Bilal Y. Saab

Bilal Y. Saab is the senior managing director of TRENDS US, an associate fellow at Chatham House, and an adjunct professor at Georgetown University’s School of Foreign Service.

Articles by Bilal Y. Saab
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.
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

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Bilal Y. Saab
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.
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

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Bilal Y. Saab
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.
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

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How Assad might strike back

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Bilal Y. Saab, Rex Brynen
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Why Russia’s guns won’t save Assad

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Joseph Singh , Bilal Y. Saab
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Supporting the Syrian rebels in Geneva

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Bilal Y. Saab
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The death of Lebanon’s intelligence tsar

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Bilal Y. Saab
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The futility of predicting Iran’s future

The Middle East Channel
Bilal Y. Saab
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Seeing red along the Blue Line

The Middle East Channel
Bilal Y. Saab, Nicholas Blanford
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Will the Syrian army join the dissent movement?

The Middle East Channel
Bilal Y. Saab
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What do Red Teams do?

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What Do Red Teams Really Do?

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Blind man’s bluff

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Blind Man’s Bluff

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