Neil![Bangladesh Nationalist Party chairman Tarique Rahman gestures to crowd during an election campaign rally.]()
By Joshua Kurlantzick
