Bilal Y. Saab

Bilal Y. Saab is senior fellow and director of the Defense and Security Program at the Middle East Institute.

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A picture taken on a Lebanese Army-organized press tour shows Army commandos on the Lebanese-Syrian border on Aug. 28, 2017.

Washington Should Back, Not Punish, the Lebanese Military

Argument |

November 5, 2019, 1:45 PM

U.S. Marine Corps Gen. Kenneth F. McKenzie Jr., the head of U.S. Central Command, and Lt. Gen. Fahd bin Turki bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, the commander of the Saudi-led coalition forces in Yemen, are shown reportedly Iranian weapons seized by Saudi forces in central Saudi Arabia on July 18.

Trump Is Sending More Troops to Saudi Arabia

Argument |

October 16, 2019, 12:36 PM

Saudi defense ministry spokesman Col. Turki bin Saleh al-Malki speaks during a press conference on Sept. 18 in Riyadh about the recent attacks on Saudi Aramco’s facilities in Abqaiq and Khurais.

Arms Sales Can’t Replace U.S. Engagement in the Gulf

Argument |

September 20, 2019, 4:47 PM

Lebanese soldiers take part in a military parade for Independence Day celebrations marking 74 years since the end of France's mandate in Lebanon, on November 22, 2017 in Beirut.

The United States Has Not Lost Lebanon

Argument |

May 8, 2018, 3:52 AM

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How Assad might strike back

The Middle East Channel |

Bilal Y. Saab, Rex Brynen

August 29, 2013, 12:58 AM

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