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Flight FZ1073 and the Fault Lines of the Contemporary Middle East

The ordeal aboard Flight 1073 reveals the Gulf’s reliance on foreign talent, the limits of regional diplomacy and the courage of ordinary people

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On left: Hamam al-Hammami. On right: Captain Smit Machchhar

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The Houthis Reach for the Red Sea’s Gate

The Yemeni rebel group’s advance along the Red Sea coast escalates its conflict with Saudi Arabia — and widens the US-Iran showdown.

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