The United States and Israel went to war in Iran seeking regime change. Nearly four months later, there has been regime change, but not the kind they wanted. The Islamic Republic 3.0, as some call it, is now less a theocracy and more a military junta dominated by the powerful Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps. Washington…
Over the years, there have probably been 10,000 balcony scenes in 10,000 productions of “Romeo and Juliet.” And in that time, Juliet’s spot high above the Capulet garden has been played onstage by a window, a ladder, an Italianate porch, even a chair. There have been as many kinds of balconies as there have been…
Iraq’s president on Monday named a businessman as prime minister-designate and gave him the task of forming a new government after a monthslong delay in selecting a candidate amid conflicting pressures from Iran and the United States. In a statement announcing the selection of Ali al-Zaidi, President Nizar Amedi said the constitutional process “could not…
