Bilal Y. Saab

Bilal Y. Saab is a senior fellow and director of the Defense and Security Program at the Middle East Institute and a former senior advisor in the U.S. Defense Department with oversight responsibilities for security cooperation in the broader Middle East. His upcoming book, Rebuilding Arab Defense, will be published in 2022.

Articles by Bilal Y. Saab

Afghan resistance movement and anti-Taliban uprising forces take rest as they patrol on a hilltop in Darband area in Anaba district, Panjshir province on Sept. 1, 2021.

Don’t Arm the Afghan Resistance

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October 5, 2021, 9:08 AM

U.S. Marines keep watch as unseen Afghan National Army soldiers participate in an improvised explosive device training exercise in Lashkar Gah in the Afghan province of Helmand on Aug. 28, 2017.

The CIA Is Better Than the U.S. Military at Creating Foreign Armies

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Douglas London, Bilal Y. Saab

August 31, 2021, 4:04 PM

A picture taken on an army-organized press tour shows Lebanese army commandos standing on a hill they recently took from the Islamic State in Jurud Ras Baalbek on the Lebanese-Syrian border on Aug. 28, 2017.

The Lebanese Army Needs Cash

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June 18, 2021, 4:41 PM

An Iranian woman wearing a protective mask walks past a mural painted on the outer walls of the former U.S. embassy in Tehran, on Dec. 30, 2020.

What a New Iran Nuclear Deal Really Requires

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January 27, 2021, 11:08 AM

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu gives a press conference on a deal to normalize relations with the United Arab Emirates in Jerusalem on Aug. 13.

In Historic Deal With the UAE, Israel Is the Biggest Winner

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August 13, 2020, 3:53 PM

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