CIPHER BRIEF REPORTING – President Donald Trump made a number of headlines this week as he led an impressive delegation of government and private [...]
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SUBSCRIBER+EXCLUSIVE REPORTING — In the days after Hamas fighters launched a terrorist attack in Israel in October, an illicit amphetamine known as [...]
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OPINION — When will the U.S. learn the lessons of Vietnam, Iraq, and Afghanistan? Operation Inherent Resolve has been underway since 2014, in the [...]
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Cipher Brief Expert John McLaughlin is former Acting Director of the CIA, former Deputy CIA Director and is the Distinguished Practitioner in [...]
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Bottom Line Up FrontEven as Syrian strongman Bashar al-Assad appears closer to prevailing in the country’s nearly decade-long civil war, there are [...]
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The global pandemic caused by COVID-19 has added a significant layer of uncertainty to an already complicated situation in the Middle East. The [...]
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Bottom Line Up FrontThe United States is looking to consolidate and expand its presence in the eastern provinces of Deir al-Zour and al-Hasakah, yet [...]
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Cipher Brief Expert John McLaughlin is a distinguished practitioner in residence at the Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International [...]
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Bottom Line Up FrontFollowing intensified fighting in Syria between Turkey and the Assad regime, thousands of refugees are fleeing the country in an [...]
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OPINION — On 19 December 2018, President Donald Trump announced a withdrawal of American Troops from Syria, setting off fierce criticism that led to [...]
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Bottom Line Up FrontIran’s intervention in Syria’s civil war has provided Tehran with the ability to support its closest regional allies while [...]
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Cipher Brief Expert John McLaughlin is a distinguished practitioner in residence at the Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International [...]
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Bottom Line Up FrontDozens of Turkish soldiers were killed in an airstrike on Thursday in a development that threatens to drastically escalate the [...]
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The Cipher Brief’s Open Source Trend Line Report utilizes open source data on a quarterly basis to track trends around the world that impact national [...]
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OPINION — It has been several years since I thought deeply about Syria. And that is a shame, given my long time affection for the Syrian people, whom [...]
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