Outside the Beltway

The fight has now expanded to a third front.

The war cabinet is gone. He now owns the war completely.

Joy of four returned safe is mixed with the reality of scores of dead Palestinians.

A small, conscript-driven military has very different training and doctrine than ours.

A shocking development amidst regional turmoil.

Are we avoiding facing hard truths?

Is Rafah the breaking point?

The AP journalist taken hostage for almost seven years has died.

Two related questions.

People around the world are more skeptical about governing institutions.

The Netanyahu government has few friends.

Another escalation in the longstanding “shadow war.”

The inevitable response to attacks on international shipping.

Israel and Iran’s proxies are on a collision course.

The BBC’s security correspondent thinks so.

The inevitable has happened.

World opinion and American opinion diverge significantly.

A bureaucratic nightmare.

Tehran-backed forces are routinely shooting at American forces.

The laws of armed conflict aren’t designed for this war.

The war in Israel is in danger of expanding.

A high-stakes move.

It’s . . . complicated.

What does “complete victory” look like?

Amid warnings of war crimes, no mercy is forthcoming.

A roundup of news and opinon.

It is escalating quickly.

We’re falling further behind for many reasons.

A natural disaster has compounded a man-made one.

A controversial artillery round is being used effectively against Russian forces.

Nobody is keeping the gate.

A possible murder plot in Colombia embedded into a problematic multi-decade narrative.

The longtime public servant has died, aged 100.

Institutional reform is necessary, but we can’t accomplish much in the face of tribalism.

The Natanz fuel enrichment site has been seriously damaged.

An American drone strike has taken out the head of Iran’s Revolutionary Guard, a move likely to significantly increase tensions across the Middle East.

Having failed to form governments after two successive elections, Israel is headed for a third election inside of a year.

Just days after President Trump agreed to remove American forces from the scene, Turkish forces are entering northern Syria and Kurdish forces say they ar ready for war.

Houthi rebels in Yemen have claimed responsibility for a massive attack on an important Saudi oil facility.

Prime Minister Netanyahu’s actions toward two Democratic Congresswomen,seemingly at the bidding of President Trump, is the latest example of the growing partisan divide over policy toward Israel.

On a day that called for national unity and empathy, President Trump couldn’t help but revert to form.

The Trump Administration’s policies toward Iran aren’t going to work, but that’s because they aren’t supposed to work.

In a move that is likely to have political and international consequences, the Ukrainian Orthodox Church has officially severed ties with Moscow.

In what has to qualify as one of the most horrifying displays of moral depravity on the international stage, the Trump Administration is saying it doesn’t really care if the Saudi Crown Prince is a murderer or not.

The investigation of the murder of Jamal Khashoggi is inching closer to Saudi Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman, but it seems unlikely to impact his hold on power.

Saudi Arabia’s story about the disappearance and death of Jamal Khashoggi continues to “evolve.”

The dispute over Ukraine between the Russian Orthodox Church and the Orthodox Patriarch is widening and nearing the point of a complete break.

The Saudi Arabian Government is finally acknowledging that Jamal Khashoggi is dead. Their explanation for his death, though, is too absurd to be believed.

Jamal Khashoggi’s final column includes a message that should resonate far beyond the Arab world it was addressed to.

President Trump is serving as a knowing apologist for a despotic regime.