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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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Al-Qaeda-Iran tactical alliance laid bare by UN report on terror group’s ‘de-facto leader’ Saif Al-Adel
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Drone havoc in Ukraine puts Iran’s asymmetric warfare advantage into sharp relief
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Look Ahead 2023: Why the Iranian regime’s future hangs in the balance
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Leaked execution videos strengthen case for Syrian war crimes prosecutions
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Why Israel has stepped up strikes on Iranian arms shipments to sites in Syria
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Background of Rushdie attacker sheds light on Khomeini sympathizers in US
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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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Washington faces a moment of reckoning as Iran nuclear talks reach an impasse
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What terrorist delisting of Iran’s IRGC would mean for US interests, allies in Middle East
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How Russia’s invasion of Ukraine breathed new life into NATO
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Why justice for Syrian victims of Assad regime atrocities is not a forlorn hope
