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Hezbollah has shown us exactly who it is, over and over again. While Lebanese homes lie in ruins and lives are lost, the militia rushes to defend Iran’s regime, kill Iranian protesters, and drag Lebanon into wars it never chose. This is not resistance. It is foreign domination, a ...  Show more

Papal visits to Lebanon have always been moments when the country pauses (briefly) to look at itself through an external moral lens. In a region where political positions are often treated as existential identities, the Pope’s presence carries symbolic weight. It forces competing ...  Show more

Horrifying attacks on Alawites, the sect of deposed leader Bashar al-Assad, throw into question the power—or the will—of Ahmed al-Sharaa, the country’s leader, to <a href="https://www.economist.com/middle-east-and-africa/2025/03/10/a-horrific-killing-spree-shakes-syria?utm_cam ...

Pre-Order the next issue of Too Long: https://toolong.news/Vote For the World's Most Influential People: https://forms.gle/CJKV6LTEvZHtRpsk7Welcome to the TLDR News Daily BriefingIn today’s episode, we run through how the South Korean president is still avoiding arrest. Also, we ...  Show more

A sudden war made Iran’s leaders look unprepared. And many Iranians loathe the regime. But there are <a href="https://www.economist.com/middle-east-and-africa/2025/06/16/will-irans-hated-regime-implode?utm_campaign=a.io&utm_medium=audio.podcast.np&utm_source=theintelligence&ut ...

Somalia has a serious security challengePaul Njie speaks to Hassan Sheikh Mohamud, President of Somalia, about ongoing efforts to achieve security and stability in his country. While he says much progress has been made in tackling terror, he acknowledges that the insurgent groups ...  Show more