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With no clear exit strategy in Iran, Israel risks another war with no end

CNN  —  Despite stunning early successes in Israel’s unprecedented strikes on Iran, a weekend of intensive bombardment and retaliation is raising questions about Israel’s exit strategy – how it can end this conflict with its ambitious goals achieved. While Israeli war planes pummel Iranian military and nuclear sites virtually unopposed, dozens of Israelis have been …

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In Netanyahu’s new Middle East, Syria could become Israel’s biggest strategic gain

Editor’s Note: A version of this story appears in CNN’s Meanwhile in the Middle East newsletter, a weekly look inside the region’s biggest stories. Sign up here. CNN  —  Just hours after Islamist rebels ousted longtime Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad in December, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu stood at edge of the occupied Golan Heights …

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Trump’s energy strategy is ‘drill baby drill.’ It’s going to be much harder than that

CNN  —  President-elect Donald Trump campaigned on a three-word energy policy: “Drill, baby, drill.” But his cabinet picks for energy and environment — and the current fossil fuel economy — suggest it’s not going to be that easy. There is no question that, in stark contrast to the climate-focused Biden administration, the people Trump is …

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Israel is playing a high-risk game with its new Hezbollah strategy

CNN  —  Wars of peace are rarely successful. They are normally of choice: pre-emptively attacking to neutralize a perceived threat. Israel and Hezbollah have been stuck in the tit-for-tat horror of escalation chicken for nearly a year. But over the past week Israel has clearly decided to massively amplify its attacks on the Iran-backed militant …

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Secrecy is the cornerstone of Hezbollah’s military strategy. Deadly pager blasts expose a key weakness

CNN  —  Hundreds of pagers carried by Hezbollah members in Lebanon blew up nearly simultaneously on Tuesday in an unprecedented attack that surpasses a series of covert assassinations and cyber-attacks in the region over recent years in its scope and execution. The Iran-backed militant group said the wireless devices began to explode around 3:30 p.m. local time …

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