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Tom Hussain

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Indexed articles, last 90 days
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Sep 26, 2026
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Jul 5, 2026

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  1. Article · Sep 26, 2026 · Tom Hussain

    Why Pakistan’s endless war on militants fails to break the cycle (opens the original)

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    Tactical wins and retaliatory strikes have not delivered peace, even as two separate insurgencies appear to be converging Scores of soldiers, policemen and civilians are killed every month in Pakistan’s northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and southwestern Balochistan provinces, where near-daily attacks on security personnel, government officials and other prominent figures are carried out by militants to undermine the state’s authority and credibility. Insurgents target patrols, checkpoints, police

  2. Article · Sep 18, 2026 · Tom Hussain

    US pivot leaves Saudi Arabia with ‘humiliating dilemma’ over Houthis (opens the original)

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    Riyadh is now working frantically to build a coalition to protect shipping in the Red Sea and defend the kingdom against Houthi attacks This stance has “deeply disturbed” the Saudi leadership, according to Michael Ratney, a former US ambassador to Saudi Arabia. It was “deeply frustrating, to say the least” for Riyadh, Ratney said at a webinar hosted by the Washington-based Arab Gulf States Institute on Wednesday.

  3. Article · Sep 15, 2026 · Tom Hussain

    ‘Doing a North Korea’? Why the Middle East could be entering a new nuclear age (opens the original)

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    A Saudi-US nuclear pact and further attacks on Iran could prompt Tehran to withdraw from the non-proliferation treaty, analysts warn The warnings by US President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu followed the September 9 publication of a Centre for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) study claiming that a recent surge in construction activity at the so-called Pickaxe Mountain site “likely” meant it was being developed into an underground fortress for Iran’s nuclea

  4. Article · Sep 11, 2026 · Tom Hussain

    Surrounded by war, Turkey more than triples defence spending (opens the original)

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    Most of the 229 per cent budget increase will fund domestic arms production as Ankara seeks to cut reliance on the West Announcing the plan on Sunday, Vice-President Cevdet Yilmaz said the aim was to ensure Turkey “develops its own technologies in the defence industry, can meet its own needs and produces high added value”. Outlining the rationale behind the increase, Yilmaz added: “Where there is no security, there can be neither development nor democracy. We are shaping our budget accordingly.”

  5. Article · Sep 9, 2026 · Tom Hussain

    Houthi offensive on Bab el-Mandeb Strait threatens Red Sea shipping (opens the original)

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    Rebel strikes in Saudi Arabia and fierce fighting in Taiz risk choking global maritime traffic and undoing 4 years of peace Coinciding with an escalating battle of attrition between the United States and Iran for control of the Strait of Hormuz, the Houthi air strikes are widely viewed as a precursor to a parallel conflict with Saudi Arabia for dominance over the Red Sea. As with Hormuz, the intense fighting in Yemen’s Taiz and Hodeidah governorates is expected to strangle maritime traffic using

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