Ashraf Hassan

Feb 20, 2024 | tcf.org | Zeinab F. Shuker |Zachary Cuyler |Ashraf Hassan |Dahlia Scheindlin

The widening fallout from October 7 is upending the Middle East in horrible ways, some new and some familiar. The Houthis have discovered their power to disrupt international shipping. Militia factions allied with Iran have crossed old red lines in their daily attacks on U.S. bases. The United States has shown itself unable to restrain the conduct of its principal regional ally, Israel, and is now facing an era of diminished influence and overextended entanglements.

Feb 12, 2024 | tcf.org | Ashraf Hassan |Aron Lund |Peter Salisbury |Thanassis Cambanis

The scope and scale of destruction in Gaza beggars the imagination, even in a conflict that has witnessed many punishing cycles. The war in Gaza has entered its fifth month, sparing none of Gaza’s 2.3 million inhabitants. Indiscriminate bombing has made the entire Gaza Strip unsafe, with families displaced multiple times and unable to find a safe haven.