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Oubai Shahbandar
Oubai Shahbandar is a former defense intelligence officer and Middle East analyst with the Pentagon. He has been deployed to Iraq,Afghanistan, and has spent extensive time on the ground in northern Syria. He is now a conflict-zone documentary filmmaker based in the Middle East.
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What went wrong in Afghanistan
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Saudi Arabia and Turkey must maintain strategic partnership
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Biden’s team should beware of Houthis’ misuse of humanitarian concerns
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America’s national security: Reconciling power and national purpose
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A mutual historic partnership that has shown its resilience
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Syrian carnage is Soleimani’s horrific legacy
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Trump deserves credit for fight to protect religious freedoms
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World’s apathy to evil threatens Syria’s existence
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Russian veto of UN chemical weapons investigation is cover-up for Assad war crimes
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How Trump may have set a trap for Iran
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Iran’s nuclear deal must be fully enforced or scrapped
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Horrific echoes of Assad from the bloodshed in Myanmar
