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The Forgotten War That Iran Already Won

April 8, 2026

Photograph of a wall with an illustration of Yitzhak Rabin, Hebrew writing, and mourning protesters sitting in front of it

The Strategic Follies of the Islamic Republic

March 23, 2026

Photograph of a man holding up an Iranian flag atop the wreckage of a bombed building

Israel Is Missing Its Big Chance in Lebanon

March 19, 2026

Photograph of flames bursting from an explosion on the side of a building at dusk

The Same War, on a Loop

Gershom Gorenberg

March 18, 2026

A color photograph of a man peering out the window of a house whose roof appears to have been destroyed by an explosion.

How Washington Can Help Lebanon

March 17, 2026

A color photograph of two women dressed in black sitting on a cliff face overlooking the water in Beirut.

Iran’s War Is Not Only With the West

Elizabeth Tsurkov

March 16, 2026

Photograph of a ruined street in Damascus with a poster of Khamenei, Assad, and Nasrallah.

Netanyahu’s Very Useful War

March 11, 2026

A blue rectangle with a close-up photo of Netanyahu's eyes is superimposed on a black-and-white shot of smoke rising over an Iranian city.

National Security

A Mysterious Code Is Being Broadcast on Shortwave Radio. Is It Iran?

March 9, 2026

A man's shadow falls over boxes of numbers that are color-coded to look like the Iranian flag, in green, white, and red

What Iran Might Do When It Has Nothing to Lose

Colin P. Clarke

March 7, 2026

Old photograph of people standing in the wreckage of a bombed building.

Something New Is Happening in Lebanon

March 6, 2026

Photograph of plumes of black smoke rising above Beirut

The Israel of October 6 Is Never Coming Back

March 2, 2026

A photograph of Benjamin Netanyahu speaking in front of a large Israeli flag

I Was Kidnapped by Idiots

Elizabeth Tsurkov

January 11, 2026

A man partially obscured by swirling pink vapor, sits at a table gripping a pink vape. Another figure stands in the shadowy background.

The Neighbor From Hell

October 2025 Issue

A photo-illustration showing a portrait of Ruhollah Khomeini, a bombed-out building, and a group of soldiers in a trench, set against a red and green background

The Three Dramatic Consequences of Israel’s Attack on Iran

June 19, 2025

Illustration featuring Donald Trump

The War Israel Was Ready to Fight

June 13, 2025

Soldiers gather around an Israeli flag as they receive a briefing near the border with Gaza.

October 7 Changed Israel’s Calculus

June 13, 2025

A stylized, pixelated image of Netanyahu is shown on a yellow banner, with a piece of an Israeli flag flying in the foreground

Biden’s Middle East Legacy

January 26, 2025

Diplomacy Is All Hamas Has Left in the Arsenal

January 19, 2025

A photo of a man's hand using a green Hamas flag to cover a Palestinian grave.

RIP, the Axis of Resistance

December 17, 2024

A broken picture of Iranian General Qassem Soleimani

Khamenei Loses Everything

December 8, 2024

The Iranian embassy in Damascus

The Syrian Regime Collapsed Gradually—And Then Suddenly

December 8, 2024

A defaced bust of Hafez al-Assad

How to End the War in Gaza

Stuart E. Eizenstat and Dennis Ross

December 2, 2024

Pigeons fly away after an Israeli rocket hits a building in Beirut

A Late Win for Biden in the Middle East

November 28, 2024

A mother and her son standing atop the rubble of a destroyed house in Tyre, Lebanon

Israel Is Fighting a Different War Now

November 15, 2024

Israeli tanks in Sderot

The Greatest Opportunity That Wasn’t

November 2, 2024

Silhouettes of armed soldiers in contralux

‘The Iranian Period Is Finished’

Robert F. Worth

October 31, 2024

A photo of Beirut on September 28, 2024, hours after Israeli bombs targeted and killed Hezbollah's secretary-general, Hassan Nasrallah

Why the Oil Market Is Not Shocked

James Surowiecki

October 20, 2024

An illustration of a gas can buoyed up by a balloon

Hezbollah Waged War Against the People of My Country

October 11, 2024

Syrians in a crowd light sparklers and wave flags on the street.

The Mistakes Israel Can’t Afford to Repeat

October 8, 2024

Israeli soldiers stand and walk among tanks and armored personnel carriers.

Israel and Hamas Are Kidding Themselves

October 8, 2024

Iran Is Not Ready for War With Israel

October 2, 2024

Iranian missiles light up the night sky over Hebron in the West Bank.

Lebanon Is Not a Solution for Gaza

Gershom Gorenberg

October 1, 2024

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Hezbollah Got Caught in Its Own Trap

September 30, 2024

Flames rise after an Israeli air strike in the southern suburbs of Beirut on Saturday

‘It’s an Earthquake’

Robert F. Worth

September 29, 2024

People in Beirut view the smoke rising above the site of an Israeli strike on Hassan Nasrallah.

Israel Tries for a Knockout Blow

September 29, 2024

A bomb crater in Beirut

Hezbollah’s Long War Is With America Too

Elliot Ackerman

September 28, 2024

An American sits under a palm tree as his comrades inspect the damage from the suicide bombing that destroyed a Marine barracks in Beirut, Lebanon, in 1983.