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Why Does France Keep Erupting? Immigration, Integration and a Growing Crisis in the Banlieues

Why Does France Keep Erupting? Immigration, Integration and a Growing Crisis in the Banlieues

France’s latest unrest began as a student revolt over failing schools, but its rapid spread through disadvantaged suburbs has again exposed deeper problems involving inequality, integration and distrust of the state.

Saudi Arabia Is Preparing a Major Offensive Against the Houthis to Reopen the Red Sea

Saudi Arabia Is Preparing a Major Offensive Against the Houthis to Reopen the Red Sea

Saudi Arabia is preparing a major offensive against the Houthis after the group made rapid gains along Yemen’s Red Sea coast and strengthened its position around the Bab el-Mandeb Strait.

Everything We Know About the Flydubai Flight Attack

Everything We Know About the Flydubai Flight Attack

Flydubai flight FZ1073 was carrying 174 passengers from Dubai to Tel Aviv when its co-pilot attacked the captain and the aircraft plunged thousands of feet before passengers and additional pilots regained control. The plane eventually landed safely in Tabuk, Saudi Arabia.

End of an Era: The U.S. Military Has Formally Withdrawn From Iraq

End of an Era: The U.S. Military Has Formally Withdrawn From Iraq

The United States has formally completed its military withdrawal from Iraq, ending a presence that began with the 2003 invasion and later continued through the fight against ISIS.

Lebanon Pushes Washington to Move the Israel Framework Into Its Next Phase

Lebanon Pushes Washington to Move the Israel Framework Into Its Next Phase

Lebanon is pressing Washington to move the June framework with Israel into its next phase, calling for Israeli withdrawals, Lebanese Army deployments and the dismantling of Hezbollah’s military presence to advance step by step rather than remain frozen by disputes over sequencing.

Airstrikes Are Multiplying in South Lebanon, Is The Third Israel-Hezbollah War Upon Us?

Airstrikes Are Multiplying in South Lebanon, Is The Third Israel-Hezbollah War Upon Us?

Israeli airstrikes across southern Lebanon have intensified again as Hezbollah continues launching explosive drones toward Israeli forces, while Israeli military officials openly say the Lebanon campaign is not over.

Only Half Of Lebanon’s Residents are Lebanese, The Refugee Question Can No Longer Be Avoided

Only Half Of Lebanon’s Residents are Lebanese, The Refugee Question Can No Longer Be Avoided

A Lebanese Army demographic study estimates that only around 3.7 million of Lebanon’s 6.86 million residents are Lebanese citizens, while the country continues to host a very large Syrian population and lose its own young people to emigration.