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1. Article · Sep 11, 2026 · Paul Salem

   25 years on, the Middle East is still trapped in a post-9/11 world | The National (opens the original)

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   As the world marks the 25th anniversary of the attacks of September 11, 2001, the Middle East is still, in many ways, living in the long shadow of those events. The 9/11 attacks showed the global reach of armed non-state actors. The war on terror badly damaged Al Qaeda and eventually helped destroy ISIS aspirations for a so-called “caliphate”, but it did not eliminate the phenomenon. Instead, extremist organisations metastasised in Iraq, Yemen, Syria, Libya and beyond, while regional states,

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2. Article · Jul 14, 2026 · Paul Salem

   In Rome, Lebanon is negotiating to restore more than just its sovereignty | The National (opens the original)

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   Lebanon and Israel are in Rome this week for the sixth round of US-mediated talks. These talks come after the signing last month of a framework agreement between the two sides in Washington, in which they committed to ending the conflict, supporting the sovereignty and security of both countries and ultimately establishing peaceful relations. But the Rome meeting moves from broad principles to the challenges of implementation in which there are still deep differences between the two sides. The n

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