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A convoy of Turkish military trucks carrying tanks and armoured personnel carriers destined for Syria in preparation for a possible military offensive, moves in Hatay province, southeastern Turkey, near the border with Syria, Monday, Jan. 14, 2019.
Beltway Confidential

A Syria-Turkey buffer zone is a good idea — on Turkey’s side of the border

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In this Feb, 11, 2019 photo, Iranian Revolutionary Guard members arrive for a ceremony celebrating the 40th anniversary of the Islamic Revolution, at the Azadi, or Freedom, Square, in Tehran, Iran. President Donald Trump's administration has designated Iran's Revolutionary Guard as a "foreign terrorist organization."
Beltway Confidential

Trump’s IRGC terror designation is great, but it misses something important

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Somalia's Prime Minister, Hassan Ali Kheyre, speaks during a meeting with AU delegation in Mogadishu, Somalia, on March 23, 2017.
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10 questions Somalia’s prime minister should answer in Washington

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Special Representative for Afghanistan Reconciliation Zalmay Khalilzad approaches the microphone to speak on the prospects for peace, Friday, Feb. 8, 2019, at the U.S. Institute of Peace, in Washington.
Beltway Confidential

Zalmay Khalilzad’s Afghanistan dealing empowers Pakistan and undermines Trump

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Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif. speaks at the 2019 American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) policy conference, at Washington Convention Center, in Washington, Tuesday, March 26, 2019.
Beltway Confidential

Repression abroad shows why Israel must act unilaterally to defend itself

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FILE - In this March 13, 2009, file photo, Zalmay Khalilzad, special adviser on reconciliation speaks during a news conference in Kabul, Afghanistan.
Beltway Confidential

Zalmay Khalilzad’s behavior is worse than simply acting as Afghanistan’s viceroy

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In this photo taken Wednesday, Oct ,13. 2010, gymnasts perform at a trade fair in Hargeisa, Somaliland. Somaliland officials say the U.S. and the international community have wasted too much time and money on Mogadishu instead of supporting a struggling but democratically elected government in Somaliland in northern Somalia.
Beltway Confidential

The world can learn from how Somaliland overcame militias

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Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman Jim Inhofe, R-Okla., left, welcomes Acting Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan to testify on the Department of Defense budget, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, March 14, 2019. Shanahan told the committee that allies need to pay their fair share, but compensation comes in many forms, including providing support for war in places like Afghanistan.
Beltway Confidential

The State Department is putting ego above security in Afghanistan

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Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan addresses the supporters of his ruling Justice and Development Party during a rally in Eregli, Turkey, Tuesday, March 19, 2019.
Beltway Confidential

Turkey’s terror sponsorship is worse than imagined

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Special Representative for Afghanistan Reconciliation Zalmay Khalilzad speaks on the prospects for peace, Friday, Feb. 8, 2019, at the U.S. Institute of Peace, in Washington.
Beltway Confidential

Don’t blame Afghanistan for blowing whistle on Zalmay Khalilzad

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