Dura-Europos.

Any defensive system, no matter how ingenious, has its limits.

Bashar al-Assad won’t change his ways.

Explaining recent escalation.

Recent Iranian attacks show the failure of deterrence.

Airstrikes might not be enough.

Shiite militias can now hide arms in aid convoys.

Captagon is a Middle Eastern problem with a regional solution.

A situation that could encourage unending war.

But will it be enough?

Captagon and the Middle East.

A withdrawal would hand Russia and Iran a strategic victory.

Tensions are heightening while Russia pulls back.

Not the usual saber-rattling.