Middle East

The grand strategy behind the Israel-Hezbollah ceasefire deal

The agreed truce in southern Lebanon is intensely fragile.

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Israeli air strikes have damaged and destroyed historical sites and antiquities across the country.

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By Geoffrey Wheatcroft

From Europe to China, the illusions of the old order are crumbling.

By Katie Stallard and Wolfgang Münchau

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Benjamin Netanyahu’s strikes on Iran were a breach of the IDF’s usual strategic calculus.

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